Las Palmas (Gran Canaria) Cruise Reviews

We did a Hop on, hop off bus tour and walked around ourselves. Very pleasant and easy to get around. ...

Walked into town again not very far ...

The beach is an easy walk from the ship. ...

Went to Bandama and a city tour. The bus was comfortable as usual and although it was raining the tour was nice. ...

We took the Best of Lanzarote tour offered by NCL. It is an interesting Island. The tour included what I thought was a very good buffet lunch with wine. ...

Easy to walk around independently ...

There is quite a walk to get out of the port in Las Palmas, and two cruise ships in as well as Balmoral. We have done the bus tour on a previous visit (not recommended, get the public bus to the old town and explore on your own). This time we rented bikes so as to cycle along the port promenade. They had electric bikes and we wish we had rented them as it was very windy and so quite hard work ...

Our extended stay let us go a little further under our own steam. We went to Vegueta, the old town, on the number 12 bus for a couple of Euros, taking about 20 minutes. The architecture around the main shopping street, Triana, is beautiful and rather reminiscent of some parts of Old Havana. We visited the Museum of the Canaries which was a bit old fashioned and apart from a room full of skulls, ...

we walked to the beach promenade and did some shopping on the way back through town ...

Docked close to port exit. Short walk to main street where bus stops located in Parque de Santa Catalina. Caught local bus 1.40 euro to old town Vegueta 15 mins journey on Bus No.1 get off at Mercado (market) 1 storey red building. Beautiful old spanish town with narrow streets and picturesque houses and squares. Look for Christopher Columbus House and Santa Ana Cathedral and Old Theatre. ...