Guia de Viaje Islas Canarias

The chronicles of the Great Canary Island conquest tell that the conquerors, after landing, settled on the Guiniguada precipice. Even before the conquest ended, various houses had already been built on the mound where the Castilians had installed their base camp, among some the San Antonio Abad Hermitage, the first church and cathedral of "Gran Canaria".

This first settlement grew until occupying the two Guiniguada boundaries, giving place to the Vegueta and Triana areas. The city centre moved to the Santa Ana Plaza, where construction of the new cathedral began.

The island of Lanzarote is surprising for its wise sense of balance between art, culture and naturalness of its volcanic landscape, in places like the black spot in the "Montañas de Fuego", in the Timanfaya National Park where water shows and fireworks are done.

Located some 1,000 kilometres from the Iberian Peninsula and around 100 kilometres from the coasts of Africa, within the Canary archipelago, Lanzarote maintains frequent connections with the Peninsula. A trip a little over two and quarter hours unites the 2,500 kilometres that separate Madrid, the capital of Spain, from Lanzarote.