Catedral de Canarias (Santa Ana Cathedral)

The Catedral de Canarias, also called Santa Ana Cathedral, anchors the historic Vegueta quarter of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, on Gran Canaria in Spain's Canary Islands. Its address on Calle Espíritu Santo places the main entrance on the south side of Plaza de Santa Ana, the square the building dominates. Construction began in the early sixteenth century in a Gothic style and continued for several centuries, so the interior's pointed arches and ribbed vaults sit behind a restrained neoclassical façade completed in later periods. That mix of styles is the first thing visitors notice when comparing the exterior with the nave.

Inside, the three-aisled nave rises to star-patterned vaulting supported by tall columns, with side chapels holding altarpieces, carved wood and religious sculpture. A separate courtyard known as the Patio de los Naranjos offers a quiet, shaded pause between rooms. Many visitors also climb the tower, where a narrow stair leads to a viewing level with sweeping views over the terracotta rooftops of Vegueta, the Atlantic coastline and, on clear days, the mountains behind the city. The upper terrace is the best vantage point for photographs of Plaza de Santa Ana and its palm trees from above.

The cathedral shares a block and a combined ticket with the Museo Diocesano de Arte Sacro, which displays liturgical objects, paintings and sculpture, so a full visit commonly takes one to one and a half hours. Typical opening hours run Monday to Friday and a shorter Saturday, with Sunday visits usually limited to worship, and times change on feast days. Weekday mornings are generally the quietest, while cruise-ship days can bring tour groups around midday. The building remains an active place of worship, so visitors are expected to dress modestly and keep voices low during services. The combined ticket is listed at about EUR 6, which is modest for a monument of this scale. The square outside is lined with cafés, making it easy to pair the cathedral with a coffee stop and a stroll through Vegueta's colonial-era streets toward Casa de Colón and El Museo Canario.