The day began at another food market, this time indoors. The market was bursting with a wide variety of fresh fruit, and one of the stall owners kindly took the time to show us the different types and offer samples to taste.
We had never experienced fruit so fresh and delicious before! We ended up spending quite a while there and bought a large variety of fruits and vegetables. The market also featured stalls selling fish, as well as several cafes offering smoothies, coffee, sandwiches, cakes, and enormous «churros».
Later, we met up with students from a tourist guide class who gave us a tour of Vegueta. They shared fascinating insights about the town’s buildings, architecture, and rich history. We even visited the house where Christopher Columbus once stayed.
We also toured the interior of the Basilica de Ana, a grand cathedral with many rooms to explore, a garden, and a stunning view of the city from the rooftop bell tower.
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- Histories and a trip down memory-lane, showing the House of Columbus and how Spain has made it’s mark on Gran Canaria as it is known today. A guided point of view on how it has developed from a Colony to a tourist hotpot and city. We were shown around and had personal guides from the school San Cristobal, where they gave a deeper point of view to us, especially when there are differences between living on the island as a local and being a tourist, non-Spanish speaking to the Spanish-speaking difference as well.
- Showing around the colorful streets and the Columbus House which had turned from Columbus’s residence during his time on Las Palmas, and a Governor’s house and now into a museum in details of Columbus’s voyages and explorations.
- Mercado de Vegueta
- An inside market filled with shops ranging from exotic fruits,butchers, cheese shops, bakeries and pastries, fishmongers and samples of fruit, cheese and cake, even down to bananas with edible peel.
- From bananas and simple mangoes to a rich taste difference from the local produce and trying out lesser known exotic fruits. Housing smaller cafes with locals having a depth in produce as well. A contrast to a Nordic market or Bazaars from Denmark. Though the opening hours can differ and be short.
