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Museo Elder de la Ciencia y la Tecnología, in Parque Santa Catalina
📍 Las Palmas de Gran Canaria Educational visit Suitable for a cruise stopover

🔬 Castles and science in Las Palmas

Hands-on science and two historic fortresses, close to the port.

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We start at the Museo Elder, next to Parque Santa Catalina, and continue to the city's two fortresses: the Castillo de la Luz, in La Isleta, with Martín Chirino's sculptures, and the Castillo de Mata, with the history of Las Palmas. Everything is close to the cruise port; allow about four hours.

Itinerary

  1. 1
    Museo Elder de la Ciencia y la Tecnología

    📍 Las Palmas de Gran Canaria

    Interactive science on four floors, next to Parque Santa Catalina.

  2. 2
    Castillo de la Luz – Fundación Martín Chirino

    📍 Las Palmas de Gran Canaria

    The oldest defensive fortress in Gran Canaria, with work by Martín Chirino.

  3. 3
    Castillo de Mata – Museo de la Ciudad y del Mar

    📍 Las Palmas de Gran Canaria

    The history of the city inside a 16th-century fortress.

Good to know

  • Price per vehicle (up to 4 people), on request via WhatsApp.
  • The Museo Elder and the Castillo de la Luz offer activities for schools: check them on their websites.
  • If you're on a cruise, tell me what time you need to be back on board and we'll adjust the stops.
  • I drive you there and pick you up; you do the visits on your own or with the museum's own tours.

Price on request via WhatsApp

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