🚪 Telde: from the ancient Canarians to the Puerto de la Luz
The León y Castillo birthplace and the great cave of Cuatro Puertas.
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We go to Telde to visit the birthplace of the León y Castillo brothers, with the original plans of the Puerto de la Luz, stroll through the old town of San Juan and then head up to Cuatro Puertas, the great cave carved out by the ancient Canarians. Allow about four hours.
Itinerary
- 1Casa-Museo León y Castillo
📍 Telde · ~20 min from Las Palmas
Documents, plans of the Puerto de la Luz and painting from the 16th to the 20th century.
- 2Historic centre of San Juan (Telde)
A stroll through the historic centre of San Juan, where the house-museum is.
- 3Cuatro Puertas archaeological site
📍 Telde · ~20 min from Las Palmas
The cave with four entrances, on Montaña Bermeja.
Good to know
- Price per vehicle (up to 4 people), on request via WhatsApp.
- Cuatro Puertas is an open-air site on a hillside: bring comfortable shoes and water.
- Opening hours and tickets for the house-museum: check them on its official website.
- I drive you and wait for you; you do the visits on your own.
Price on request via WhatsApp
- 5.0 ★ GoogleTop-rated service
- License LM-564Official municipal taxi
- XL luggage spaceBig suitcases & strollers
- Pay on boardCard, cash or contactless
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