Parque Santa Catalina
Parque Santa Catalina is one of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria’s main meeting points because it sits close to Playa de Las Canteras, near the cruise terminal at the Port of Las Palmas and of Puerto de la Luz, and it connects you to the city’s public transport through the Intercambiador de guaguas. It also carries two of the city’s best-known cultural signals: this park hosts the main stages of both the Carnaval de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria and WOMAD. The park’s story begins with a name tied to power at sea. The area takes “Santa Catalina” from Saint Catherine of Alexandria, a name that once applied to a fortress destroyed when the Muelle Frutero de Santa María del Pino was built—land now occupied by the Base Naval de Las Palmas. …
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