This was our first World Heritage site on the Canary Islands, and proved to be quite interesting. It was one of Spain's first overseas colonies, and the city's layout was subsequently reused in many other colonies in the Americans including Havana, Cartagena and San Juan de Puerto Rico among others. Although there's plenty of modern buildings scattered around, we spent a nice afternoon wandering around and looking at the various buildings. The cathedral was especially interesting, along with the Church de la Concepcion with its tower. The House of the Captains-General was also quite impressive.

On the whole, this is probably the least impressive of the three sites in Las Canarias, but well worth checking out on your way to Teide and Garajonay!