A Stroll through Triana in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
Cuadro de texto: To stroll through Triana is to walk back in time into an older Spanish atmosphere, half sophisticated and bordering on the chic, with the rest pure Canarian. Triana is the main pedestrianised shopping area in the city that branches from the huge, shady Plaza de San Telmo and reaches down as far as Veguetta, the old historical quarter of the town. Plaza de San Telmo The Plaza is always a hive of activity as it borders the main local bus station, and the garish painted kiosk selling tobacco and coffee attract many to sit under the shady boughs of the sheltering trees. The square is busily alive with street sellers who will offer you everything from a mobile phone to a packet of chewing gum from their back pocket, while the old fashioned shoe shine men will go down on bended knee to give you a quick spit and polish for just a couple of euros. Cuadro de texto: © This article is copyrighted and may not be reproduced without prior permission of the author.

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Triana

On the main street the lilting voices of the local lottery sellers, calling the day's numbers, reverberates from the walls of the extravagantly painted ornate buildings that edge the wide paved boulevard.

Day and night Triana is bustling with people sauntering the sumptuous length of designer shops and street cafés,  absorbing the atmosphere and just  getting seen. Triana attracts multitudes of people but somehow it never seems to get overcrowded.

Terrace Cafes

The terrace cafés offer a relaxing respite from the morning's heat and are a wonderful place to sit and watch the world go by whilst breakfasting on a fresh flaky croissant and a frothy espresso coffee with milk.

Sitting at the table the constant babble of Spanish from the voices of the passers-by vibrates on the ears; while the wafts of aromatic black tobacco, smoked by the old men at the next table, leaves its pungent trace in the still air creating  a truly cosmopolitan feeling.

Real luxuries in life are hard to find; but you can savour one in El Mordisco, the small street café in Avenida Triana, in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria.

 

Written by Liz Correal