2 Best Sights in Gran Canaria, Canary Islands

It took four centuries to complete St. Anne's Cathedral, so the neoclassical Roman columns of the 19th-century exterior contrast sharply with the Gothic ceiling vaulting of the interior. Baroque statues are displayed in the cathedral's Museo de Arte Sacro (Museum of Religious Art), arranged around a peaceful cloister. Ask the curator to open the sala capitular (chapter house) to see the 16th-century Valencian tile floor presided over by an 18th-century polychrome wooden sculpture of the crucifixion of Jesus by the Canaries' most famous sculptor, José Miguel Luján Pérez. On your way out, notice the black-bronze Canarian dog sculptures beside the main entrance that gave the Canary Islands their name.

Destroyed by Dutch attackers in 1599, this charming little chapel (open until 2 pm daily) was rebuilt in the 18th century. Inside is a fine baroque altarpiece with rich gold leaf and wooden details. The chapel is generally open only before and after Mass.