Triana Street

The main street of Triana is the main artery of the neighborhood of Triana and one of the most traditional and important commercial areas, along with Mesa y López, of the city. It starts at the Guiniguada ravine and ends at San Telmo Park.

A stroll along this bustling pedestrian street and its surrounding streets -also pedestrian- offers the possibility to do all kinds of shopping, to enjoy a coffee or a meal in one of its terraces and restaurants or to admire the modernist buildings located along the route. These buildings are reconstructions of the first decade of the twentieth century and product of the last realignment of Triana Street; a set with great architectural quality that reflects the commercial bourgeois culture of that time.

The neighborhood, declared a Historic Site and Asset of Cultural Interest in 1993, is the result of the expansion of the city from Vegueta to the fertile plains of Triana. Through its main street ran the tramway, popularly known as La Pepa, which connected the historic center with the Puerto de la Luz until 1947. Part of its rails were recovered and can be seen today on the pavement of the street.

At both ends are two fundamental buildings in its physiognomy: the Pérez Galdós Theater, next to the Guiniguada ravine, and the Military Government, in front of San Telmo Park.