On your left, look for a tall glass tower wrapped in dark horizontal bands, with bright yellow panels popping out like highlighter marks across the façade.
This is the Woermann Tower, finished in 2005, and it’s one of Las Palmas’ boldest “yes, we’re a modern city too” statements. The architects, Abalos and Herreros, teamed up with Joaquin Casariego and Elsa Guerra to make a mixed-use building that doesn’t just rise up… it performs. Down at street level you’ve got shops and the main entry, and on the first floor there’s a library, like a little quiet surprise tucked into all this glass and steel. Above that: apartments, usually four or five per floor, stacked with 3.6 meters between slabs… meaning those Atlantic views get plenty of breathing room.
Now, the tower’s real trick is sun control: those horizontal “fins” act like sunglasses for the building, and the glass is etched with plant-like motifs. Because even skyscrapers need a little botanical self-care.
When you’re set, Puerto de La Luz Market is a 4-minute walk heading north.
