The Monastery of Cister is a monastery of the order of the same name that currently has a nun's community of closures that live in the facilities.

The Monastery was founded in 1946 by Dolores Van de Walle and Fierro in Buenavista, nowadays it is in a house that had previously belonged to Ana de Monteverde Cabeza de Vaca

The Castle of Santa Catalina, located on the island of la Palma, specifically in the center of its capital, Santa Cruz de La Palma Castillo de Santa Catalina was covering the port of La Palma, one of the most important in the routes that made the ships that left the peninsula on their way to the Americas.

The first construction of the Castle of Santa Catalina was completed in May 1554, it was built to protect against pirate attacks suffered by the island regularly. This first construction suffered serious damage and was finally between 1676 and 1701 when the fortification that is known today was completed.

The Castle of Santa Catalina was used by the army until 1808, it has a rectangular floor, among the facilities that the fortification has include a jail, a warehouse -house, bridge wood with a moat that gives access to the castle.

The castle was declared a National Historic Monument in 1949, it is worth noting that it is the only construction in Austria that is preserved in the Canary Islands. La Palma has as one of its symbols the Castillo de Santa Catalina.

In Santa Cruz de la Palma you can visit one of the most beautiful viewpoints of the whole island of La Palma, it is the Mirador de Los Gomeros, in the ravine of the same name. The first thing that draws attention to this picturesque place is the bronze sculpture that stands out, a figure that represents a Canarian woman whistling while looking towards the horizon.

The sculpture serves as a tribute and acknowledgment to the effort made by the inhabitants of La Palma who emigrated especially in the 50s and 60s and thanks to it served to develop the fields of the island. From the viewpoint of Los Gomeros you can see an amazing view of the coast of La Palma, on clear days it is possible to see the neighboring island of Tenerife
A perfect place to take a picnic and to enjoy the tranquility that this picturesque place offers.

The Insular Museum of Fine Arts, Natural Sciences and Ethnography is one of the most interesting places you can visit in the Santa Cruz de la Palma, it is located in the facilities of the house of friars of the old Convent of San Francisco de San Cruz de La Palma. This museum was created in 1915 with the collection donated by Senator Pedro Poggio Álvarez, besides this collection also has other funds that have been acquired by the Cabildo Insular between the that you can find works by the local artist Manuel González Méndez.

The museum also has a part devoted to Ethnography, where you can see different elements related to housing, agriculture, gastronomy or textile production.

Finally, it is worth mentioning the part devoted to the natural sciences, in principle it was integrated by the Museum of Natural History of the Royal Society of Cosmology and has been completed with new mineral zoological units.

Other rooms can be highlighted, such as the Carpentry Room of Ribera, where the visitor can see the history of shipbuilding on the island. Another of the rooms is the so-called Silk Room, in which you can see utensils that serve to work this type of fabrics.

The Church of El Salvador is located in Santa Cruz de La Palma, was founded in 1800, the parish is the result of a series of reforms and extensions that gave place to the basilica that is known today. The Church of El Salvador consists of three naves that are separated by half-point arches, smooth shaft and arches, while the cover is Mudejar style that gives a certain Arab air .

The Church of El Salvador of Santa Cruz de La Palma, of the three facades, the main one is facing south, is made of stonework, is ordered from two pedestals lateral, on which two pairs of columns of Corinthian capital support, which in turn hold a triangular pediment, whose corners depart Doric pilasters crowned on the sides by vases and in the center an image made in marble of.

The interior has undergone numerous renovations, highlighting the decorations of the vaults of the headboard painted by Ubaldo Bordanova Moreno between 1895 and 1897 and the main altarpiece inspired by the model of Renaissance cover triumph arch. The church of El Salvador is a jewel in the town of Santa Cruz de La Palma.