Vega de San Mateo, known locally as San Mateo, is thirty minutes drive from Las Palmas airport in the Canary Islands. You can fly to Gran Canaria during the week or at the weekend. Vega de San Mateo is in the hilly area of Gran Canaria and is famous for its agricultural and cattle markets. There are a good number of hotels in Vega de San Mateo. In the centre of this small town is the Museo Etnológico La Cantonera (The Canary Island Ethnographic Museum), located in a converted group of three hundred year old peasant cottages. You can stay in the local discount hotels - Vega de San Mateo is so close to Las Palmas that you can enjoy all that city has to offer.

Saint Matthew is the patron saint of this small town, and it is worth visiting the seventeenth century church of Saint Matthew which has a statue of the Saint. Have a day in Las Palmas, and book a game at the Real Club de Golf de Las Palmas. Book early if you want to stay at one of the Vega de San Mateo cheap hotels available at EasyToBook.com, close enough to the centre to enjoy Las Palmas shopping and nightlife. If you are a science buff then visit Museo Elder in Las Palmas, a science and technology museum – you can do this while staying in Vega de San Mateo hotels only a short drive away.