Monday, 13 July 2015 11:07

Top 10 Reasons Why Mondays Are Better In Gran Canaria

Mondays are better in Gran Canaria Mondays are better in Gran Canaria

Every week we share a Mondays are Better in Gran Canaria photo on our Facebook page and it's always one of the week's most popular posts. So, here's the Top 10 reasons why Gran Canaria rocks the first day of the week. 

Mondays are better with palm trees

Palm trees make every day better, but especially Mondays

 There's an awful lot of palm trees in Gran Canaria. From Canary palms to coconut trees, you're never far from a frondfrond on a Monday

 

Visit a different beach every Monday of the year

Visit a different beach every Monday of the year

With over 80 beaches to choose from, there's more than enough to make every Monday a beach day with a difference. Here's our Ultimate Guide to Gran Canaria's Beaches

 

Commuting to the beach in Gran Canaria is fun

Commuting to the beach in Gran Canaria is fun

 Forget the traffic jams: In Gran Canaria your biggest worry is getting lost in the Maspalomas dunes on the way to the sea

 

Puerto de Mogán handicrafts market is on Mondays 

Puerto de Mogan has a monday market

 Shopping makes you feel better and so does Puerto de Mogán. Both at the same time is the perfect cure for the Monday blues

 

You have to leave your work phone on the beach 

You have to leave your work phone on the beach

So far, nobody has invented a mobile phone that works in the sea so even if you are expecting an important email, it has to wait while you go for a swim

 

The Gran Canaria sea air is good for you

The Gran Canaria sea air is good for you

Gran Canaria's sea air is loaded with tiny droplets of water full of Atlantic minerals: The ocean contains all 89 elements found in the human body. More Info

 

Fruit is good for you 

Fruit is good for you

And there's a lot of fruit in Gran Canaria: From bananas to pineapples, papayas to mangos, it grows on trees around here 

 

Exercise boosts mood and makes you feel healthy

Exercise is good for you

And it's not hard to get it in Gran Canaria: The sunshine, warm ocean and beautiful surroundings make it easy to be outdoors

 

You don't have to wear work clothes

Montaña la Arena nudist beach

 In fact, you don't have top wear anything at all. Gran Canaria has a dozen nudist beaches and most are empty on a Monday

 

No day that ends like this can be all bad

Confital sunset

Every Monday in Gran Canaria ends with a sunset: The weekend is one-day closer already

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  • The Parafarmacia In Gran Canaria Is Not A Chemist!
    The Parafarmacia In Gran Canaria Is Not A Chemist!

    If there is one thing we hate it is visitors being tricked in Gran Canaria. In the past we've warned about overcharging at Gran Canaria chemists, and rip off electronics shops in resorts. 

    In this Tip Of The Day we return to the island's chemists or rather, to the island's fake chemists.

    A chemist in Gran Canaria is called a Farmacia and always has a green cross sign. Farmacias are the only place tobuy medicine in Spain, even basics like paracetamol.

    However, there is another kind of shop in Gran Canaria that looks and sounds like a chemist but doesn't sell medicine. This is the Parafarmacia and it also uses a green cross sign.

    A parafarmacia is a herbal medicine shop that is not allowed to sell any normal medicine such as paracetamol, ibuprofen or antibiotics. 

    Instead, parafarmacias sell herbal alternatives to medicine but don't have to prove that they work and they can charge whatever they want.

    We recently heard from a visitor to Gran Canaria who went into a parafarmacia and was charged 40 euros for a herbal alternative to Ibuprofen. It was only when they read the label that they realised what had happened. 

    To locate a genuine farmacia, see this website and search within your municipio (Puerto Rico is in Mogán, Playa del Inglés is in San Bartolomé de Tirajana). At weekends and on fiesta days many farmacias close but there is always one open, known as the farmacia de guardia, in each municipio.

    Search for the nearest one to you with this tool

    Lex Says: To keep costs down, see this article for the way to ask for generic medicine rather than expensive branded alternatives. 

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