Monday, 23 November 2015 09:22

Gran Canaria Weather: Mixed Start To The Week

Mixed weather in Gran Canaria this week Mixed weather in Gran Canaria this week www.photosgrancanaria.com

The cold snap that's chilling most of Europe will affect Gran Canaria this week but, aside for the odd shower and cool evenings, we don't expect much weather in the resorts.

In the south and the resorts, the weather will be mixed. There will be cloudy spells and the odd shower, but we do expect plenty of sunshine as well. While temperatures have dropped, it was still 20ºC at dawn this morning in Maspalomas.

Most of the effects will be in the north of Gran Canaria where the cloud backs up against the steep mountains. North Gran Canaria will get heavy cloud and showers for most of the week.

The strong wind that blew in the resorts over the weekend will continue on-and-off for at least the next couple of days. It will be strongest in the southeast so if it affects Maspalomas and Playa del Inglés, head west towards Puerto Rico and Amadores.

Wave alert for Gran Canaria

The Spanish weather service has also announced an aviso warning about big waves in south Gran Canaria for Monday, November 23rd.  Please stay within marked swimming areas and don't swim off rocky shores.

The water temperature this week is 22ºC.

 

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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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