Wednesday, 10 February 2016 09:54

Tip Of The Day: Walk To Meloneras Beach At Sunset

Sunset at Meloneras beach Sunset at Meloneras beach www.photosgrancanaria.com

For an island with 80 beaches, there aren't many spots in the resorts where you can eat this close to the beach and the sea.

Sandy Meloneras beach, at the west end of the seafront walk along the Meloneras coast, is a lovely place to spend a day and the strip of terrace restaurants right by the sand are spectacular at sunset. 

Because Meloneras beach is at the end of the boulevard, it's nowhere near as busy as the stretch close to the Maspalomas lighthouse. The sunset, however, is just a spectacular.

Amongst the restaurants, La Esquinita del Mar and Hemmingway II makes it into the Tripadvisor Top Ten for Meloneras, while the Ciao Ciao Italian is always of reliable quality (and does a smiley-pizza for the kids). The Sunset Cafe is right at the top of the Meloneras Playa shopping centre with fabulous views of the whole area. 

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  • Lat/Long: 27.745063, -15.611832
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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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