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Gran Canaria In The Frame For Next Star Wars Movie
Disney agents have been scouring Gran Canaria for locations for the next Star Wars film, according to local press reports.
22.04.2016: Happy Earth Day! Some cloud in north Gran Canaria this weekend, but sunny in the south and the resorts.
Teide volcano was wearing its cloud hat yesterday, a sure sign that the weather was about to change.
A new cheese, wine and craft shop at Las Lagunetas puts the sleepy highland village right on the Gran Canaria tour map.
15/04/2016: Gran Canaria should be warm and sunny this weekend although expect clouds to build up as the days go on.
Brad Pitt To Film Allied Scenes In Gran Canaria
Brad Pitt and fellow Hollywood A-Lister Marion Cotillard are to film scenes of their next film in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria.
Tufia Village Saved From Demolition
The east coast Gran Canaria village of Tufia, long threatened with demolition, has been saved by tweaks to the law.
Kids don't have to be Angry Birds fans to enjoy this huge adventure park right in the middle of Puerto Rico Resort.
10.04.2016: The Trade Winds fade away early this week so the skies this week will be full of fluffy white clouds. We may also get some showers, even in south Gran Canaria
Anfi Floating Weeks Illegal Says Spanish Supreme Court
Spain's top court has confirmed that floating weeks sold by Anfi del Mar timeshare resort (and all other timeshare operations in Spain) are illegal.
Canarians live on gorgeous islands in the middle of the ocean and are as relaxed as you'd expect them to be.
With over three million tourists visiting Gran Canaria every year and less than a million locals, you'd think Canarians would be used to the crazy things their guests do.
The Trade Winds bring cloud and some showers to north Gran Canaria this week. It may send some cloud to the resorts but there will also be plenty of sunshine.
Las Palmas city has over 400,000 inhabitants making it one of Spain's biggest cities. Here's the Gran Canaria Info guide to the city's main barrios and what to see and do in them.
Gran Canaria's resorts are choc-a-bloc this winter and bargain hotel and accommodation is been hard to find. The capital city Las Palmas, however, offers an alternative with some excellent hotels at great prices.
No More Oil Exploration Around The Canary Islands
Oil exploration permits around the Canary Islands have run out so there will be no more drilling in the near future.
Great Gran Canaria videos published during April 2016. See the best ones from March here.
First Gran Canaria Lions Reintroduced To Maspalomas
Written by Alex Bramwell
Published on April 1st 2016 as an April Fool's Day joke: The first Gran Canaria Lions were released back into the Maspalomas dunes nature reserve this morning after an 80-year absence.
You know spring has arrived in Gran Canaria when the pretty but misnamed Mayflower blooms all over the north of the island.
A sunny start to the week with cloud and showers in the north from Wednesday.
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- 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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