Wednesday, 10 February 2016 23:03

Gran Canaria Tips: Food Shop Like A Local & Save A Fortune

Shop like a local in Gran Canaria & have more fun money Shop like a local in Gran Canaria & have more fun money www.photosgrancanaria.com

Small supermarkets in Gran Canaria's resorts are great for buying water and cold beer, but they are expensive if you use them to buy food.

Instead, get a bus or taxi to the nearest local supermarket and you'll save a fortune. If you are in Gran Canaria self-catered or half-board and plan to make your own meals, it's definitely worth the extra effort.  

For example, you can buy half a kilo of sliced cheese in a big local supermarket for €3.50 while in small resort supermarkets you get about four slices for the same money. 

Ask at reception for your nearest Spar, Hiperdino or Mercadona. If you are staying in Playa del Inglés or Maspalomas, there's a Spar and an Hiperdino in San Fernando. In Puerto Rico, the nearest big local supermarkets are in Arguineguín while Puerto de Mogán has its own Spar close to the beach. 

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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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