Monday, 22 February 2016 15:49

Enjoy The View Of Snow-Capped Teide Volcano While It Lasts

Teide volcano covered in snow as seen from Gran Canaria Teide volcano covered in snow as seen from Gran Canaria www.photosgrancanaria.com

Look west from Gran Canaria at the moment and you'll see Tenerife's Teide volcano covered in snow ad surrounded by the blue sky and the Atlantic Ocean. Feast your eyes on it, because the snow won't last long.

Teide volcano covered in snow

Most mountains as high as Teide (3,718 metres above sea level) are snow-capped all throughout the winter but because the climate here is so mild, you only get to see it white for a few weeks of the year at most. 

Over the next few days, the snow line will move higher until Teide is back to its normal grey colour. Until then, we get to pretend that we live next to Atlantis / Shangri-La / Narnia.

Teide and the Fred Olsen Ferry

The best views of Teide volcano are from the southwest, west, and northwest coasts of Gran Canaria as well as from Las Palmas and from the highlands. From Pico de las Nieves, the high point of Gran Canaria, you see Roque Nublo, Roque Bentayga and Teide all at the same time.

Or head to Sardina de Galdar and clock the view of Teide with the lighthouse in the foreground.

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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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