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Every year thousands of people take the plunge and buy a property in Gran Canaria. With tourism booming and prices rising again after the crisis, it's a good time to invest in a holiday home or rental property.
If you're looking for a resort property in south Gran Canaria, read our guide to the main resort property areas. If you're interested in north Gran Canaria and the capital city Las Palmas, we've got a whole section about it.
Here's a useful Spanish property glossary, and a guide to the cost of buying a Gran Canaria property and handy hints about where to look for your dream home.
There are lots of estate agents in south Gran Canaria and their services are free to buyers because the seller pays their fees. We advise all buyers to use the services of a quality estate agent in Gran Canaria, especially if you don't speak and read Spanish.
In south Gran Canaria we recommend Cárdenas Real Estate, and in north Gran Canaria you can't go wrong with Las Palmas Property.
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Las Palmas Property
Everything you need to know about buying a property in Las Palmas city.
Las Palmas is one of Spain's top ten cities and it's becoming a popular winter holiday destination for people who feel like a change from Gran Canaria's resorts. Demand is rising fast in the city's most popular property areas.
Almost all sellers and estate agents in Las Palmas are Spanish so if you are want to buy in the city, you need a good local estate agent who speaks your language.
Before you choose one, read our professional tips about Las Palmas property and this detailed buying guide.
Then talk to our resident Las Palmas property expert Laura Leyshon.
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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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