Rounding out the series of publications about the Canary Islands a little story about the city. More cities we have not chosen, so that the remaining information in the search for other sources. Just know that here there is still something like a cross between a zoo and water parks, several churches, a couple of sea ports, airport and IKEA. But apart from the airport did not see anything and I do not know. So, the city. clickable map. C. C. - Shopping centers. Yellow line - the main highway, in fact the city is divided highway in the hotel part (near the sea) and residential.
Parallel to the highway is wide pedestrian path, separated from the highway and urban road plantings of palms, cacti and flowers. Rains are rare, so that under every bush, black stretch tube irrigation system.
Local shopping centers are more like markets or supermarkets in a small Russian towns: lots of shops with all kinds of garbage. Frankly, there is nothing to buy: clothes, or with imported Italian extra charge, or some incomprehensible garbage cut, the rest of the range consists of rather a poor assortment of souvenirs. Trade in these shops are predominantly Hindus. There is a decent shopping center - on the map designated as the Bahia Calma, there is a department store and Spar, Auchan analogue of the house. All the rest - more micromarkets for stupid tourists.
Wine - 1 to 10 euros, Baileys - 15 euros, beer - 0. 8-0. 9 euros for 0. 33. Beer is lousy, bad analogue German beer - bitter and dry. 5-10 euros is quite possible otovaritsya snacks and drinks at the local grocery stores. T-shirt - from 6 to 15 euros, shorts - 10-20 euros, sunglasses - 6-25 euros. Fridge Magnet - 1-3 euros. In general, the prices as we have something a little cheaper, something a little more expensive. Do not rush to recommend to the goods in the first shop, experience has shown that the corner must be the same, but 20-25 % cheaper.
Cafes a lot, but the range is small - basically, it is drink and some food. To eat, we did not take - the hotel is excellent and well fed, but the coffee is brewed well, maybe a little worse than the Italian coffee shops. Espresso - 1 euro, the U.S. - a. 1.20. 60 euro. Something to eat - from 5 euros per serving.
Taxis in the city - three euros. But you can take a taxi motnutsya and before any of the cities - is from 5 to 30 euro. But we did not use. Frankly, taxis are often just stand, than go. And the reason is simple: too many car rental companies.
Rent a car for a day ranges from 22 to 40 euros per night and falls depending on the number of rental days. You will also need a deposit. Still it is possible to rent motorcycles, bicycles. Last - the cheapest, from 13 euros per share and 50 euros for a deposit. Rentals there are so many that just a lot of. Only in the building of our hotel there were three companies and two in front, 50 meters from the hotel on the road - three.
Local hard to find. Homeless people in general could not meet. They live in a typical local cottage, the construction of various. There is a very small cottage with a microscopic yard, there 's like in the photo. The cost ranges from nedvizhki 60 80tys. euros per apartment to 250tys. a chalet or cottage (rent from 100 to 600 euros I do not know for a day or a week ). We even got to the Arab quarter, where the women are wearing head scarves walk, but did not go deep - dumb. Schools, kindergartens - have not seen at all. Seen by the police stations and a couple of cars with the police - Policia Local.
The main attraction of the island - is, of course, beaches. Hills and mountains of volcanic origin, and there are, or from volcanic rock, or sandstone, that looks pretty close to dull. But the beaches are wonderful, wide, with a long strip of ebb and flow, completely cluttered with sun loungers with parasols. If I understand correctly, the beaches are a separate business unit and managed by a company - not the hotel. Anatomic costs 8 euros, two loungers - 12 euros, just stretch out on the sand - for free.
Go through the whole length of the beach - from hour to hour. The sand is quite thick and viscous, with a generous admixture of volcanic ash, from which it seems dirty, but in fact it's not so sad in this respect - the sand as the sand. At least he did not fly on the beach and is half the garbage in the room. Left in the photo is clearly visible line of the tide, and a strip of volcanic sand beach under a layer of sand.
The beach has a surf school. What's what in terms of money - not interested. It seems like there are kayak rentals. As to the rental of ships and water bikes - it's in the neighboring port city, this is not the Costa Calma.
The animals only see cats and chipmunks. Of the birds - doves, some small birds, and occasionally caught a seagull and crow. There are almost no insects: a couple of times seen a fly, and all.
Overall impression - a quiet little town, entirely focused on tourists. The population here is half German tourists, and then go local and Spanish tourists and a little Italian, French, Polish and Russian. For entertainment - the beach and eating a little shopping and sports. Everything is focused on a quiet family vacation. The pace of life is measured.
That's all. Tomorrow back to native land, and again I will write about Yandex, internet, business and other procedures bothered herotu. So wait a little, little remains. Surprisingly, here I have never checked the application to Sapa, do not got to the admin kazapy, did not check the position of sites and not at all interested in whether updates. I never even asked how it operational status of projects that have gone on the tasks for the holidays. So let's see how things have changed over this time.
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