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What’s open at Anfi – Anfi have published the following info as at 15th July
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“Many of our members and guests wish to know what facilities are open in and around the clubs on their much longed-for return to Anfi.
Here is a list of what is available and open for business at 15/07/2021:
Anfi Beach Club:
Swimming pool and solarium open for use as usual with slightly restricted capacity.
Spar mini market open daily from 08.30 to 15.00 hours.
Tropicana Restaurant open daily from 08.00 to 18.00 hours (including buffet breakfast).
Children’s Mini club is open daily.
Club Puerto Anfi remains closed as does the Puerto Vista Restaurant.
Club Monte Anfi:Swimming pools and solariums open for use as usual with slightly restricted capacity.
Monte Vista snack bar is open daily from 10.00 to 19.00 hours.
Children’s Mini club is open daily.Club Gran Anfi:
Swimming pools and solarium open as usual with slightly restricted capacity.
Gran Bahia Restaurant is open daily from 12.00 to 19.00 hours.
Children’s Mini Club is open daily.Within the Anfi Urbanization:
Wellness Centre & hairdressers open daily from Monday to Friday from 09.00 to 17.00.
Mar de Tapas open daily from 12.00 to 22.00 hours.
Chapter One open daily from 09.30 to 19.30 hours.
La Posada open daily from 12.00 to 22.00 hours.
Poke Maroa Beach open daily from 1.000 to 18.00 hours.
Maroa Chill-Out & Restaurant open daily from 09.00 to 24.00 hrs for buffet breakfast, lunch, dinner and solarium.
Pier Monreal open Wednesday to Sundays from 16.00 to 24.00 hours.
Ice-Cream Parlour open daily from 10.00 to 21.30 hours.
Car Rental office open
Spar supermarket in the Plaza open as usual.
Water sports on the beach open as usual.
Most of the shops in the shopping centre and on the beach front are open for business as usual.”
I’ve had reply back – you need to send info as below to the hospital covid email covidmaspalomas@hospitalessanroque.com
You get results in 45 minutes so a delay but no second trip needed
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For an antigen test, appointment is necessary. It is carried out from Monday to Sunday including holidays from 12:00 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. in the extraction room, you come through the pediatric emergency department, at the back of the building.
Outside these hours, no antigen tests will be performed.
The result in 45 min approx and the price is € 30, Due to different agreements with hotels, apartments, we have other prices and if you have any Private Insurance, not all, but some cover this test.
If you agree, please, we need the following information:
Name and Surname
Birth date
ID num
Hotel name or apartment or your address
Telephone
EmailDate for test?
Thks so much.
Best rgds,
Lorena Rodríguez García.Departamento | Admisión
Hospitales Universitarios San Roque
Teléfono: 928404040+2+8507
Fax: 928063649
lorena.rodriguez@hospitalessanroque.com
C/ Mar de Siberia, nº1 | 35100 Maspalomas
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on the Anfi Del Mar site someone posted details for this clinic – Scandinavian clinic at Puerto Rico. You may need to book in advance.
Clinica Scandinavica Puerto Rico +34 928 56 23 24Roger mentioned on another post that clinics are in Arguineguin and Puerto Rico
Hi Liam – I’ve just tried a test email to the hospital and get an error – presume same as you – I suspect this is a typo in the email as the domain looks wrong <covidmaspalomas@hospitalessasnroque.com>: Host or domain name not found. Name service error for name=hospitalessasnroque.com type=AAAA: Host not found
And I’m right!! – on another bit of the site you can find a different version of the email – covidmaspalomas@hospitalessanroque.com – someone typed the sanroque bit wrong on the other webpage – can you give it a go and let us know if it works
[on this part of site the drop down gives the revised email – plus another email option – juancarlos.pulido@hospitalessanroque.com https://hospitalessanroque.com/es/especialidades-medicas/unidad-de-pruebas-diagnosticas-covid-19]
Hi Liam,
Anfi reception may have more info – originally at San Roque it was a walk in service for antigen and prebook for PCR, but the website does say to pre-book.
Where did you read that you collect results next day?The website has a phone number 928 40 41 42 – though also says to book by email for antigen.
For others the website is https://hospitalessanroque.com/en/medical-specialties/covid-19-diagnostic-testing-unit?center=hospitales-san-roque-in-maspalomas :-
“From Monday 12 July these will be the new timetables:
COVID19 TOTAL ANTI-BODY TEST – 40 euro. It detects the body’s response and immune status, sample test in blood or serum. The results can be downloaded from the Hospitales Universitarios San Roque website.
PCR – 95 euro. It detects in real time the genetic material of the active virus in the sample taken through the nose and pharynx with a swab that is analysed in a clinical laboratory. The result of the test can be downloaded from the website. Test from 07:00-09:30 Monday to Friday. Appointments will always be necessary, by e-mail: covidmaspalomas@hospitalessasnroque.com
ANTIGEN TEST – 30 euro. It detects the coronavirus protein. It is used for early recognition of positive cases and as a screening element for PCR. Test available from 12:00-19:00 Monday to Sunday (including public holidays) in the extraction room, which is next to the Emergency Room. Outside the established hours, antigen testing will not be carried out.
Appointments will always be necessary, by e-mail: covidmaspalomas@hospitalessasnroque.com
Also I don’t think you are signed up to our new Members Facebook group – https://www.facebook.com/groups/anfiukmembersclub – you are to our public group but that has restrictions on posting whereas the members group is open for posts (just no adverts please).
Regards, Brian
Hi Liam
There were some posts on this but the ones I’ve found are 3 to 5 years back
Hoppa as you mentioned or ResortHoppa – was back in 2013 – https://anfiukmembers.co.uk/forums/topic/resorthoppa/#post-6586
Benito taxis from many years ago – https://anfiukmembers.co.uk/forums/topic/benito-taxis-other-taxis/#post-6596
We clearly need an update from people who have used transfer services recently – I’ve heard that some people think the bus service is very good and simply use that. We can ask on our Facebook group too
Hi Craig
For your 11 year old son, the info I’ve referenced reads as if no test going out but same tests as you coming back, but please read on!!
You will need to fill in the same forms for your son as you do for yourself.
– for going out, please contact Anfi Customer Services to check what they say as slight conflict of info, see below (and in any case UK gov recommend you contact your “hotel” to confirm for Canaries):-– the Hello Canary’s site refers to anyone over 12 needing vaccination, test, or proof of having covid – https://www.hellocanaryislands.com/travelling-to-the-canary-islands/
– The UK gov site for travelling out – https://www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice/spain/entry-requirements#testing-requirements-for-arrivals-from-the-uk – refers to children under 12 being exempted
Then it goes on to say in Canary Islands children under 6 are exempt from testing, but it refers you to the Canary tourist board, which is Hello Canary’s and that says over 12 – so I’d suspect the reference to 6 is old information (the Canaries added some while ago a requirement for people going to regulated tourist accommodation, like Anfi and hotels, initially this was for tests before we had vaccine, now it reads as either test, vaccine or proof of having covid)
UK gov site says – “In some parts of Spain, regardless of your country of origin, tourist accommodation providers may require you to present evidence either of a negative test, of being fully vaccinated or of having had and recovered from COVID-19 in the last 6 months. This currently applies in the Canary Islands, see the Canary Island tourist board website for details. Children under the age of 6 are exempt from testing. Tests permitted are PCR (RT-PCR for COVID-19), Transcription Mediated Amplification (TMA), and Antigen tests. You should check with your accommodation provider prior to travel.”Lastly for coming back home the UK gov site – https://www.gov.uk/guidance/coronavirus-covid-19-testing-for-people-travelling-to-england#exemptions–people-who-do-not-need-to-take-a-test – says children aged 10 and under do not need a test, so I’m afraid your 11 year old will need same tests as you do. (unless of course the UK update this in coming days before you travel)
Do keep an eye on these Spanish and UK websites, in case things change – and also check with your airline, in case they have different rules for children travelling.
Hi Craig, glad it helps – I’ve asked on our FB group about the Spanish test and trace app as I can’t find it mentioned on the English Hello Canary’s site but the Spanish version says its mandatory – it is called Radar Covid. We have at least 2 members out there now do ought to be able to get a definitive answer.
“Radar Covid” and this site says mandatory to use it – https://www.holaislascanarias.com/medidas-de-seguridad-e-higiene/ – as does a Lanzarote site that says to use from 14th Nov 20 in Canaries.
Roger Byatt has posted on our FB group details of his trip out to Anfi, I have copied here but on our FB group there are some comments and additional info –
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I thought it might be helpful to tell you what to expect when you travel to Gran Canaria.
I flew EasyJet from Bristol Airport. Nice, small and uncrowded on Saturday 10 July when I travelled. Even the Long Stay car par is only a short (uphill) walk from the terminal. The parking shuttle buses are not running.On entering the area by the bag drop I had to show the agent my passport, vaccination certificate and Spanish passenger locator (SpTH)QR code. I had not had any one of those I would not have been allowed to enter the queue. I was then given a piece of paper to confirm everything had been checked which I had to show at the gate with my passport before boarding. Without that, I would have needed to go through the process again.
There were just over 20 people on my flight. It will be interesting to see what it is like next week. Mike reported that his Lufthansa flight from Germany was nearly full.
On arrival at Gran Canaria you go through passport control. As the UK is now not in the EU, your passport is stamped with 90 days permission to stay. After that you are stopped to check you have your vaccination certificate and SpTH code to hand. You then go through a temperature check and you SpTH code is logged. Remember you MUST load and activate the Spanish equivalent of the Track & Trace app and disable the NHS one.
Arriving at Anfi the check in is the same as normal except you must let them copy your proof of full vaccination or recent negative test. An NHS test is not accepted.
For the return home you must take a Covid19 test a maximum of 72 hours before your flight. At present it can be an antigen test or PCR. Anfi have a discount with Maspalomas hospital. I believe the antigen test is €15. Ask at reception for a form. This is worth it if there is a group of you, otherwise the small clinic in Arguineguin will do an antigen test (result in 30 minutes) for €40. Without this result letter signed by a doctor you cannot board your return flight.
On arrival in the UK you must also show proof you have booked PCR tests for day 2 & day 8. I bought a kit from Randox using a discount on the EasyJet site. This was £129 for both tests. If you do not have this, it is a £500 on the spot fine. You also have to complete the UK passenger locator form.Do watch the latest Covid19 information. With the surge in cases in Tenerife now coming to Gran Canaria it is possible infection will rise to the point it is put on the red list. As with anything in this pandemic, change may happen with little notice!
Hi Craig
It really is best to check the links I gave at the first post as things can change.
From when Richard went out last week, for double vaccinated person:-- have your NHS app and have the print with the QR code to prove vaccination status
- fill in Spanish Health form before you go
- keep checking the Hello Canary’s website in case they change anything and require tests (the UK gov site also has info for travelling to Spain, link in my first post)
- check your airline in case they need anything extra
- Anfi will accept the NHS QR code printout as proof of vaccination
Coming back
- complete the form for coming back to England
- antigen test before you come back
- book day 2 PCR test
For your 11 year old son, I don’t know the answer offhand, but I will have a look later today and suggest you do too and see if we get to same conclusion.
I hope you have a great time out there, another committee member Roger, has just arrived a day or two ago and you will be missing the very hot weather from Sahara by the time you go to Anfi.
Kind regards, Brian
We’ve opened a new section to cover from July 2021 – hopefully a more active phase than the last 6 months have been! The new section is on this link.
Restaurants and shops – what’s open?
Richard also replied to a query about which restaurants & shops are open – “Spar, Tapas Tapas, Tex Mex open on site though they say Maroa will open Saturday. Valentino’s (& the one next door), Caba su Oest & Montsemar along the front open. Going to Arguineguin today so will see what’s there today.”When Pam & I were out, albeit back in October, Palm Garden was open & very good. Close to it Cabosuroeste have a panorama restaurant which we didn’t go to as not open every day but said to be good.
In Puerto Rico the new-ish shopping centre is very good and has several restaurants in the plaza area. The Indian is very good and others look good. You can park underground, which was free when we were there.
Richard Weston is at Anfi now and travelled out last Tuesday (Richard is double vaccinated) – he posted on our Facebook group about his travel and said –
“I came out on Tuesday. Double vac SpTH app QR got through in seconds and NHS app vac QR was what Anfi needed.” – Richard did not have to take a test going out Anfi accepted his NHS proof of double vaccination (which is in line with Hello Canary info).
You need to fill in the Spanish Health form before you go out & the English one before you come back
The BBC amended the statement about tests on return and later said antigen (or PCR) before you fly back to UK, and PCR after you return
Info on gov.uk website – https://www.gov.uk/guidance/coronavirus-covid-19-testing-for-people-travelling-to-england
and the BBC updated the text on it’s own webpage https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-57763173Plus a BBC summary published yesterday, which gives ages for children and test requirements – https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/explainers-52544307
I doubt you missed todays announcement but:-
Covid-19: Amber list quarantine for fully vaccinated to end on 19 July 🙂 🙂
(and the guidance to not travel to amber list countries ends too, see below)Fully vaccinated UK residents arriving in England from amber travel list destinations will no longer have to quarantine from 19 July.
They will, however, still need to pay for PCR tests before and after their return, the transport secretary said.
Grant Shapps told MPs that under-18s returning from amber list places would also be exempt from quarantine.
Currently, anyone returning from amber or red list countries must isolate for 10 days, regardless of vaccine status.
“To be clear, a full vaccination means 14 days have passed since your final dose of the vaccine,” Mr Shapps said.
He added: “In essence, this means that for fully vaccinated travellers the requirements for green and amber list countries are the same.”
The transport secretary went on to say that, from 19 July – which is also the day when most Covid rules in England are due to end – the guidance that people should not travel to amber list countries will be removed.
But he cautioned “an amber list country could still turn red”, meaning hotel quarantine would become a requirement.
Sadly James has had to resign from the Committee, due to a change in personal circumstances, and we wish him all the best for the future.
As you will have heard, the Canary Islands did not move from the “amber” list on yesterdays government announcement. The infection levels in Gran Canaria have come down and are very low, under 20 per 100,000 so it has to be one of the other factors affecting the evaluation – the overall rate for the islands is currently 56 mainly pulled up by Tenerife which has the highest level at 102.
You can see on chart below the Gran Canaria rate
thanks Peter, be good to know what AVC say about RCI – other members have used it this year. When using RCI to book somewhere, some have commented that what is available from RCI isn’t as good as Anfi, others seem happy.
You could use RCI to book back into Anfi in the future – I believe the rules say you can only do that 1 year in 4. But 2 of our members seem to have used RCI to book back virtually every year.
Other point is, if you haven’t signed a new contract and were considering it, you’ll no doubt find Anfi can put your 2020 points into 2022 and/or offer other incentives or voucher & all those AVC rules just go 🙂
Regards, Brian
Hi Peter
I remember the sales ploy well! I wasn’t aware of the cumulative restriction you mention on using points via AVC on external booking, though I haven’t used this option with AVC myself.
Would Anfi still bank the points with RCI for you or is that subject to the same limit? – I ask as some members have banked points or weeks via AVC to RCI every year for years.If you bank into RCI you then have up to 2 years to use the points – or if you bank weeks it’s 2 years from date of your week.
Kind regards
Brian
Hi Daniel
Thanks for the update and warning, these cold callers are real pests.
The new style contract actually has a clause that formalises your right to hand back the contract, though Anfi have always been very good about that if people wanted to hand back.
If you are looking at the new contract there is more comment on this in the Forum and our Facebook group. Definitely, in my view, you should be getting something from Anfi if you do agree to sign, as Anfi are very keen to have the contracts signed to avoid risk of legal claims – Anfi have offered vouchers for weeks not used, roll over of points due to expire, and various other incentives.
Some members have signed because they like idea of a new “legal” document, others have not signed, some have signed because of incentives.Kind regards, Brian
Expect more news about when masks need to be worn on Thursday – Canarian Weekly report – https://www.canarianweekly.com/posts/where-will-masks-be-used-after-june-26
Sounds as though masks might still be needed in some situations where social distancing cannot be maintained: –
As of this coming Saturday, June 26th, masks will no longer be mandatory in outdoor public spaces, as announced by the Prime Minister of Spain, Pedro Sánchez, although there will be some conditions and some exceptions. This reform is to the national law that has established, since March last year, that masks must be worn at all times in any situation in a public space, even if there is a safety distance between people.
This regulation was also the one that the Inter-territorial Council of the National Health System (CISNS) agreed to “make more flexible” to stop the necessity of masks on beaches, by swimming pools, and other places of relaxation in an aquatic environment, when sunbathing, swimming, and not moving around.
Conditions and exceptions of the new regulation:
Broadly speaking the proposal is that masks in outdoor public spaces are only mandatory when:
– Any situation where the safety distance cannot be maintained.
- It remains to be established if this is to be 1.5 metres, 2 metres, or more, for people who do not live together or who do not belong to the same ‘social bubble’.
- The text, which legal services and Public Health experts are working together on, will probably introduce other exceptions in which, despite being outdoors and at a distance, a mask is still mandatory, but at this stage, they haven’t revealed what they are.
- For example, they could implement a clause that it only applies at certain alert levels when the risk of contagion is classed as low, so that maybe only territories in Level 1 are exempt, as they have done with nightlife and other regulations. If that were the case, masks would still be mandatory in Tenerife and Lanzarote at the moment.
- You will more than likely still need to wear one when walking around the terrace of a bar or restaurant, as you are on the premises of a business and distancing will not be guaranteed when you pass between tables.
- This will probably also apply when you enter a shopping centre even though it may be open-air before you go into the shops, as again, you are on commercial property and spacing can’t be guaranteed.
- However, all will be revealed on Thursday, and whatever the exceptions are, it is a huge step in the right direction for a return to normality.
Members may know that Anfi Beach only opened for a short period at the end of last year and has since been closed – Puerto and Emerald have remained closed as well with people being accommodated at Monte and Gran.
Latest info is that Beach is expected to open shortly, possibly around the 10th to 12th July. So Anfi must be expecting a pick up in numbers soon. The EU initiative to ease travel between member states especially for fully vaccinated tourists may be part of Anfi’s rationale, and the EU were hoping to bring in the digital certificate by or in July.
Whilst we in the UK wait for the next travel review, though the Prime Minister sounded very cautious about prospects for international travel when speaking a day or two ago.
A very good brief article on the travel position for popular destinations including Spain and Canary Islands – BBC guide to Spain, Portugal and other holiday hotspots – https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/explainers-56997931 – if you click on the links it takes you to the relevant UK government advice so you can check for latest. Noteworthy that although Spain doesn’t require tests, the Canary Islands do if you are checking into regulated tourist accommodation, like Anfi – the government website actually says you should check with the accommodation provider prior to travel:-
“In some parts of Spain, a negative COVID-19 may be required when checking in to tourist accommodation. This currently applies in the Canary Islands. Children under the age of 6 are exempt from testing. Tests permitted are PCR (RT-PCR for COVID-19), Transcription Mediated Amplification (TMA), and Antigen tests. You should check with your accommodation provider prior to travel.” (https://www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice/spain/entry-requirements#testing-requirements-for-arrivals-from-the-uk)
Canary Islands allow everyone 16 or over ages to request Covid-19 vaccine.
Its reported the Canary Health Council announced on Monday that the Canary Islands are the first Spanish region to allow all eligible people aged 16 or over to register for an appointment to get the Covid-19 vaccine.
It’s reported more than 30,000 people registered their details on the first day, crashing the government website on occasions. Vaccinations are at one of the vaccination points set up throughout the Canary Islands.
Spain has so far administered one dose to 35% of the country’s 47 million-strong population and 17% have received the full inoculation.
