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... during our stay I smoked ZERO cigars. I did attempt one or two of the Toscano Toscanello which Captain Q had gifted to me a week or so previously but couldn't finish them. Basically I began the holiday with a dreadful head cold which blew up my sinuses and then developed into a heavy chest infection.
I'lliot/San Coma the resort we stayed at, had several Tabacs. Spanish, Canary Islands and NC were the mainstay, but each had a selection of Cubans. I think there must be some sort of agreement going on as there was no overlap in what they sold. One Tabac sold Cohiba, Punch and RyJ while another majored Montecristo, JLP and Rafael Gonzales. Cigars were also available at some of the hotels but at 20% above the street price.
Unfortunately I missed out on the trip to Los Palmas (having to sit on a coach and snort yellow crap into a tissue every five minutes was just too uncomfortable and embarrassing a prospect), but apparently there are one or two good cigar shops in the town, just a shame I had to miss out.
Prices surprised me, they weren't as cheap as I had expected. The Duty Free at Los Palmas airport had self-service humidor and a reasonable Cuban selection plus masses of Guan and LFdC. All I bought was a 5 pack of Siglo I's, I did think about getting a box of Partagas 898 but dithered so long about it I ran myself out of time, as we needed to get to our departure gate which was a fair walk away and I wasn't feeling that great anyway (It's a big airport!).
So that's it. Apart from the pack of Cohiba that I bought. I took something like 20 tubos and the Toscanello out with me .... and ALL the tubos came back.
I'lliot/San Coma the resort we stayed at, had several Tabacs. Spanish, Canary Islands and NC were the mainstay, but each had a selection of Cubans. I think there must be some sort of agreement going on as there was no overlap in what they sold. One Tabac sold Cohiba, Punch and RyJ while another majored Montecristo, JLP and Rafael Gonzales. Cigars were also available at some of the hotels but at 20% above the street price.
Unfortunately I missed out on the trip to Los Palmas (having to sit on a coach and snort yellow crap into a tissue every five minutes was just too uncomfortable and embarrassing a prospect), but apparently there are one or two good cigar shops in the town, just a shame I had to miss out.
Prices surprised me, they weren't as cheap as I had expected. The Duty Free at Los Palmas airport had self-service humidor and a reasonable Cuban selection plus masses of Guan and LFdC. All I bought was a 5 pack of Siglo I's, I did think about getting a box of Partagas 898 but dithered so long about it I ran myself out of time, as we needed to get to our departure gate which was a fair walk away and I wasn't feeling that great anyway (It's a big airport!).
So that's it. Apart from the pack of Cohiba that I bought. I took something like 20 tubos and the Toscanello out with me .... and ALL the tubos came back.
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