Trip to Tenerife booked. Need Cigar Help!!

[Ethem]

Evening gents.

So I've booked a little trip to Tenerife with the missus for the end of July staying at the Gran Oasis Resort in Playa de las Americas. As always, I look to my trusty knowledge bank UKCF for advice on cigars. Any good cigar shops in the area anyone know of? How's the prices? What's the airport like? Can I buy cigars on arrival at the airport?

Thanks in advance chaps

[Rob Royston]

Went around the Canary Islands this year. Can't remember specifics, but you'll find the odd cigar shops selling Cubans and the like. They love to sell Spanish and Canary Island cigars more I think though. The tobacco they use for their own cigars is lovely...just very poor quality with rolling and storing imo

I'd avoid the airport because of price. You might as well buy the stuff from over here it's no where near as cheap as it could be.
And the smaller shops that look appealing just sell toot, junk and cigarettes. Nothing of any real quality from what I found.

There was a lovely cigar shop at the port in Fuerteventura. Hopefully Tenerife has one I never got to see. Look down the backstreets

[PeeJay]

I went last year and found nothing of note at all, the airport was crap. For a quick smoke keep an eye out for La Aurora Principes in packs of ten behind the counter, vanilla, chocolate and natural. They were surprisingly good and if you find them I'd love a box of the chocolate please!

[Ethem]

Ah not looking like i will find a good selection of Cubans then?

[PeeJay]

I saw one shop that had some RyJs baking in the window so didn't even bother going in. I stayed in Los Gigantes so Las Americas being bigger and more commercial you might have more luck. Most of the Canarian cigars were sold off the shelf so the bargepole rule applies I feel.

[PeeJay]

And you might be interested to read this that my wife has just shared on Facebook that her friend posted

WARNING,ANYONE TRAVELLING TO TENERIFE.DO NOT NOT BUY ANYTHING FROM GOODWILL S.C BASED IN ARONA LOS CRISTIANOS.THEY GET YOU TO USE YOUR DEBIT CARD THEN PRETEND THEIR MACHINE IS NOT WORKING AFTER YOU HAVE PUT IN YOUR PIN NUMBER.THIS SHOP TAKES HUNDREDS OF POUNDS OUT OF YOUR BANK ACCOUNT WITHOUT YOU KNOWING.YOU ONLY KNOW WHEN YOU GET HOME AND CHECK YOUR BANK.YOUR BANK WILL NOT RE-EMBURSE YOU BECAUSE YOU HAVE "AUTHORISED " THE SALE.PLEASE SHARE THIS WITH ALL YOUR FRIENDS,THESE PEOPLE NEED TO BE STOPPED !

[Ethem]

Trip to Tenerife booked. Need Cigar Help!!

Wow! That is worrying. Thanks for the heads up. Mental note taken not to shop from Goodwill SC.

Hah barge pole rule was created for such instances

[ValeTudoGuy]

Does Facebook require any validation of claims On such reports? Or can a disgruntled person effectively give bad reviews with relative impunity? Do companies get to respond to give a balanced view?
I only ask because I don't use Facebook so don't have a clue.

[cigarmo]

No one can write anything really, much the same with most online review sites too.

[PeeJay]

Yep Mo is right, on this occasion as it was timely I thought it pertinent to share with Ethem. Their losing his custom is better than him losing money.

[ValeTudoGuy]

I use Trip advisor and often companies reply to such complaints with often eye opening and logical reasons.

[ValeTudoGuy]

Yep Mo is right, on this occasion as it was timely I thought it pertinent to share with Ethem. Their losing his custom is better than him losing money.

Oh I'm not questioning that, I was just generally interested.

[PeeJay]

Oh I'm not questioning that

That makes a change Marc

[PeeJay]

I use Trip advisor and often companies reply to such complaints with often eye opening and logical reasons.

I also use Tripadvisor all the time and have learned to look for a common thread amongst complaints and to ignore the random ones

[ValeTudoGuy]

I also use Tripadvisor all the time and have learned to look for a common thread amongst complaints and to ignore the random ones

Bingo! I quite like Trip advisor so Will probably stay using it, unless Facebook offers a better interface or something? Any opinions?