TOURISM AND HEALTH IN GRAN CANARIA

*HEALTH TOURISM IS ONE OF THE OLDEST FORMS OF TOURISM KNWON IN THE WORLD . THE FIRST TOURISTS WHO CAME TO GRAN CANARIA – AROUND THE SECOND HALF OF THE 19^th CENTURY - BELONGED TO THE SO-CALLED HEALTH TOURISM.

* STORIES OF MIRACLE CURES CIRCULATED TROUGHOUT EUROPE, AND EVEN BY THE ADVICE OF THE DOCTORS THEMSELVES, WHO RECOMMENDED THE CLIMATE AND MINERAL WATERS OF GRAN CANARIA.

* TODAY, A CENTURY AND SOME DECADES LATER, GRAN CANARIA MAINTAINS ITS PRESTIGE AS A HEALTH RESORT AND A PLACE TO REST, HAVING DEVELOPED A WIDE RANGE OF SERVICES AND FACILITIES FOR CONSULTATIONS AND THE TREATMENT OF DIFFERENT DISORDERS OR JUST TO PAMPER YOUR BODY AND RELAX AS AN ALTERNATIVE TO CONVENTIONAL TOURISM.

* ON THE ISLAND YOU CAN FIND SPAS WHOSE WATERS ARE RICH IN MINERALS AND BLENDED WITH SEA WATERS. THEY ARE IDEAL FOR REHABILITATION TREATMENTS, ACUTE RHEUMATISM, ULCERATED LESIONS, SKIN AND BONE DISORDERS AS WELL AS FATIGUE AND STRESS.

* IN THESE SPAS YOU CAN FIND ALL KIND OF TECHNIQUES AND SERVICES RANGING FROM :

• ALGAE GRAP
• SEA MUD
• HYDROTHERAPY
• SALT BATH
• BANDAGES
  AROMATHERAPHY
  MUD BATH   

• THALASSOTHERAPY
• THERMOTHERAPY
• PRESSOTHERAPY
• LYMPHATIC DRAINAGE
• REFLEXOTHERAPY
• CHYROMASSAGE
• SPECIFIC MASSAGES
• VICHY SHOWER
• TURKISH BATH
• JACUZZI
• SAUNA
• SWIMMING POOLS WITH JETS
• REIKI..........AMONG MANY OTHERS.
  
  
  * BUT GRAN CANARIA IS A DESTINATION FOR HEALTH TOURISM FOR MORE REASONS THAN JUST ITS SPECIALISED CENTRES. THE ENTIRE ISLAND IS A PARADISE WHERE YOU CAN FORGET ABOUT STRESS EXHAUSTION , THE NEED TO BREAK AWAY AND ALL THE AILMENTS THAT ARE PROVOQUED BY THE DAILY HUSTLE AND BUSTLE.
  * ALL YOU NEED IS A THERAPEUTIC WALK ON THE GOLDEN SANDS OF THE ISLAND'S EXPANSIVE BEACHES OR A SWIM IN ITS WARM AND CRYSTAL-CLEAR WATERS, WICH IS CHARGED WITH IODINE, SODIUM AND OTHER ELEMENTS THAT ARE BENEFICIAL FOR THE BODY, OR TO BE OXYGENATED BY SOME CONTACT WITH NATURE, WHERE YOU CANNOT HELP BUT RELAX....
  * THE HELIOTHERAPHY CENTRE LOCATED IN DUNAS OF MASPALOMAS WAS CONSTRUCTED BY THE ITALIAN EDUARDO FILIPUTTI IN THE 1960'S. THE PURPOSE OF THIS ”SPA” WAS TO EXPLOIT THE BENEFICIAL EFFECTS OF THE COMBINATION OF SUN AND SAND. THIS CENTRE DISSAPEARED IN 1990 AS PART OF THE PLAN TO RECOVER THE ECOSYSTEM.
  • HEALTH AND BEAUTY CENTRES IN GRAN CANARIA
    * IN GRAN CANARIA YOU WILL DISCOVER THAT HOLIDAYS ARE ALSO A TIME FOR RESTING, LOOKING AFTER YOURSELF , TONING UP AND RECUPERATING VITAL ENERGY.

* THE SPECIALISED CENTRES WITH THE MOST ADVANCED FACILITIES AND EXPERTS PROVIDING THE SPECIAL TREATMENT YOU DESERVE OFFER CUTOMERS VARIOUS SERVICES IN THE AREAS OF WELL-BEING , HEALTH, BEAUTY AND RELAXATION. SIT BACK, RELAX AND JUST LET IT ALL HAPPEN!!!

CENTRE LIST

• CENTRO WIEDEMANN – HOTEL REY CARLOS
• CLUB DE MAR – HOTEL CLUB DE MAR
• DUNAS LA CANARIA
• GRAN SPA CORALLIUM
• PALM BEACH
• SPA CENTRE AGUA VITAL
• SPA MELIA TAMARINDOS
• SPA LAS NIEVES
• TALASOTERAPIA CANARIAS AMADORES- GLORIA PALACE
• TALASOTERAPIA CANARIAS SAN AGUSTIN- GLORIA PALACE
• TALASOTERAPIA LAS CANTERAS
• VITAL SUITES WELLNESS AND RESIDENCE
• VITAL WELLNESS CENTRE EUGENIA VICTORIA
• WELLNESS CENTER GRAND HOTEL RESIDENCIA
• WELLNESS MELONERAS
• LOPESAN COSTA MELONERAS RESORT, SPA AND CASINO
• LOPESAN VILLA DEL CONDE RESORT AND CORALIUM THALASSO......
  
  
  GRAN CANARIA APPEALS TO “MEDICAL TOURISTS"

GRAN CANARIA IS ONE OF EUROPE'S LEADING WELLNESS AND MEDICAL TOURISM DESTINATIONS, OFFERING WORLD CLASS FACILITIES AND TECHNOLOGY TO TREAT A VAST RANGE OF AILMENTS AT AN AFFODABLE COST.
THE GRAN CANARIA SPA, WELLNESS AND HEALTH ASSOCIATION ( GCSW&HASSOCIATION) HAS BROUGHT TOGETHER THE TOP SPAS, MEDICAL AND RECUPERATION FACILITIES ON THE ISLAND TO ARRANGE THE VERY BEST BESPOKE WELLNESS AND MEDICAL HOLIDAY PACKAGES TO SUIT INDIVIDUAL NEEDS OF UK TRAVELLERS.





FAMED FOR ITS HEALTHY MICROCLIMATE AVERAGING 24 DEGREES ALL YEAR ROUND AND ITS PURIFYING NATURAL MINERAL WATERS AND ALOE VERA, GRAN CANARIA OFFERS PERFECT CONDITIONS IN WICH RECUPERATE AND REJUVENATE . IT'S AN IDEAL DESTINATION TO COMBINE SURGERY, POST OPERATIVE RECUPERATION AND HOLIDAY RELAXATION.


• THE PUREST ALOE VERA IN THE WORLD
  
  
• ALOE VERA FROM GRAN CANARIA IS CONSIDERATED BY THE EXPERTS AS THE “PUREST”, IS RECOGNISED AND ADMIRED BY SPECIALIST IN THE HEALTH AND BEAUTY SECTOR TROUGHOUT THE WORLD . THANKS TO ITS THERAPEUTIC PROPERTIES ITS HEALING POWER AND ITS CALMING EFFECTS, IT HAS BECOME AN IMPORTANT ELEMENT IN THE DIFFERENT TREATMENTS WICH ARE OFFERED BY THE CANARIEN CENTRES. THE CLIMATE AND THE PROPERTIES OF THE SURROUNDINGS ON THE ISLAND OF GRAN CANARIA, MAKE THIS PLANT GROW IN UNIQUE CONDITIONS.
  “ I DO NOT WANT HEAR ABOUT PROBLEMS...I'M OFF TO GRAN CANARIA!! “