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Post by Silly Yak on Jan 29, 2011 15:44:53 GMT
Posted by Derek on 29/1/2011, 9:46:09 Just returned from a 2 week all-inclusive hoiliday organised by Saga at the Elba Carlota near Caleta de Fueste and it was superb.
I have been a Coeliac for 34 years since the age of 29 and have been fortunate to have travelled abroad quite extensively and this hotel looked after me better than anywhere else in the world.
There was a great deal I could eat from the buffet meals, but the staff provided gluten free bread rolls, bread slices, cakes, biscuits for breakfast manufactured by Schar.
If a wanted special gluten free meals in the evening, the chef made them specially including wonderful gluten free pizza, papas fritas (chips), tortilla de patata (spanish omelette) and pasta.
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Post by Silly Yak on Feb 12, 2011 10:09:14 GMT
Fuerteventura - my review Posted by Lucy - N.London on 19/6/2004 GF board
We stayed at Club Caleta Las Villas (1st choice holiday tour operator) in Caleta de Fuste for 11 days recently. The weather was fab, a nice breeze cooled the hot afternoons. So onto the food report.... First Choice Airways get a 0/10 for providing absolutely nothing (except for the Pringles we bought! previous years have been great but will consider changing holiday companies next year) but we did expect this after recent publicity. Las Villas offered an a la carte eat as much as you like for 10 euros per adult (bring 2 kids and pay for 1 and a free bottle of wine). So I took my spanish restaurant card to reception, this was hastily shown to the manager (javier) and then to the restaurent manager (Abdellah... a more helpful manager you could not wish to meet and he spoke good English). So within 15 minutes notice Gemma (5) was produced a gluten-free meal . They cooked her 3 chicken fillets and chips separately and she had some veg.However they basically would have produced anything we wished ... she just loves chicken and chips.They get 10/10!! We only ate there 3 times, because they did not open until 6.30pm and the kids were starving at 5pm most days due to kids club and swimming and refusing to eat during the day... typical kids. Also there is a new branch of Mcdonalds in Caleta de Fuste which we visited twice... handy on transfer day home when we had no access to a kitchen and we knew how bad 1st choice would be! I found the best way to communicate with them to order a burger minus bun was simply to draw a picture with crosses and ticks ... actually thinking about using in my local branch as they seem to have more problems understanding my English than the Spanish have understanding my spanish!! Anyway successful missions both times so I have to give it 9/10 . Gemma had no adverse reactions to anything she ate so it must all have been ok.A great holiday all round and ice-cream list from Kalise an essential. By the way did not see a single naturist not that I was looking but I had heard there were many. Lucy
I have just remembered that I was going to say that I found no 'gluten-free' section in the big supermarket in this resort which was a Eurospar. However they did have a whole aisle dedicated to low-sugar and low-salt diets.
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Post by Silly Yak on Feb 12, 2011 10:10:57 GMT
From Eileen GF board Corralejo in Fuerteventura We rented a villa at www.InfinitiCorralejo.co.uk I know the Bristol Playa are turning some of their property into self-catering apartments at present. ....Blue Jeans is still there along with the Pancho Villa where I enjoy the chilli. We usually stick to five restaurants, namely:- Pancho Villa La Taberna (excellent for fish and veal) The Sombrero (where you cook your own fillet steak at the table on a sombrero shaped cone thingy) Eve in the Main Square, used to be called Oscar's, (their suckling pig and fish is v.g.) My favourite restaurant is Los Pepe's, which is owned by a Scottish couple. They understand the coeliec diet and will adapt items on the menu wherever possible, provided notice has been given. ******************************* Re: Fuerteventura - eating out Posted by Eileen on 3/12/2005 ...Caleta is very popular with families. ......You are close to the airport, but not uncomfortably so. A tip, when you arrive at the airport, the trolleys take a £1 if you do not have a Euro. A beautiful place to visit is El Cortillo, north of the Island. Unspoilt with safe swimming, (2no hotels currently being built so enjoy it now)! Cortillo is very popular with wind-surfers. Not much going on at night there but a restaurant I would recommend for lunch is Marquesina's, which is in the town, (the town is very small). If you do decide to return, I would recommend this Company www.sunseekerholidays.com/ If you are flying with First Choice, it can be hit and miss re: being provided with a GF meal, so I would go armed with some nosh. FuerteventuraPosted by Eileen on 29/9/2011, 14:58:17 I am currently on holiday in Fuerteventura and have found it very easy to buy GF food. I am staying in Corralejo and the Spar Supermarket at the top of the town has an excellent range of Schar, some items of which I haven't seen before. There is also frozen Dietary Specials puff pastry.
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Post by Silly Yak on Feb 12, 2011 10:28:52 GMT
Fuertaventura
Posted by Linda (Yorkshire) on 15/3/2010
GF board ...
My partner and I have just come back from Fuertaventura, last Saturday 13th March. We also went to Corralejo, we stayed in a large hotel complex called Oasis Dunas, half-board. I was a little worried about getting 'glutened' but luckily I did'nt ALL WEEK.
The meals in the hotel were buffet style so I took one of those Dietary Cards in Spanish and two nights of the week I was unsure of the contents of some of the meat dishes with sauces so I showed the dietary card to a waiter who then took it to the head chef and he cooked me a seperate 'gluten free' main course which I then went to the buffet bar to add my own vegetables.
We went to the supermarket on a few occasions to buy milk, water because our room had a fridge, kettle and toaster but I did'nt find any thing like gf bread or crispbreads... therefore I did'nt eat any bread or cakes all week.
We did find an ice-cream bar around the harbour which sold Carte D'or which I had mango sorbet.
We eat out twice at a steak bar called El Torro Bravo, its on the main road where most of the shops are, opposite MANGO ladies dress shop, I had a sirloin steak, jacket potato and garlic prawns for starter, all gluten free and it was delicious.
Hope this info helps, we have not been to this island before but we loved it, the weather was great, plenty of shops, beach was lovely too.....
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Post by Silly Yak on Mar 20, 2011 10:51:46 GMT
Posted by Frauke on 20/3/2011, 10:30:51
Correlejo
Just had to post on here about The Point, which is a great wee place tucked up behind one of the town beaches, lovely views, and wonderful warm and friendly service.
The proprietor, Louise is Coeliac herself, so you have nothing to worry about when it comes to safe and tasty gluten free food.
We had burger and fab home made chips (yes, the chips are safe!!), prawns with garlic and pimiento, mussels with home made pesto, and amazing flambéed bananas for dessert.
They also have gluten free beer (!!), gf pasta, can make you sandwiches with gf bread etc etc, so much choice. A veritable haven for Coeliacs, and we were made to feel very welcome!
Eating out can be a bit stressful sometimes, and this wee place helped us to have a relaxing and fab holiday!
Another tip if self catering is that the Spar has a really good selection of gluten free breads and pastas, and a lot of the meats and sauces and jars of things like olives and peppers are marked "Sin Gluten", so no need for a suitcase full of stuff before you go! Even the freezer section has plenty of gf choice - first place I've ever seen gf puff pastry... although I don’t think I'll start baking while on holiday!
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Post by Trevor on Mar 21, 2012 20:48:25 GMT
Posted by Paul in Madrid on 21/3/2012, 14:13:16 213.4.22.x Hi everyone, Have just seen this article online (Google can translate I'm sure) about a new chain of shops that stock GF in the Canary islands in Spain: lavozdetenerife.com/not/11896/hip...._los_celiacos / There are 54 in Gran Canaria, 36 in Tenerife, 15 in Lanzarote, 6 in Fuerteventura y 3 in La Palma. Hope it's useful for the self-caterers out there. Writing / Voice of Tenerife Gluten intolerance is a disease that can manifest at any stage of life through different symptoms, which often lead to confusion in diagnosing the disease, especially since the first complaints, since the effects of such intolerance can manifest in different ways such as weight loss, diabetes mellitus, fractures, epilepsy and others. This makes such intolerance, celiac makes us take a magnitude difficult to assess. According to medical studies, at present only 10% are diagnosed with celiac disease who are really suffering this disorder. It is also estimated that 20% of unknown origin have neurological celiac disease behind, like 10% of osteoporosis cases or 20% of children who are thought to have a hormone disorder growth. It is therefore increasingly urgent to offer this population a range of food products that offer the necessary guarantees and, knowing this, those responsible for HiperDino have increased and improved the number of products for celiacs, both in quantity and quality they have in their shelves. In 114 chain stores HiperDino can find gluten-free products supported by FACE (Federation of Celiac Spain) 54 are in Gran Canaria, Tenerife 36 in 15 in Lanzarote, Fuerteventura and 3 6 in La Palma. HiperDino Products has added to its food supply bear the logo of the spike mark that identifies them as food quality and safety and is currently valued by coeliacs. It has also created specific zones for the implementation of these benchmarks in order to provide the best to its customers location within their supermarkets. It is also intended to HiperDino continue to evolve with your special gluten-free range in order to adapt fully to the needs of this group that, on occasion, expressed his difficulty in acquiring these products. Celiac disease is a permanent intolerance to gluten in wheat, barley, rye and probably oats, hence the importance of the 20 references HiperDino provides for bread, sweets, pasta and bread, which opened an important reference range of textures and flavors that do not mean to be celiac deprived of a varied diet. HiperDino has also 6 References for frozen: baguetinas, bread, tuna mini-pie, pizza, candy arm, arm and yolk truffle toast. Any scenario in which to choose, offered by the brand Proceli, a leading provider of market that is exclusively dedicated to the development of specific products for celiac fully guaranteed and protected by seals prestige and Free Gloten Islands. Both brands are supported by the Federation of Associations of Celiac Spain (FACE). For those responsible for HiperDino is crucial to provide an adequate response at all times to the different needs of enterprise customers, "hence we work constantly to keep completing offers that took our lines". What is FACE? The Federation of Celiac Spain (FACE), the body that supports the quality of products for celiac HiperDino has on sale, was legally constituted on June 27, 1994 with state scope, nonprofit organization. The FACE is composed of 17 federations / associations of celiac regional character. The main objective of this Federation is to coordinate the effort and the work of the member associations to defend their rights with a view to unity of action and to better achieve common goals. Read more: coeliac.proboards.com/index.cgi?action=display&board=canary&thread=3225&page=1#ixzz1pmp1oUZu
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Post by Trevor on Feb 23, 2013 16:15:08 GMT
Corralejo (for supp board) Posted by JennyP on 23/2/2013, 16:04:08 92.235.74.x
Just come back from a lovely sunny week in Corralejo, Fuerteventura.
There are lots of lovely places to eat there, for breakfast we went to The Point most days, lovely friendly welcome as always from Louise & Brian, who do lovely "gluten free friendly" breakfasts & snacks, and have Estrella Damm Daura GF beer.
We also ate at Cueva de Lobos, which is near the Harbour area, they do GF pasta, bread etc and have a very good understanding of the the dietary needs. You can choose any of the pasta sauces with the GF pasta, and it's absolutely delicious.
We also had a very enjoyable meal at La Cantina mexican which is just off the high street, they do corn tacos, i had the shrimp ones twice with no ill effects, they are pretty clued up and also very friendly.
There are loads of fish and other types of restaurants and i never had a problem at all when eating out. Lastly i have to shout about the fantastic Smooy bar, it's frozen yoghurt and is served in little cardboard cups, it looks & tastes like ice cream and there are loads of toppings to choose from. The yoghurt is GF and they have a list of all the toppings which are GF too, if you ask for GF they go into the back to do your toppings so there's no cross contamination. I had chocolate yoghurt with haszelnuts & caramel sauce, and it was only 3euros, absolutely delicious. I hope they start opening them over here soon
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Post by kickingfrog on Mar 7, 2013 10:12:00 GMT
Posted by Eileen (Bristol) on 7/3/2013
GF board ...
Of all the Canaries, Fuerteventura is my favourite Island. If you're looking for a beach holiday, the beaches are excellent. I've been going there for many years and the best time to go is Sept/Oct. We used to go April/May but it wasn't quite warm enough until the latter part of May.
I always stay at Corralejo, which is north of the Island. It's best to hire a car and this is very reasonably priced, (we use Cigar and book on-line).
I have no problems with eating out in Corralejo, whether it's Italian, Mexican or Chinese. Most of the restaurants are GF aware and some have GF menus.
Gran Canaria is a little warmer in the winter months but the beaches do not compare to Fuerteventura and the Island is much more 'concrete'.
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Post by kickingfrog on Mar 7, 2013 10:15:22 GMT
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Post by Trevor on Mar 23, 2015 19:33:49 GMT
Posted by JennyP on 23/3/2015, 19:24:40
Just returned from Corralejo (Fuerteventura) again. Every time we go there are more and more places offering Gluten Free, just a few of the places we ate were: The Point restaurant, whichis just off the high street in Hoplaco area, They do lovely breakfasts and snacks and have Estrella Damm Daura (beer with breakfast, well I was on holiday ) Louise the owner is Coeliac so its very safe, she's also a mind of information and recommended lots of other places to us. Sante, which is a small cafe in a side street to the side of the fuel station at the bottom of the high street (the second one i think), which is run by a lovely Columbian couple, who make Arepas, which are corn cakes filled with meat, tuna or cheese. I kid you not, they are delicious, and also very cheap so great for a lunchtime snack. There's also a lovely little italian cafe downstairs in the Palmeras commercial centre, called Itailamo where they do GF wraps, open sandwiches and focaccia, also very friendly and reasonably priced. For dinner we ate at Casa Manolo, which was fantastic and I had a choice of 5 gluten free desserts!!!! The lemon cheedecake was lovely and my brother had the chocolate brownie, which was also delicious. The price was very reasonable too with starters, main, desserts, a bottle of wine and some more drinks, was less than 70 euros for 3 of us! Another night we ate at Fogaleria on the seafront, I had GF pasta with mushrooms, which was also lovely but i didn't have room for dessert . We also had Mexican at La Cantina, paella at La Tahona, and fish at Gregorios, all of which were lovely meals. The supermarkests also do a good range of GF foods if you want to cook your own, at much more reasonable prices than the UK as well! I'm renaming it Foodtourofventura Will definitely be going again, and again, and again
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Post by kickingfrog on Jul 19, 2016 11:55:25 GMT
Posted by Carly on 19/7/2016
If anyone is considering a holiday abroad I can recommend Corralejo in Fuerteventura. We went there last year but ate every night in our hotel. This year we booked the same hotel but ate out at a couple of restaurants in the town and they were absolutely first class. The first one was called Sanus. They advertise that they cater for coeliacs, diabetics and vegans. Everything was gf and delicious and the service was very good too. We then went to a restaurant called Casa Manolo. This is a traditional spanish family run small restaurant and we could not fault a thing. The Mother and Daughter are both coeliacs and the food was fantastic. We spent a few lunchtimes cooling off at The Point cafe/bar. Louise the owner is a coeliac and the only thing on her menu that is not gf are the sausages. There are lots of other places that I would like to try and I cannot wait to go back next year. The Euro Spar supermarket carries a wide range of gf products too
Posted by Steve on 19/7/2016
We holidayed there at the end of April and I too heartily recommend Corralejo. We went half board and had no problems eating out, with only one establishment we enquired at not offering GF. We didn't eat at The Point but drank there twice but that was after numerous attempts trying to find it! We had asked at other beach front cafe's but none had heard of it.
Corralejo, Fuerteventura Posted by Steve on 20/7/2016
Barcelo Corralejo Bay Hotel, just a short walk from the beach.
I had heard of The Point thro' the internet and we tried to find it at night without success, then we walked late morn from the Hotel via the beach towards the bay area and finally found it.
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Carly on 20/7/2016
The point does not usually open in the evenings which is a shame but it is very handy for ice cold drinks and snacks throughout the day.
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Post by kickingfrog on Jul 20, 2016 7:56:28 GMT
Mike on 19/7/2016 GF board
I have been to them all and were very good , but if you did not find Avenida Restaurante, Corralejo you missed out big time. Hid away but the best I have ever been in.
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Post by Trevor on Jun 26, 2018 20:25:07 GMT
Corralejo (Fuerteventura)
Posted by JennyP on 26/6/2018, 11:38:53 Some more lovely places to eat now in Corralejo: Maize2 cafe bar in the main street, 100% gluten free! had some lovely food and GF beers there. Land of Freedom, which is tucked away in a little square towards the top of the main street behind Ramoon, they do GF tapas and menu, really lovely food, wine and beers. Cantante cafe near the town beach will do almost anything from their menu GF, I had black rice with cuttlefish and prawns which was lovely. Of course the all time favourite is Casa Manolo which does everything GF including 6 GF desserts!!!
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