Will all the shops be closed in Tenerife for the Assumption Day bank holiday on Friday?

[Wile E Coyote]

We're arriving on Friday :jump2: (Assumption Day) and planned to do some shopping on the way from the airport to Los Gigantes. Is it strictly observed or are some shops open?

[Suej]

Mercadona will not be open and the larger Spanish stores will also be closed! depends on what shopping you are talking about!:wink:

[Wile E Coyote]

Just enough to keep us going 'till we can do a "Big shop" on Saturday morning - water, milk something for breakfast...

[mike in chayofa]

My assumtion is that banks, offices and major supermarkets will all be closed

If you pull off at the Los Cristianos exit and head towards town. Hiper Trebol is on the right before the first roundabout. They will be open. Also at the roundabout Super Dino in the Apolo centre will also be open.

[tfs1]

Here on the mainland our local Mercadona is closed this Friday PM and all day Saturday.

[delderek]

My assumtion is that banks, offices and major supermarkets will all be closed

If you pull off at the Los Cristianos exit and head towards town. Hiper Trebol is on the left before the first roundabout. They will be open. Also at the roundabout Super Dino in the Apolo centre will also be open.

You surely mean RIGHT.

[kathml]

The person in question is going to Los gigantes why go to Cristianos ?

[mike in chayofa]

You surely mean RIGHT.

Correct .... sorry. I've altered the post. Thank you

[mike in chayofa]

Correct .... sorry. I've altered the post. Thank you

Because it is on the way and only a couple of minutes detour off the motorway

[wigjam]

Iceland is apparently open. You could go to the one in Las Chafiras its not far off the TF1, otherwise I'd think local little shops would be O K as you only want a few basics,

[Wile E Coyote]

A quick update -
Back home in good old England. :cry:
Thanks all for your time and replies. It almost became a moot point as despite trying the Priority Bag Collection option from Thomas Cook, my case did indeed come onto the reclaim belt in the first batch but my wife’s was in the last. Then on to the Autoreisen desk and then the car pick-up. The Seat Altea I’d been allocated (as requested) was loaded, baggage trolley parked and ready to go but as I’m a bit OCD I plugged my TomTom enabled PDA into the 12v socket and…dead. Back to the pick-up area office then and a few minutes later a mechanic arrived who checked all the fuses (in car and under bonnet) to no avail so took me to the office where my car was swapped for a Citroen Xsara Picasso. Baggage trolley retrieved and loaded it was off down the line to load the Picasso. I thought I’d better check the power socket and…dead! Back to the office where…yep, the same mechanic was summoned. When he returned, we both walked down the line and chatted (well, as best I could with my lack of Spanish) about the vagaries of cars and the chances of “lightening” striking twice. Same procedure, but this time he found the offending blown fuse and replaced it, so I loaded the bags and set off for LG. Although we landed at around a quarter-to-five it was now about half-past-six but still swung by Trebol (closed), Lidl (closed) and so resigned ourselves to getting up early(ish) to nip down for the basics. Two surprises then followed – the supermarket near San Francisco (and more we later learned) is not now Transito but HiperDino and it was open! :jump2:

[ciderhunter]

A bit off topic, but worth a pop.

What are the Catholics assuming on Assumption day?

[Wile E Coyote]

Well, here we are again, one year on and in a similar position.
TC in their wisdom/due to scheduling, have moved their flights forward an hour, out and back, which means that the shops will be closed when we return, but more importantly, there will be little or no time for the quick Friday shop.
For the “big shop” we usually go to back up to Trebol from LG and then call into Lidl round the corner before coming back. We’ve now got a local Lidl but, based on last years’ experience, as Assumption Day is on Saturday, we’ll be struggling. Hopefully (again based on last years’ data) HiperDino will be open to keep us going through to Mondays big shop.