Recommendations please for an Optician in Campoverde / Pilar de La Horadada

Posted: Thu May 23, 2019 8:43am

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LaMuse

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Looking for recommendations for Optician / Optometrist please.

I see that there is an Optician in Campoverde. I haven’t visited an Optician in Spain before. How does the eye test and costs for lenses and frames compare with the UK?

I require complex lenses and there is a history of Glaucoma in our family.

Would you recommend the Optician in Campoverde or would you suggest I go further afield?

Do most Opticians in the area speak English?

TÍA

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Posted: Thu May 23, 2019 3:29pm

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Posted: Thu May 23, 2019 3:29pm

I went to the optician in Campoverde (opposite Juanitas) for an eye test.

Excellent service. In the end I didn't need new glasses. I wasn't charged for the eye tests, although I tried very hard to pay.

I failed the pressure test, and went back regularly for 3 weeks for re-tests. The results didn't look good - glaucoma was mentioned.

In the end I had the test again in the UK .... they told me I was a "lid-squeezer". It took 2 opticians to test me .... one to operate the test machine and one to hold my flippin eyes open !

My wife isn't a lid-squeezer. She had excellent service. New glasses next-day and very happy with the price.

Posted: Thu May 23, 2019 3:34pm

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Posted: Thu May 23, 2019 3:34pm

LaMuse wrote on Thu May 23, 2019 8:43am:
Looking for recommendations for Optician / Optometrist please.
I see that there is an Optician in Campoverde. I haven’t visited an Optician in Spain before. How does the eye test and costs for lenses and frames compare with the UK?

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I require complex lenses and there is a history of Glaucoma in our family.
Would you recommend the Optician in Campoverde or would you suggest I go further afield?
Do most Opticians in the area speak English?
TÍA

Used the Optometrist located in the shopping mall at Mercaonda in Playa Flamenca, excellent service, English speaking, no charge for the eye test, got two pairs of glasses and a pair of prescription sunglasses, would recommend them.

Posted: Thu May 23, 2019 5:14pm

LaMuse

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Posted: Thu May 23, 2019 5:14pm

Thank you, I think that is where I was recommended to go for our passport photos a couple of years ago!

Posted: Thu May 23, 2019 5:16pm

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Posted: Thu May 23, 2019 5:16pm

Very helpful, thank you!

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Posted: Thu May 23, 2019 5:18pm

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Posted: Thu May 23, 2019 5:18pm

Gosh, new glasses in a day, that’s excellent! Thank you...

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Posted: Thu May 23, 2019 5:26pm

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Posted: Thu May 23, 2019 5:26pm

LaMuse wrote on Thu May 23, 2019 5:14pm:
Thank you, I think that is where I was recommended to go for our passport photos a couple of years ago!

Yes, I got photos done there as well.

Posted: Sun May 26, 2019 9:03pm

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Posted: Sun May 26, 2019 9:03pm

Hi RayD, do they do the photo of back of eye and peripheral vision tests too? I hope so, used to live in Malta and they did not, would only do if there was a problem, so we have had to have eye tests in UK because of this. I am keeping fingers crossed that you will say they do!