Fuerteventura

If you look around Caleta de Fuste, you will notice that it does not have a significant old town. This is because it is a purpose built holiday resort. It has been created around the original cove, because this offered a safe, sheltered environment for beach activities. Caleta is Spanish for cove and a fuste is a type of fishing boat. The large b...

The hotspot of Fuerteventura it enjoys one of the best sunshine records on the island – cooling, sail-inflating breezes, dramatic scenery and white sand beaches in abundance, and there’s a choice of bigger beaches lined with fantastic dunes stretching out behind the town too. After a day on the waves, the central square will provide you...

Costa Calma is a true beach resort, having been built adjacent to a mile long section at the start of the white sandy beaches that run for about twelve miles from Costa Calma to Morro Jable. The colourful seas that lap the shores of this part of Fuerteventura are relatively benign and the area as a whole is very popular with beach lovers and wind s...

El Cotillo is a small village at the northern end of Fuerteventura, on the west coast. The village is centred around the small harbour that is mostly used by local fishermen. The harbour where the boats are to be found is actually relatively new. The old harbour is only a short walk to the north over the headland that separates the two. There are s...

Just ten minutes drive from the main tourist town in the north Corralejo, is the small village of Lajares. The first thing you notice upon entering the village is the football stadium that was built in 1990. The town also boasts a 'lucha canaria' area this is a form of wrestling that's very popular throughout the Canary Islands. The main attracti...