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Fuerteventura

FUERTEVENTURA, CANARY ISLANDS

Miles and miles of beautiful white powder sand beaches and dunes, turquoise crystal clear sea and lagoons, reminiscent of the Caribbean, along with countless sleepy inland coastal villages make up the majority of this beautiful island, the second largest in the Canaries.

LOCATION AND GEOGRAPHY

Fuerteventura, along with Gran Canaria and Lanzarote, is part of the Spanish province of Las Palmas.

It is the oldest Canary Island and was formed about 70 million years ago as a result of volcanic activity.

The modern landscape is a result of the weathering of the original landscape that was created by the volcanoes. Though you will not find an active volcano in Fuerteventura, there is an abundance of evidence of their presence in the topology of the island. Fuerteventura is the most easterly of the Canary Islands and is only 60 miles from the coast of Morocco.

The geographical position of Fuerteventura means that for many tens of thousands of years sand from the Sahara has been deposited on its shores resulting in 125 miles of the world’s finest beaches.

WEATHER

The weather conditions of Fuerteventura are very similar to Florida and Mexico, which are on the same latitude, making it the ideal holiday location, boasting three thousand hours of sunshine per year.

SAND DUNES

There is nowhere else in the Canaries with as many enormous sand dunes and long sandy beaches (more than one hundred and fifty). Even though most of the land consists of stone and rock, these are some of the most impressive beaches in the whole of Europe (approx 98km long and 30km across at the widest point).

ACTIVITIES

Water sports are very popular in Fuerteventura. Every year hundreds of surfers, windsurfers and divers descend on Fuerteventura and during July the island is host to the PWA World Windsurfing speed and slalom event at Sotavento in the south of the island.

ATTRACTIONS

Apart from the obvious world famous beaches around the island there are many new attractions inviting tourists to discover different aspects of the Island’s landscape and culture, such as Betancuria museum of Archaeology and Ethnography and Tefia Craft village to name but a few.