Fuerteventura - Fuerteventura visitor guide showing a virtual tour of 'Fuerteventura' linked to an interactive map with local and travel information. 360° panoramas from Canary Islands.

Fuerteventura is the second largest of the Canary Islands after Tenerife. It is thought that Fuerteventura was first settled by peoples from North Africa, and then by the Phoenicians in the 11th century BC. Today, these Spanish islands rely almost entirely on tourism, who flock here in hundreds of thousands in search of sun, sea and sand.

Like the other Canary Islands, Fuerteventura has a volcanic origin, dating back some 20 million years. As a result it has a rugged, rocky coastline interspersed with small bays and white sandy beaches. The highest point is Mount Jandía (807m).

Fuerteventura - Tourist Attractions

Aside from the beaches and the purpose-built hotels and beach resorts, Fuerteventura has a number of historic and geographical points of interest for those able to drag themselves away from the sea:

• Corralejo - traditional fishing village on northern end of Fuerteventura, now surrounded by holiday resorts.
Punta Jandia - southernmost point on the island.
• Watersports - on many of the beaches are suitable for wind surfing, sailing, boating, swimming and snorkelling.
• Scuba Diving - Fuerteventura has many coral reefs and colonised shipwrecks which make fantastic diving with encounters with large tuna fish, moray eels, rays and angel sharks common.
• Nightlife - Fuerteventura has an active night life, full of clubs, bars, restaurants and nightclubs, especially around the larger beach resorts.
• Walking - trails wind around the coastline and up into the hills offering stunning views over the island's varied terrain.
• Fuerteventura La Lajita Zoo / Oasis Park - the largest theme park on the island with a zoo, botanical gardens and playgrounds.
• Baku Water Park - opened in 2004 in the southern Corralejo area this is the only water-based theme park on Fuerteventura.
• Antigua Windmill - historic windmill in Antigua village, open to the public.
• American Star Shipwreck - grounded by a storm on Playa de Garcey in 2004, little remains of this once proud ocean liner.
• Los Lobos Island (Isla Lobos) - important nature reserve with over 120 different species of plants and many animals.
• Alcogida Eco-Museum (Ecomuseo de La Alcogida) - located in the Tefia region this is a reconstruction of an historical, rural village putting on various historical events.
• Archaeology Museum (Casa Museo Arqueológico y Etnográfico) - found in Betancuria, sowing the history and archaeology of Fuerteventura from prehistoric times onwards.
• Cuevo De Llanos Visitor Centre and Museum - one of the oldest, largest and most important volcanic caves in Fuerteventura.

Fuerteventura - Beaches

The main beaches on Fuerteventura are:

• Ajuy
  
• Caleta de Fuste
• Cofete
• Corralejo dunes
• Corralejo town
• Costa Calma
• El Cotillo
• Esquinzo
• Jandia
• La Lajita
• La Pared
• Las Playitas
• Mal Nombre
• Puerto de la Cruz
• Sotavento
• Tarajalejo

Fuerteventura Tourist Information Office
Fuerteventura El Matorral Airport
Phone: 928 86 06 04

Ferry: From Tenerife, Grand Canaria, Puerto del Rosario, and Lanzarote to Puerto del Rosario and Morro del Jable.
Flight: Fuerteventura El Matorral Airport