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Fuerteventura
Holiday Hotels
including
holiday villas, apartments and self-catering accommodation
in the Canary Islands
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Fuerteventura Holiday Hotels, Villas & Apartments in
the Canaries
including Caleta de Fuste, Jandia,
Antigua, Corralejo, Morro Jable, Costa Caleta &
Costa Calma.
Fuerteventura
is a unique island of the Canaries, bathed by the crystal
clear water of the Atlantic, whose volcanic past has given
a rise to a landscape of outstanding beauty and with a
subtropical climate it enjoys warm sunny days throughout
the whole year - hence its popularity with British holidaymakers.
Fuerteventura
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Caleta
de Fuste
Caleta
de Fuste (also known as also known as El Castillo)
is the largest community in the municipality of
Antigua in Fuerteventura and along with the Costa
Caleta is host to a variety of tourists and has
numerous hotels, shops, boutiques, bars, cafes,
and restaurants on or near the beaches. Local recreation
includes sailing, diving, windsurfing, scuba diving,
and simple beachcombing. The ocean waters in the
area are known for their dolphin and turtle populations.
The town centre has many quiet tree-lined streets,
one of which leads to the the beach. Caleta de Fuste
also boasts a new golf course and shopping complex
with some fine shops and restaurants, a multi-screen
cinema as well as a ten-pin bowling alley. Watersports,
boat trips, diving and undersea excursions are available.
Nightlife is abundant with bars offering all kinds
of entertainment from live music to karaoke and
a wide variety of restaurants including Chinese,
Italian and authentic local cuisine.
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Corralejo
The
town and resort of Corralejo is located on the northern
tip of Fuerteventura facing the small islet of Lobos
(Islote de Lobos). At approximately 2 miles square
it the largest holiday resort on the island. By
tradition Corralejo remains a fishing village, but
there are many new buildings in the town and the
waterfront promenade is lined with cafes and restaurants.
From the port there is a regular ferry service to
Lanzarote. The beaches in Corralejo are the resort's
major attraction with some 7 miles of fine sand
beginning just a little way from the town centre,
as well as other small bays along the coast. In
addition, several miles of nearby sand dunes have
been designated as a nature reserve. The waters
around Corralejo are clear and an intense shade
of blue and the town's beaches are somewhat more
sheltered and have a band of volcanic rock along
the shoreline. With the tourism boom over the past
few years Corralejo has become one of the most popular
resorts on the island. Fortunately, Corralejo has
retained much of its old charm and character.
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Puerto
del Rosario
Puerto del Rosario has been the capital of Fuerteventura
since 1860 and is located near to the airport and
has a population of around 18,000. Previously known
by the name Puerto de Cabras (Port of the Goats),
the local church having been dedicated to the patron
saint 'Virgin del Rosario', in 1956 that the town
was renamed Puerto del Rosario (Port of the Rosary).
More geared to industry, the town is not strictly
a tourist destination, though it is a popular shopping
centre for nearby resorts of Caleta de Fuste and
Corralejo. The
harbour area is the oldest part of town and is typified
by its mall alleys lined with old Canarian style
houses. The town has a cultural centre (Casa de
la Cultura) where exhibitions, plays and concerts
are held.
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Tarajalejo
& the Costa Calma
It
was not until the late 1970s that the Costa Calma
(the calm coast) became a major tourist centre,
despite its incredible white beaches which stretch
all the way from Tarajalejo at its northernmost
end to Morro Jable in the south. Costa Calma is
located about 50 miles south of the airport on the
edge of the Jandia National Park. Today the resort
boasts many bars and restaurants and hotels. The
area is served largely by German-and British visitors,
and is much loved for its palm trees and Canary
pines as well as the long sandy beach of Playa Barca
to the south-west, where a sheltered spot can be
had here even during peak season. Windsurfers are
particularly fond of this beach because of the strong
off shore winds during the summer months. During
the 1990s a new building phase began in order to
accommodate as many guests as possible using as
little area as possible while trying to retain the
natural beauty of the surrounding area. There are
plans to build more shopping centres and a marina.
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Jandia
Jandía
is an area and a peninsula covering the whole south-western
part of the island forming its most western and
the southern limit. It includes the resorts of Costa
Calma and Playas de Jandia, as well as the port
of Morro Jable and several smaller resorts. The
area has a high percentage of German owned restaurants
and bars, though there are many Spanish and a few
British owned bars and restaurants. The region is
mainly mountainous and rocky and has less vegetation
than some areas of the island, including palm trees
and some plants. The peninsula features the island's
tallest mountain, Pico de Jandía (or Pico
de la Zarza). The western coast has some of the
most beautiful and sandiest beaches in Fuerteventura
and these are very popular with surfers. On the
north-western coast is the small fishing village
of Cofete.
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Morro
del Jable
Once
a small fishing village with only 200 inhabitants,
Morro Jable has now grown into one of the biggest
holiday resorts for German tourists on the island
(with around 8,000 inhabitants). It was during the
early 1980s that tourism first took off with the
building of the main motorway system which drastically
improved access from the airport which lies about
64 miles north. Nowadays Morro Jable has miles of
golden beaches and clear blue seas, shops, bars
and restaurants of attract thousands of tourists
each year. Despite all this the old village still
remains intact with its picturesque harbour still
used by local fishermen and yachtsmen and a promenade
to the local beaches. Some of these beaches are
the longest and most beautiful in the Canary Islands
stretching 25 miles with many opportunities for
water sports, including jet skiing and windsurfing.
Its
also possible to take a jet foil from here over
to the neighbouring island of Gran Canaria.
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Much
of the information contained on this web page was sourced at Wikipedia
(www.wikipedia.org), and while every effort has been made in
compiling the information contained on this web page, Papillon Graphics
makes no guarantee as the accuracy,
currency or authenticity of entries, nor of the quality of service offered
herein.
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