Canary Islands

 

Canary Islands

 

Fuerteventura Places of Interest
 

Sightseeing
Punta de Jandia
 

A dusty road leads from Morro del Jable to Punta de Jandia at the southern tip of the island. This is a barren landscape, coloured by the yellow of the gorse bushes and ochre of the burnt earth. There are fine beaches and coves to be found, but you will need a four wheel drive car to get to them. The beaches are for experienced windsurfers only most just saok up the sun, usually in the nude.


Playa de Sotavento
 

Playa de Sotavento, some 28 kilometers long (16 miles) is world famous as a windsurfing centre, with most of the activity focused on the Pro-Centre F2 school at the Sol Elite Gorriones Hotel, to which enthusiasts and participants descend an August when the annual world championship windsurfing finals are being held. The beach is very wide and flat, protected by the worst of the constantly blowing winds.


Cardon
 

The 691 metre high Montana Cardon is part of a protected nature reserve. The mountain's name comes from the plants that grow here in profusion, the Cardones de Jandia - whose botanical name is Euphorbia canariensis, this cactus like spurge is one of the most resistant plants on the island. This is a strange sight to come upon in this bare landscape and puzzles many vistors. At the foot of the mountain is a small village also called Cardon.


La Oliva
 

The beautiful little town of La Oliva was the ancient capital of Maxorata where the Guanche King Guixe once ruled. The 18th Century Casa de los Coroneles, from which the military colonels governed Fuerteventura, is the islands most celebrated colonial building.


Corralejo
 

Known throughout the Canary Islands for its amazing beaches and prolific fishing grounds, Corralejo is the northernmost town on Fuerteventura. Although its tranquillity has been disrupted by the invasion of tourism, and a shopping mall has been erected in its heart, the quayside and the older parts of the town still retain their authentic quality.


El Jable
 

The dunes and beaches that stretch south and inland from Corralejo form a pristine landscape that is now protected as the Parque Natural de Corralejo - the Isla de los Lobos also forms part of this natural park. This extraordinary desert like landscape, with bizarre sand formations modelled by erosion and wind over thousands of years, seems completely timeless, even though it is so close to tourist enclaves.

 

 

 
     
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