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About Fuerteventura
Fuerteventura
Over 70 kilometers of pristine white beaches; an unbeatable
climate; friendly people and sugar cube villages. These
are some of the reasons why the Canaries' second largest
island is becoming a Mecca for those seeking a picture
postcard lifestyle.
With virtually the same climate
as Florida and Mexico, Fuerteventura is like an all
over tonic where you can't help but feel the stresses
and strains of a North European winter disappearing
over the horizon with the setting sun. For clouds
and rain imagine a seamless stretch of sapphire blue
with 360 days of sunshine per year; for the fumes
of traffic torment think clean ocean breeze from a
coastline never far away; for industrial hi-rise cities
picture sugar cube villages and tiny fishing hamlets.
It's not hard to understand why the local Majoreros
(inhabitants of Fuerteventura) are welcoming so many
second home-owners and new residents. We at Horizon
have had many enquiries about this new area in the
Canary Islands and will soon be opening offices in
Corralejo and Antigua from where well be able
to offer you some of the very best property on the
island.
Some of the most popular areas for visitors are the
capital - Puerto del Rosario, Corralejo in the north,
Caleta de Fuste on the east coast and Morro Jable
at the Fuerteventuras southernmost point:
Puerto de Rosario
With a population of just over 20,000 Puerto del
Rosario is the hub of Fuerteventura's commerce and
fishing trade and a buzzing little harbor town. It
used to be called Puerto de Cabras Port of
the Goats because it was the closest watering
point for local herders but changed its name
in 1957 to the present Port of the Rosary,
a name more fitting for an islands capital.
When Spain pulled out of the Sahara in 1975, around
5,000 Foreign Legion troops were sent to the island
to keep an eye on North Africa, a mere 100 kilometres
or so away. Nowadays only a relative handful of soldiers
remain in the huge barracks in Puerto del Rosario.
Corralejo
Centred around a traditional fishing harbor, the
town has expanded in line with its popularity providing
full amenities for visitors and residents alike. Excellent
fish restaurants and quay side tapas bars satisfy
the hunger whilst the fine white sand and clear turquoise
waters of Corralejo Nature Park provide dreamlike
beaches.
The islet of Los Lobos just a few kilometres off the
coast offers a perfect picnic location in protected
surroundings.
Caleta de Fuste
Caleta de Fuste in the municipality of Antigua
is the fastest developing resort on the island and
a safe water sports haven. Diving, snorkeling, windsurfing
are popular in this protected bay and dolphins and
pilot whales are common sights a little further out
to sea.
The island's first golf course is situated just south
of the village, an 18-hole, par 70 studded with palm
trees and surrounding three stream-linked lakes.
Morro Jable
The sophistication of Fuerteventura's original
resort is apparent in the array of international restaurants
and shops along its promenade. Visitors of all nationalities
come to Morro Jable year after year to enjoy the quaint
harbor, old village and stunning 35-kilometre stretch
of sand including the famous Sotavento, home of the
World Windsurfing Championships.
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