Fuerteventura
This 18th-century building has been beautifully restored, retaining its traditional central patio and wooden galleries, while other buildings on the…
Must-see attractions in Fuerteventura
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Corralejo
This nature park of yellow dunes stretches along the east coast for about 10km south from Corralejo; it's also several kilometres wide, so covers a lot of…
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Fuerteventura
This superb museum is one of the island's best, with lots of interactive displays including a sit-down 'virtual goat milking' activity! Kids will enjoy…
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Fuerteventura
This lovely church dates from 1620 and has a magnificent stone floor, carved wooden ceiling and an elaborate baroque altar. Don’t miss the sacristy with…
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Mirador Astronómico de Sicasumbre
Fuerteventura
If you want just one place to put the island's primordial, barren geology and Martian features into wide-angle perspective, this mirador has breathtaking…
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Centro de Arte Canario – Casa Mané
Fuerteventura
This art museum is an island highlight, with its sculpture garden and galleries containing works by such Canarian artists as César Manrique, Ruben Dario…
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Iglesia de Nuestra Señora de Regla
Fuerteventura
The unique 17th-century Iglesia de Nuestra Señora de Regla has an Aztec-inspired exterior with its animal motifs. The simple retables behind the altar…
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Fuerteventura
This sand and seashell beach is a picture, with its gentle curve and protected, calm turquoise waters. There are steps down into the water from the…
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Fuerteventura
Its summit reaches just 400m above sea level, but Mount Tindaya is the most important – and famous – mountain on the island. The peak, 6km south of La…
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Fuerteventura
At the end of the dirt road from Morro Jable, the asphalt returns for a smooth ride to this lighthouse positioned over thundering Atlantic waves. The…
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Ermita de San Pedro de Alcántara
Fuerteventura
Located in tiny La Ampuyenta, the 17th-century Ermita de San Pedro de Alcántara is surrounded by a stout protective wall built by the French from the…
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Fuerteventura
The beach that most people visualise when they think of Sotavento is Playa de la Barca. Signposted from the FV-2, 2.5km south of Costa Calma, this is the…
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Fuerteventura
This archaeological site is a pre-Hispanic settlement dating to the time of the Mahos. It's accompanied by a small, well-built and sunken information…
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Fuerteventura
If you don’t object to zoos, expansive (and expensive) Oasis Park in La Lajita has mammals, birds and sea life, plus shows and camel rides. Here you can…
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Los Molinos Centro de Interpretación
Fuerteventura
This attractive windmill has a small information centre with all you could possibly want to know about windmills; there’s also a free guide in English…
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Fuerteventura
The name is a catch-all for the series of truly stunning beaches that stretch along the east coast of the peninsula. For swimming, sunbathing and…
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Museo Arqueológico de Betancuria
Fuerteventura
Archaeology buffs should check out this modest but absorbing museum that concentrates on the indigenous Guanche tribes and features a skeleton that was…
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Morro Jable
This small sanctuary in the Puerto de Morro Jable is for turtles to be reared, ready for release into the wild. It is sometimes closed without notice, but…
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Fuerteventura
This viewpoint a couple of kilometres north of Betancuria offers mesmerising views across the island’s weird, disconsolate moonscape. You can stop at the…
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Fuerteventura
The resort is fronted by a white sandy beach, complete with volleyball net and camel rides. It is ideal for families, although perhaps not a great choice…
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El Cotillo
This charming windmill is named after El Roque, the next village along from El Cotillo, and with its white paint and black sails, it's really quite a…
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Fuerteventura
Just south of Caleta, this museum has audiovisual displays that explain the history of salt and demonstrate how it is extracted from the sea. It's perched…
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Fuerteventura
A couple of kilometres north of Los Molinos, along a rough track, lies the Playa de la Mujer, an enticing stretch of sand, particularly popular with…
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Fuerteventura
This quiet black-sand beach is the main draw, with its fine sand and gorgeous views.
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Centro de Interpretación de Las Ermitas de Fuerteventura
Fuerteventura
Housed in the 19th-century ecclesiastical building on the main road through town, this information centre has details on various chapels around the island…
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Fuerteventura
This small museum near the church honours the philosopher Miguel de Unamuno, who stayed here in 1924 after being exiled from Spain. His crime was…
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Fuerteventura
This place is unabashedly tourist-orientated but nevertheless still worth visiting. The German owner, Reiner Loos, bought the original rambling building…
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El Cotillo
This museum dedicated to fisher folk is located next to the town’s distinctive red-and-white-striped lighthouse (not open to visitors). You can climb to…
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Fuerteventura
A restored agricultural hamlet complete with furnished houses, outbuildings and domestic animals (though there are concerns as to how well-treated they…
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El Cotillo
Tubby Castillo de Tostón is not really a castle, more a Martello tower. The art and history displays within are interesting, but the star attraction here…
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Morro Jable
Playa del Matorral is the main beach here and it’s magnificent, stretching eastwards for over 4km from Morro Jable. A family-friendly beach, it’s great…
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Iglesia de Nuestra Señora de Antigua
Fuerteventura
One of the oldest churches on the island, this large, white house of worship is built on the site of a 16th-century chapel. Set in a pleasant square, the…
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Corralejo
Has wave pools, kamikaze-style slides, rides, Jacuzzi and other watery attractions. If you've booked your ticket up front, a free bus service runs to the…
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Fuerteventura
Named for a Fuerteventura-born artist, there are rotating exhibitions on display here. None of Ismael's paintings are on show, though you can buy…
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Fuerteventura
Located about 250m north of the church, on the road to El Cotillo, this small museum is devoted to grain – both its production and the harsh life of the…
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Playas Corralejo Viejo & Muelle Chico
Corralejo
The small beaches surrounding the town’s harbour have fine sand and shallow water – and also serve as a year-round canvas for sand sculptors.
