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The Villa Winter in Cofete / Fuerteventura is a villa located in the area around Cofete, in front of the mountain range of Jandía and in the peninsula on the southwestern part of the island of Fuert [ ... ]

Betancuria The island’s former capital lies nestled in an idyllic valley, through which, up to the 16th century, a mountain stream flowed all the year round. Relatively protected from attack by pir [ ... ]

The name stands for an attempt at more exclusive tourism that was made in 1966. To date, the complex consists of an exclusive hotel with a collection of bungalows, plus detached private houses that ar [ ... ]

is situated between Puerto del Rosario and the Airport of Fuerteventura

This is not the southernmost tip of Fuerteventura, but it is the furthest west and most isolated, accessible only by a 20 km dirt track from Morro Jable, which turns back into narrow tarmac roads at t [ ... ]

The village, and the valley, got their name because of a private donation. In 1589, Ines Peraza had the first little church built and dedicated to the saint of her name. The present-day chapel goes ba [ ... ]

This fishing village is known for its extensive black sandy beach. In the centre of Tarajalejo there is a large supermarket where both tourists and locals go to shop, because there is a good range of  [ ... ]

In La Oliva, the administrative centre of the district, the magnificent buildings of the Casa de los Coroneles and of the once sumptuous, now deserted residence of the Manrique y Laras are reminders o [ ... ]

Shrouded in mystery, Cofete is in the most isolated corner of Fuerteventura. Even today, the village can only be reached by an exhausting track or along the local people’s [ ... ]

This is where Jean de Béthencourt and Gadifer de la Salle disembarked in 1402. The two conquerors pushed on through the valley of Vega de Río Palmas, tall palm-trees above them,