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Fuerteventura Holidays
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View All DealsHolidays to Fuerteventura are first and foremost about the beaches, and once you see them you’ll understand why – they’re the best in the Canaries.
Fantastic beaches
With more than 150 swathes of sand to its name, holidays to Fuerteventura, in the Canary Islands, are all about the beach. Its coast morphs from the empty sweeps at Cofete to the busy, bar-lined stretches in Jandia. Then there’s the Parque Natural de Corralejo to think about. Unravelling along the coast for 10 kilometres, this national park is a huge expanse of rolling sand dunes.
The big resorts
Corralejo, the most popular town on the island, balances old and new. Visit while on holiday to Fuerteventura and you’ll find traditional tapas bars in the old town and karaoke bars in the resort centre. Further down the coast, Costa Caleta is a family favourite, with watersports and international restaurants easy to come by. The Jandia peninsula in the south, meanwhile, teams up national park-protected beaches with duty-free shopping complexes and a clutch of cocktail bars.
Watersports
Fuerteventura’s coastline gives the green light to some of the best watersports in Spain. Kite surfing is big business here. And Playa de Sotavento, on the island’s south coast, has cornered the market for windsurfing. Head here in July mean you’ll catch the World Championships.
Villages untouched by time
If you can drag yourself away from the shoreline during your Fuerteventura holiday, the interior is well worth exploring. Wind-whipped lava fields and valleys of euphorbia give way to centuries-old villages that have missed the march of mass tourism.
At a glance
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Sunbathe in the sand dunes on Parque Natural de las Dunas
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Tuck into tapas in Corralejo harbour
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Get away from it all on Los Lobos island
Destinations in Fuerteventura
Top Destinations
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Corralejo
You can afford to be picky about your beaches with holidays to Corralejo. This lively town on Fuerteventura has a necklace of sandy coves and beaches, plus a 10-kilometre quilt of rolling dunes.
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Jandia
Holidays to Jandia serve up cosmopolitan nightlife, a quaint old town, and a beach where you can stretch out on the sand or road test a range of watersports.
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Costa Caleta
With holidays to Costa Caleta you get the best of Fuerteventura – a black-sand beach, first-rate watersports and upbeat nightlife.
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Nuevo Horizonte
Nuevo Horizonte holidays serve up a softer side to Fuerteventura. Its highlights include a good selection of restaurants and a setting that’s managed to avoid the crowds.
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Costa Calma
Canary Island holidays to Costa Calma put you in Fuerteventura’s tranquil south, with a 17-mile-long beach on one side, and a huge, volcanic nature park on the other.
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Esquinzo
Holidays to Esquinzo on Fuerteventuera offer up a healthy serving of relaxation, with expert-approved watersports as a side dish.
Top things to See and Do in Fuerteventura
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