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| Islas Canarias Fuerteventura |
Fuerteventura Fuerteventura has 1.658 square kilometers, it is the seccond biggest of the archipielago. The coastlines are 265 kilometers long, starting in the islote de Alegranza and finishing in Jandia, a spot where you will find 20 kilometers of white sand. Fuerteventura has the most extensive coastal platform of the archipielago. The island is divided in six town councils: La Oliva, Puerto del Rosario, Antigua, Tuineje, Pajara y Betancuria. The capital is Puerto Rosario. The islote de Lobos is part of La Oliva and has five square kilometers. |
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La Oliva Dunas de Corralejo e Isla de Lobos Located in the north of Fuerteventura, the municipality of La Oliva, which includes the Lobos Isle, has an extension of 356.13 square kilometres (21.5% of the total area of the island). It comprises the capital, La Oliva, and the villages of Tindaya, Vallebrón, La Caldereta, Toston or El Cotillo, El Roque, Los Lajares, Villaverde, Corralejo and Parque Holandes. | Corralejo Natural Park lies in the northern part of the island and is made up of a large area of dunes, a solidified lava stream, and the Montaña Roja (Red Mountain) volcanic cone. Its considerable sandy habitat contains plant species such as the Canarian Bean-Caper (Zygophyllum fontanesii), Shrubby Sea-blite (Suaeda vera) and a member of the amaranthus family (Traganum moquinii). It also has the largest colony of Houbara Bustards (Chlamydotis undulata fuertaventurae) on the island. A small islet (around 5 square kilometres), Lobos Isle is situated some 2 km northeast of Fuerteventura. |
. Climate The smooth constant climate of Fuerteventura is the biggest attraction of the island. It is due to three main factors: the Azores high presure, the water temperature and the topography. The main features of the climate is the nice and constant temperature (20.8º C of average temperature), light rainfall (105.2 mm yearly), constant trade winds which blow in all year round from a North/North Easterly direction and the bright sun all over the year (70% of the year). |
     Natural spaces La Oliva Parque Natural del Islote de Lobos. Parque Natural de Corralejo. Monumento Natural del Malpaís de la Arena. Monumento Natural de Montaña de Tindaya. Paisaje Protegido de Vallebrón. Antigua y Tuineje Paisaje Protegido del Malpaís Grande. Monumento Natural de Cuchillo de Vigan. Parque Rural de Betancuria. Monumento Natural de Caldera de Gairla | Pajara Monumento Natural de Ajui. Monumento Natural Montaña Cardón. Parque Natural de Jandia. Sitio de Interés Cientifico de la Playa del Matorral. Parque Rural de Betancuria. Puerto del Rosario Paisaje Protegido de Vallebrón. |
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Beaches There are 152 beaches along the coastline, including those corresponding to islote de Lobos - 50 kilometers of fine white sand and 25 kilometers of black volcanic shingle, achieving the most extensive coastal platform of the archipielago. The coastline of Fuerteventura is 340 Kilometers long, and beaches take up the 22 % of this coast. Jandia has more tha the 50% of the lenght and La Oliva is the second biggest area. |
  
Sea Sports Fuerteventura is the perfect place for enjoying watersports as fishing, surfing, underwater fishing, windsurfinf, etc. The climate and geographic location favorthe enjoyment of watersports. Fuerteventura has a large ichthyological richness, there are almost 1,500 species due to the platform features and the water temperature. The sport fishing enthusiasts may play during the whole year and no just seasonely as in other places. The constant trade winds favor to some sea sports as surfing and winsurfing. |
  
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