Must-see attractions in Fuerteventura

  • Casa de los Coroneles

    Fuerteventura

    This 18th-century building has been beautifully restored, retaining its traditional central patio and wooden galleries, while other buildings on the…

  • Parque Natural de Corralejo

    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…

  • Museo del Queso Majorero

    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…

  • Iglesia de Santa María

    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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • Playa del Pozo

    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…

  • Mount Tindaya

    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…

  • Punta de Jandía Lighthouse

    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…

  • 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…

  • Playa de la Barca

    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…

  • Poblado de La Atalayita

    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…

  • Oasis Park

    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…

  • 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…

  • Playa de Sotavento de Jandía

    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…

  • 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…

  • Turtle Nursery

    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…

  • Mirador de Morro Velosa

    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…

  • Playa del Castillo

    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…

  • Molino de el Roque

    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…

  • Museo de la Sal

    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…

  • Playa de la Mujer

    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…

  • Playa Pozo Negro

    Fuerteventura

    This quiet black-sand beach is the main draw, with its fine sand and gorgeous views.

  • Casa Museo Unamuno

    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…

  • Casa Santa María

    Fuerteventura

    This place is unabashedly tourist-orientated but nevertheless still worth visiting. The German owner, Reiner Loos, bought the original rambling building…

  • Museo de la Pesca Tradicional

    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…

  • Ecomuseo la Alcogida

    Fuerteventura

    A restored agricultural hamlet complete with furnished houses, outbuildings and domestic animals (though there are concerns as to how well-treated they…

  • Castillo de Tostón

    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…

  • Playa del Matorral

    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…

  • 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…

  • Acua Water Park

    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…

  • Centro de Arte Juan Ismael

    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…

  • Casa Cilla Museo del Grano

    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…

  • 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.

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