Location: Corralejo in Canary Islands
Nearest Airport:
Fuerteventura at 45
Kilometres
Nearest Ferry:
Corralejo at 2
Kilometres
Nearest Beach:
beach at 100.0
Metres
Car: not necessary
Fuerteventura is only recently open to tourism, with the airport being constructed in 1965. Since then however Fuerteventura, and the Canary Islands have become a main tourist destination for Europeans with the beaches and dunes playing a major role in attracting holiday makers. Fuerteventura, with its 3,000 sunshine hours a year, is placed firmly on the world stage as a major European holiday destination.
The summer Trade Winds and winter swells of the Atlantic make this a year-round surfers' paradise. Sailors, scuba divers and big game fishermen are all drawn to these clear blue Atlantic waters where whales, dolphins, marlin and turtles are all common sights.
The beaches in Corralejo are the resort's major attraction. The area has 7 miles of fine sand along with some smaller, more sheltered bays along the coast. There area also several miles of sand dunes located nearby, which have been designated as a nature reserve.