Betancuria - Fuerteventura
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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 pirates, the town nonetheless never achieved the importance normally associated with a capital.
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Places of Interest
 Las Playitas - Fuerteventura16/01/2009 A picturesque little fishing village with a black beach and houses clinging to the hillsides in terraces. Narrow alleyways and sleepy silence during the siesta, when the sun warms the sheltered bay in [ ... ] |
 Cofete - Fuerteventura15/01/2009 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 [ ... ] |
 Los Molinos - Fuerteventura16/01/2009 The narrow tarmac road winds down through the Barranco de los Molinos to the west coast. Where the road ends lies the idyllic fishing village of Los Molinos, with a sheltered bay between steep dark cl [ ... ] |
 Arcotrust S.L. - Property and Investments - El Cotillo / Fuerteventura08/04/2009 Arcotrust is a Real Estate business in El Cotillo and is run by a couple from Belgium. You can come to us for advice concerning the buying, selling and renting of apartments, houses, commercial pr [ ... ] |
 El Cotillo - Fuerteventura16/01/2009 The tiny, modest church in this fishing village is dedicated to the Virgin of the Happy Journey (Virgin de Buen Viaje), the reason doubtless being the village’s long tradition as a smuggler’s harb [ ... ] |
 Valle de Santa Ines - Fuerteventura16/01/2009 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 [ ... ] |
 Vega de Rio Palmas - Fuerteventura16/01/2009 The valley and the village of the same name are one of the most beautiful parts of Fuerteventura. Starting from the plaza with the church built in 1666, white and clay-coloured buildings (fincas) run [ ... ] |
 Gran Tarajal - Fuerteventura16/01/2009 This little town is a discovery in itself, as it is relatively untouched by tourism. From the harbour, you have a view or the entire panorama of the streets and alleyways built into the hillside. Subc [ ... ] |
 La Lajita - Fuerteventura16/01/2009 The attraction of the village is on the main road, the OASIS DE LOS CAMELLOS zoo, with dromedaries, horses and donkeys to ride, monkeys and various species of birds to watch, a bar with rustic wooden [ ... ] |
 Pajara - Fuerteventura16/01/2009 Considering its administrative importance - this is where the major tourist centres on Jandía are administered - Pájara has a surprisingly rural and tranquil air. At the edge of town there are pictu [ ... ] |
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