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A forgotten village with decaying clay houses next to well-tended white residences in the island’s interior, where life still runs its original course, untouched by tourism.

On the way to the sea, to Giniginamar, the carefully tended plants on either side of the road are striking. The young trees are protected from goats by wire meshing. The old town of Giniginamar contin [ ... ]

  Aguas Verdes is literally “at the end of the world”. Beyond Llanos de la Conception, a narrow road leads along a dry barranco to a couple of weekend houses and the holiday club on the west coa [ ... ]

Once upon a time, this valley was rich in water and rain, and even today is one of the rare spots on Fuerteventura where the sight of green terraced fields full of vegetables, mulberry bushes, carob t [ ... ]

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 [ ... ]

This is where Jean de Béthencourt and Gadifer de la Salle disembarked in 1402. The two conquerors pushed on through the valley of Vega de Río Palmas, tall palm-trees above them,

is situated between Puerto del Rosario and the Airport of Fuerteventura

To find the charms of Fuerteventura´s capital, you need more than a little good will.
Begin your walk round the town at the harbour, on the promenade, and stroll through the oldest part of town, past  [ ... ]

Coming from Puerto del Rosario, the last few kilometres of road climb continuously, providing a view over the western plain on the right-hand side. The village itself consists of small, clay-coloured  [ ... ]

The church of Nuestra Señora del Socorro and the cemetery are off the main road. Apart from the Bar La Matilla, there are only a few scattered houses, some of whose patios have tall, thick trees for  [ ... ]