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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,
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16/01/2009 Corralejo is filled with colour and bustle, like anywhere where tourism races ahead to fast and the infrastructure is unable to keep up. Most of the shops and restaurants are concentrated alo [ ... ] |
16/01/2009 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 [ ... ] |
16/01/2009 In La Oliva, the administrative centre of the district, the magnificent buildings of the Casa de los Coroneles and of the once sumptuous, now deserted residence of the Manrique y Laras are reminders o [ ... ] |
16/01/2009 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 [ ... ] |
16/01/2009 A little fishing village consisting of only a few houses. In front of the sheltered, walled terrace of the Los Pescadores fish restaurant, tables, chairs and sunshades stand right on the black pebble [ ... ] |
16/01/2009 Together with Morro Jable, the “calm coast” is the cradle of tourism on the sandy beaches of Jandia. Since the late 1960s, the Dehesa S.A. company has been selling sites [ ... ] |
16/01/2009 is situated between Puerto del Rosario and the Airport of Fuerteventura |
16/01/2009 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 [ ... ] |
16/01/2009 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 [ ... ] |
16/01/2009 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. |
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