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Fuerteventura
The Canaries’ best beaches and wind
The Canaries’ best beaches and wind
A vast protected natural park of golden sand dunes rolling to a turquoise sea in the north — the island’s signature landscape and beach playground.
💡 The dunes meet superb beaches — bring water, there’s little shade.
With over 150 beaches, Fuerteventura has a shore for everyone — long white strands, sheltered coves and wild, empty stretches of pale sand.
💡 Playa el Moro and the Jandía beaches are among the very best.
Inland, Fuerteventura is a stark, beautiful semi-desert of barren volcanic hills, ancient windmills and tiny villages — vast, quiet and cinematic.
💡 Drive across the interior for a taste of the island’s wild, empty heart.
Beyond the beaches lie dramatic volcanic cliffs, black rock and natural pools — especially along the rugged, less-visited north and west coasts.
💡 The lighthouse and cliffs at the island’s tips are worth the drive.
Steady trade winds and shallow lagoons make Fuerteventura a world-class windsurfing and kitesurfing spot, hosting international competitions each year.
💡 Sotavento and the north are the prime spots — schools cater to all levels.
Fuerteventura’s food is simple, fresh and Canarian. The island is famous for its Majorero goat’s cheese — a protected, award-winning cheese found everywhere from markets to menus. Try it with local mojo alongside papas arrugadas, super-fresh grilled fish and seafood, hearty goat stews (cabra), and gofio, the roasted-grain Canarian staple. The resort towns of Corralejo, Caleta de Fuste and Costa Calma have plenty of international and seafood restaurants, while inland villages serve authentic home cooking in rustic tascas. Wash it down with Canarian wine or a cold local beer, and don’t leave without tasting the cheese.
Fuerteventura’s airport is near the capital Puerto del Rosario, central on the east coast. Given the island’s size and dispersed beaches, a rental car is highly recommended for exploring the dunes, the desert interior and remote southern beaches. The bus network (guaguas) links the main towns and resorts affordably but is infrequent to remote spots. Taxis are available in the resorts. A ferry from Corralejo reaches Lanzarote (and the islet of Lobos) in well under an hour. Roads are good and quiet, though some beach tracks are unpaved — and always carry water, as the island is dry and shade is scarce. Driving is on the right.
The Corralejo dunes and beaches, and a ferry hop to the islet of Lobos.
The vast white beaches of the Jandía peninsula and Sotavento’s windsurf lagoon.
Drive the desert interior, windmills, Betancuria’s old town and a cheese farm.
From busy Corralejo to empty Jandía strands — explore to find your perfect stretch.
Great for windsurfing, but the breeze and sun are strong — bring sunscreen and a windbreak.
The island’s award-winning goat’s cheese is a must — buy some from a farm or market.
The best beaches are spread far apart — a car unlocks the wild south and interior.
Quick answers to the questions travellers most often ask before visiting Fuerteventura.
Its beaches — the longest, whitest sands in the Canaries — and its dunes, especially at Corralejo and on the Jandía peninsula. Steady trade winds also make it a world-class windsurfing and kitesurfing destination, and it is famed for its Majorero goat’s cheese.
Many think so — it has over 150 beaches, including vast white strands and turquoise shallows unmatched elsewhere in the archipelago. The Corralejo dunes and the Jandía beaches in particular are spectacular.
Excellent — consistent trade winds and shallow lagoons, especially at Sotavento in the south and around the north, make it one of the world’s top windsurf and kitesurf spots, with schools for all levels and international competitions.
Year-round — it is warm, dry and sunny in every season, and a popular winter-sun escape. Summer is hottest and windiest (great for windsurfers); spring and autumn are ideal for beaches and touring. It rains very little.
Tenerife’s Mount Teide, Gran Canaria’s dunes and city, Lanzarote’s volcanic wine country and Fuerteventura’s beaches — the four great Canary Islands.