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With three thousand hours of sunshine a year,
Fuerteventura is the closest Canary Island to the African coast with
only 100km separating the 'Punta de la Entallada' from Cape Juby in
Morroco and is the second largest (after Tenerife) of all the
islands.
The weather conditions of Fuerteventura are very similar to Florida
and Mexico which are on the same latitude, which make this the ideal
holiday location.
There is nowhere else in the Canaries with as many enormous sand
dunes and long sandy beaches (more than one hundred and fifty). Even
though most of the land consists of stone and rock, these are some
of the most impressive beaches in the whole of Europe. Approx 98km
long and 30km across at the widest point.
In the history of time Fuerteventura is generally regarded as the
oldest of all the Canaries and its strange contours come from
various volcanic episodes. The last eruption occurred around 7,000
years ago so you're pretty safe. Should you wish to see some
volcanic activity take a trip to the neighboring island of Lanzarote,
it's well worth it. See our Ferry page for details on how to get
there. You can also take a short boat trip over to the small island
of Los Lobos (only 6sqkm) and really get away from it all.
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Water sports are very popular in
Fuerteventura. Every year hundreds of
surfers, windsurfers and divers descend
on Fuerteventura and during July the
island is host to the P.W.A world
windsurfing speed and slalom event at
Sotavento in the south.
There are many new attractions inviting
tourists to discover different aspects
of the Island's landscape and culture
such as the Betancuria Museum of
Archaeology and Ethnography and Tefia
Craft Village to name but a few.
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