Category: Routes to explore Fuerteventura

Explore Fuerteventura in car or motorbike, planning your trip, tour or excursion in the island

Renting a car or motorbike offers the opportunity to organize excursions to visit every corner of Fuerteventura, with friends or family to discover beautiful places on the island.

The best way to explore the Island of Fuerteventura is by car, planning a route to places you may be interested in, may take 2 to 3 days to see the island without hurry, if we start at the capital, Puerto del Rosario, you could reach the north end of the Island to Corralejo in about 40 min, with a distance of 28 km around and to the extreme south to Morro Jable would be 1h and 30 min, with a distance of 88 km. If by chance you are staying in Corralejo or Morro Jable,you could tour the island from north to south (by road FV1 and FV2) in approximately 2 hours and a total of 116 km. Counting on a quiet walk allows you to admire the landscape.

Explore the South from Fuerteventura, planning your trip, tour or excursion in the island

Here we offer a possible option of trip to visit the south of Fuerteventura, you can rent a car and discover beautiful places on the island.

Leaving from Morro Jable, a fishing village and the most important tourist centre of the area, we make our way first towards the solitary beaches of Jandia. We will visit the Natural Park of Cofete and El Puertito, a small fishing village famous for its fish soup. If we head north, we will be able to appreciate the mountain mass of Jandia, the peak of which at 807 metres is the highest of the Island, and we will arrive at Cañada del Río (costa Calma). an important tourist centre. From here, we continue towards the isthmus of La Pared, a geological form made from the accumulation of fossil sand, which was the frontier dividing the aboriginal kingdoms of Maxorata and Jandía. We leave behind Ajuy, a small village with numerous resturants in which to sample the cuisine of Fuerteventua. In the direction of Pájara – where it is a ‘must’ to visit the portico of the church, that has features reminiscent of Aztec styles, as well as its baroque alterpiece – we follow the Tuineje route, the site of the Battle of Tamasite against English privateers. To the north, we find Tiscamanita and the interpretation Centre of Los Molinos. If we go south, we pass through Las Playitas, a small fishing village, and through Gran Tarajal, the most important commercial port of this area. From here on in a south-westerly direction, we find Tarajalejo, a fishing port and the most important tourist centre of Tuineje, and La Lajita, where we can visit the most important theme park of the Island; ‘La Lajia Oasis Park’ before culminating the route bt returning to the marvellous beaches of Jandia.

Explore the Centre from Fuerteventura, planning your trip, tour or excursion in the island

Here is a possible option of trip to visit the center of Fuerteventura, you can rent a car and discover beautiful places on the island.

The route starts in Caleta de Fuste, a tourist centre and marina that has an 18th Century fortress and tower. Heading South we arrive in Antigua, an agricultural and handicraft village in which one can visit the craft Centre Molino de Antigua. As its differentiating feature, this Centre has a typical three-storey mill,inside of which we can observe the machinery of this type of traditional engineering. The same road leads to Betancuria, a town wrapped in a halo of glorious history and formed by a group of monuments and buildings that are exceptional within the architecture of the Island. The 18th Century Cathedral of Santa Maria de Betancuria is formed by three naves. Particulary interesting features of the cathedral include the main façade made out of white stone, the tower with four sections, the alterpieces, and the craftmanship of the vestry, the choir stalls and the baptistry. These buildings also form part of the group of the Ermita de San Diego (Hermitage of Saint James), a Franciscan convert – built in1423 of which today survive only remains of its foundations and walls – and the Museum of Sacred Art, the former parish hall. Following the route, we arrive in La Vega de Río Palmas, a place of pilgrimage, its church, which features an outstanding triumphal arch in its main chapel, houses the Virgen de la Peña, the patron saint of the Island. Heading in a Northerly direction we come to Casillas del Ángel, Los Llanos de la Concepción and the valley of Santa Inés; villlages settled on land of gentle relief that conserve all thier typical local character with mimetic buildings adapted to the Island’s climate. We arrive in Puerto Rosario, the capital and commercial centre of the Island, where we can visit the Church of Nuestra Señora del Rosario and the Museum House of Unamuno. We finish the route returning to Caleta de Fuste by the Southern road, passing the airport and El Matorral.

Explore the North from Fuerteventura, planning your trip, tour or excursion in the island

Here is a possible option of trip to visit the North of Fuerteventura, you can rent a car and discover beautiful places on the island.

This route sets out from Corralejo, an important tourist area in the North of Fuerteventura with magnificant beaches and lovely scenery. Taking the Island’s inland road, we arrive in Lajares, a village famous for its hand-embroidered crafts. About seven kilometres towards the centre, we find El Cotillo, a sea village with numerous, cosy beaches, on one of which stands the fortress of Tostón, a watchtower that guarded against pirate attacks. Returning along the same road to Lajares, and taking the direction towards the centre of the Island, we find La Oliva, which was the capital of the former Maxorata and holds a valuable archaeological legacy that is on display in the Museum of Betancuria. Within its 18th Century pictorial-architectural heriage, we can admire the church, particularly its square tower made out of local stone. Other interesting features include La Cilla House, a museum that houses the Island’s agricultural history, and the Colonel’s House, built in colonial style. Passing through Tindaya, the mountain of Tindaya can be seen from the road, a sacred place for the aborigines, where important archaeological remains – such as footprint petroglyphs – are found. Continuing the route along the main road, we can observe to the right Montaña Quermada (Burnt Mountain), with its mounument to Unamuno. Further along we find Tefía, where one can stop to visit the Ecomuseum of La Alcogida, a craft village with houses representative of the traditional architecture of the Island. From La Matilla and the valley of Tetir, especially picturesque, we arrive at Puerto Rosario, the Island’s capital and commercial centre. The Casa de Cultura (Cultural House), the Juan Ismael Room and the Museum House of Unamuno, are places of interest recommended to visit. Retuning to Corralejo by the coast road, the route goes through the Natural Park of the Dunes of Corralejo, with its unique landscape of striking beauty.