Fuerteventura Travel Guide
Fuerteventura is the most occidental island of the Canary Islands, ad the colsest one to the African coast. The island emerged to the surface twenty million years ago due to volcanic activity.
All these milion years of volcanic activity, erosion, wind and rain shaped the Island. Such an activity, together with it’s tropical position offer to the tourist huge beaches of white sand, torquise waters and an annual avarage of 22º C (71,6ºF). It’s also a paradise fir windsurfers and kytesurfers for its constant winds that sweep the island smoothly from the Sahara dessert, called Sirocco.
The main industry of Fuerteventura is tourism. The tropical temperature average through the whole year offers a very pleasant escape for Europeans in just a pair of hours away by plane.
The main inustry of the island is tourism, although it has fishing, agriculture and bussiness. The first hotel of the island was built during 1960’s and shor after an international airport.
The specials conditions in the island is considerate by sailors, scuba divers and big game fishermen a paradise that these blue Atlantic waters offer where whales, dolphins, marlin and turtles are all common sights.
The interior worth a visit as well. It’s formed by large plains, lava escapes and volcanic mountains that can be visited in spite of being protected areas.
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