Fuerteventura, Canary Islands

Attractions — Fuerteventura

From a wildlife park with giraffes to a lava tube cave and a mountain viewpoint — things to do beyond the beach.

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Oasis Wildlife Fuerteventura

La Lajita

The island's biggest wildlife park, with a cactus garden to match.

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Betancuria

The island's first capital, hidden inland where the pirates could not reach it.

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Faro de Jandía

Cofete, Jandía

A stone lighthouse at the end of the island — and the roughest drive to reach it.

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Cueva del Llano

Villaverde

One of the Canaries' oldest lava tubes — and, for now, one you cannot walk into.

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Ecomuseo La Alcogida

Tefía

Seven restored farmhouses and the craftspeople still working in them.

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Molino de Antigua

Antigua

A restored windmill, a cheese museum and a cactus garden in one walled courtyard.

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Mirador de Morro Velosa

Betancuria

César Manrique's window onto half of Fuerteventura.

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Salinas del Carmen

Antigua

The island's last working salt pans, still harvested by hand.

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Casa de los Coroneles

La Oliva

The grandest house on the island — for now, admired from the outside.

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Montaña Tindaya

La Oliva

A sacred mountain you can photograph but are not free to climb.

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Villa Winter

Cofete

An unfinished house at the end of a dirt track, and the legends that grew around it.

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Castillo de El Tostón

El Cotillo

A round gun tower over El Cotillo's old harbour, built to stop the raiders.

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Museo del Queso Majorero

Antigua

The island's cheese, its goats and a windmill you can climb — in one courtyard.

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Isla de Lobos

La Oliva

A protected islet 15 minutes off Corralejo, capped at 400 visitors a day.

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Parque Natural de Corralejo

Corralejo, La Oliva

The island's own desert, with its best beaches along the edge.

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Presa de las Peñitas

Vega de Río Palmas, Betancuria

A dam wall, a palm ravine and the island's patron saint, an hour inland.

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Parque Escultórico de Puerto del Rosario

Puerto del Rosario

Over a hundred sculptures in the open, and no ticket office anywhere.

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