Holiday rentals in Spain, Fuerteventura – the Ultimate Winter Sun Destination?
‘Holiday rentals in Spain Fuerteventura’ is one of the most popular searches made online for villa rentals in Spain. Fuerteventura in the Canary Islands is seen as the ultimate winter sun destination for a lot of northern Europeans, who via the widely available internet book their own self catering apartments to rent in Spain from the owners direct. The island of Fuerteventura has unquestionably the largest and best beaches of the Canary Islands. Many of its 300 kilometers plus of coastline consist of sandy beaches, a lot untouched and uninhabited. Even on the most famous beaches, such as Sotavento de Jandia, you are guaranteed to find peace, quiet and sun so if you’re looking for holiday rentals in Spain this winter and like beachfront rentals, try Fuerteventura.
Fuerteventura's coastal ledge contributes to the shallow depth of the water and the astonishing light blue colour with a tint of green which is not quite turquoise. Windsurfing is the island’s sport albeit the majority of participants are foreign. Fuerteventura's coasts do attract hundreds if not thousands of enthusiasts as this combination of a regular warm wind and sun makes it ideal place to participate in this sport and the experts in their field rank it as one of the best places in the world to practice windsurfing. Holiday rentals in Spain – Fuerteventura can be expensive when the windsurfing world championships take place, these are held on the Jandia beach and as long as these unique conditions continue Fuerteventura will be for a long time the Mecca for wind surfers.
The other widely practised activity is scuba diving and this is lesser known activity is ideally suited to this area because of the wide variety of plants and sea flora that can be seen. This combined with no less than six national Parks, one Rural Park, six Natural Monuments, two Protected Landscapes and one area of Scientific Interest means that there’s no shortage of tourist attractions on the island. There’s also no shortage of tourists who want self catering apartments to rent in Spain’s top island of Fuerteventura as it also suits holiday makers who just like lounging around on the beach or around the swimming pool of villa rentals in Spain.
So how do you get to Fuerteventura and are holiday rentals in Spain available here? Well, the island is just four hours flying time from the UK and is serviced by some of the UK´s leading low cost flight operators. The sole airport is located close to the capital of Puerto Rosario – which is on the east coast. With tourism mainly in the resorts of Corralejo, Caleta del Fuste and the Jandia peninsula in the south this is where most of the self catering apartments to rent in Spain’s Fuerteventura are.
In the south there is a nature reserve separated from the rest of the island and bordered almost completely by vast beaches of white sand. To the west, the beaches of Barlovento, are not suitable for children and it can be quite dangerous to swim there. To the east, there is a large sandy lie of land which is home to two tourist resorts: Costa Calma, near the unequaled Playa de Sotavento, and Morro Jable, built around the port where the jet-foil departs for the island of Gran Canaria. This is also very popular for holiday rentals in Spain in the Canaries.
The main town in Fuerteventura is Puerto del Rosario, which is on the eastern side of the island. Many tourists look for holiday rentals in Spain here, as they find it very convenient for local amenities. If you choose villa rentals in Spain in this town you should visit the old harbour area which has some interesting architecture typical of the Canary Islands.
