Fuerteventura Family Holidays & Breaks

Fuerteventura Best Beaches

• Head for the Jandia peninsula, especially the Playas de Sotavento de Jandia – breathtakingly beautiful beaches with fabulous swimming, sunbathing and windsurfing. Most of the Jandia area is a national park, and you'll probably have to drive (we can include car hire in the package we create for you), as it's quite hard to get to, but worth it.

• Discover the dunes of Corralejo in the north of the island. Corralejo isn’t the most enticing resort but it’s redeemed by these dazzling white dunes that sweep back from the crystalline blue ocean in gentle rolls. They are also protected as a National Park, but you can sand- and wind-board along them.

Fuerteventura History and Culture

• Amble through the interior, which is pretty deserted and has a unique charm thanks to its rolling volcanic mountains, sweeping valleys and isolated villages where time seems to have stopped decades or even centuries ago.

• Tour the Ecomuseo La Alcogida in Tefia, a recreation of a 19th-century farming village with live pottery, embroidery and bread-making demonstrations.

• Discover the Museo de Las Salinas del Carmen near Caleta de Fuste, a traditional salt extraction site with displays about the island's salt production history.

•  Venture to the Cuevas de Ajuy in the fishing village of Ajuy, with vast sea caves formed by ancient volcanic activity, and some of the oldest rock formations in the Canary Islands.