Fuerteventura, with its 3,000 sunshine hours a year, is placed firmly on the world stage as one of the leading European holiday destinations.

The summer Trade Winds and winter swells of the Atlantic make this a year-round surfers' paradise. Sailors, scuba divers and big game fishermen are all drawn to these clear blue Atlantic waters where whales, dolphins, marlin and turtles are all common sights.

Much of the interior, with its large plains, lavascapes and volcanic mountains, consists of protected areas which can be best be explored in a 4x4 or (for the more daring) with a cross-country motorbike.

The primary tourist areas are around the existing towns of Corralejo in the north and Morro Jable in Jandia, plus the purpose built tourist development at Caleta de Fuste south of Puerto del Rosario.