The town of La Oliva, north of Fuerteventura, is the head of its municipality As this part of the island is flat, fertile and has good pastures, it has favored human settlement since pre-Hispanic times. In the 16th century it began to be populated by…
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The lime kilns are one of the heritage elements with the greatest ethnographic value on the island. We find examples throughout the territory These lime kilns are testimony to a flourishing past. The production of lime, the best in the Canary Islands, was…
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It will shortly be 220 years since the birth of Tomás Antonio de San Pedro de Alcántara Mena Mesa, better known as Doctor Mena. Doctor Mena was a person who left a great mark on the Majorera population, especially among the most needy. For this reason,…
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If you search in the RAE (Royal Spanish Academy) the meaning of "Vela latina" will return the following result: "Triangular sail, spanned in entena, which is usually used by small boats". However, those two words (Vela Latina) in the Canary Islands have a…
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Tarajalejo: As small as it is beautiful. This is how this peaceful coastal town in the municipality of Tuineje, south of Fuerteventura, is. Here the skies turn blue and the light from the Atlantic is clear. The sea is lived in every corner, in every…
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Today we are so used to buying everything we want that many times we do not pay attention to its production process and even less to the raw materials that are needed for its manufacture. For example, buying a bar of soap seems like a trifle to us, and making…
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If being born on the small islet of Lobos can be considered to be born in Fuerteventura, then Josefina Plá is a majorera. This illustrious writer, she was not only the guarantor of Castilian letters in Latin America, but she also cultivated other…
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Since the volcano Cumbre Vieja erupted in La Palma on September 19, 2021, interest in other volcanoes in the Canary Islands has increased. The geological history of Fuerteventura is complex, and cannot be exhaustively exposed in this blog. However, we…
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Sport events have recently become an excellent claim for tourist destinations, such as Fuerteventura, to be discovered by a wider and more diverse public. Fuerteventura, in addition to having some wonderful beaches, is also known for being one of the…
Read →Fuerteventura is the longest island in the entire Canary archipelago, and the second largest. It has dozens of charming places to discover during your vacation. If you have little time, we propose the following routes, visiting the essential places in just 4…
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Betancuria is the oldest town in Fuerteventura, and is the first city in the Canary Islands with a stable settlement. Visiting it is entering a historical past that transports us to almost 100 years before the discovery of America. Today we show you the…
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The isolation and lack of doctors in Fuerteventura once favored the use of practices that we could frame within quackery and popular wisdom. Healers and santiguadores (both men and women) were in charge of alleviating the symptoms of certain diseases. In…
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