Many times, whilst out on my quest to find the best bars on the island, I am asked about the rivers on the island, or lack of them. It’s pretty easy to...
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La Casa De Los Coroneles - Fuerteventura
If you live in any European city you will be used to seeing statues, monuments and even grave sites of famous people. This has never happened here and though occasionally the house...
Canarian Charcos
We all enjoy floating around in a beautiful pool and here in the Canaries we have many to choose from, including naturally - occurring pools, known locally as Los Charcos. An article...
Canarian Indépendance
30th May is Canarian day, but how much do you really know about the fight for independence? An Article by Bernie Power with The Voice Fuerteventura The 30th of May 1983 was...
The Military In Fuerteventura
The Military have had a presence on the island for many, many years and during the 20th century, with wars all around Europe and Africa, they used the Fuerteventura as a training...
The Timple
From the early settlers until at least 1980, most of the villages were rural communities. It was a very hard life, held hostage to the lack of rain. You went to sleep...
Pirates And Privateers
The occupation of the island can be traced back around 2300 years, to the Berber folk who came from North Africa. They had to get here somehow and yet there is no...
El Roque And El Cotillo
In last month’s article we covered a road trip, exploring the north of the island covering the busy resort of Corralejo and the magical islet of Los Lobos and we finished up...
Fuerteventura First Settlers
The Canary Islands are a melting pot of nationalities, languages, cultures and customs, and so is Fuerteventura. So who were the original people that settled here and where did they come from?...
Corralejo And Los Lobos
The Creation of Corralejo As There was a violent volcanic eruption about 9000 years ago which affected the north of the island by creating Corralejo, the dunes and caused Lobos island to...