Fuerteventura Information for Tourists and Resident Expats

With year-round sunshine, Fuerteventura is an attractive place to live. Increasingly more people are deciding to settle on the island permanently; long term rental property is therefore very popular.

Long term rental accommodation has been difficult to find on the island in the past, but now rental and property management companies can help you in your quest and hopefully you can even arrange something from the UK via the internet.

A large number of long let properties are advertised by a sign in the window, and most owners will want to see a prospective tenant before entering into an agreement with them, this is where the services of a rental and property management company come into their own as they carry out all the vetting that is necessary and have a database of property that is available. With the increase of building in some resorts, more long term rental property is becoming increasingly available.

Rent depends on the type of property and its location, but your rental and property management company can advise you. As in Tenerife and the other Canary Islands, water and electricity may or may not be included in the rental price, so check this before signing any agreement. Normally a month’s deposit and a month’s rent are required in advance as a standard, sometimes more and many properties are not pet friendly!

With more than one hundred and fifty beaches, three thousand hours of sunshine a year and a naturally peaceful environment it’s a very enticing place to settle down.

There are windmills, dotted all over Fuerteventura, (except in the area of Jandia), a testimony to the island's previous farming traditions. Many of the windmills are now being restored as tourist centres with a view to recreating the landscape of their working past when Fuerteventura was known as the granary of the Canary Islands.

The island is not just for sun and sea. Currently there is a boom in leisure centres that invite tourists to discover different aspects of the Island's landscape and culture. Some examples are;

• Miguel de Unamuno Museum

• Betancuria Museum of Archaeology and Ethnography

• Tefia Craft Village

• Morro Velosa Lookout

• Molino de Antigua Craft Centre

• Molinos de Tiscamanita Interpretation Centre.

 

Fuerteventura's outstanding landscape includes several parks recognised as of national interest:

 

• Montaña de Tindaya

• La Ladera de Vallebron

• La Montaña Cardon, El Malpais de la Arena

• El Saladar

• La Caldera de Gairia

• Las Dunas de Corralejo and Lobos

• Pozo Negro

• Jandía and Betancuria.

For short term rental holiday rentals in Fuerteventura visit Solymar Holidays.

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