Apartments in Fuerteventura

Table of Contents

• At a glance: What should you know about renting an apartment in Fuerteventura?
• Apartments in Fuerteventura: find your perfect retreat
• Exploring Fuerteventura: our top recommendations
• Activities: What are the top things to do and see in Fuerteventura?

• Self-catering by the sand: Most island apartments sleep two to four, with a kitchen, a balcony or terrace and a short walk to the nearest beach.
• Coast to suit you: Corralejo for dunes and harbour dining, Caleta de Fuste for calm water, Costa Calma for wind, quiet inland villages for stargazing.
• Guests rate them highly: Our best-reviewed places sit at 9.4+, praised for sea-view balconies, well-equipped kitchens and helpful, responsive hosts.
• Eat like a local: Majorero goat's cheese, fish landed the same morning and Costa Calma tasting menus sit within an easy drive of most flats.
• Beyond the beach: The Ajuy caves, Calderón Hondo volcano, Tindaya and the Aguas Verdes rock pools fill the days between swims.

Fuerteventura's flats range from compact one-bedroom boltholes above the harbour in Corralejo to bright, family-sized places behind the Jandía beaches. If you need more room or a private plot, the island also has villas, single-storey bungalows and beach houses as well as ground-floor flats and yards among pet-friendly lettings. What sets the apartments apart is what comes as standard.

• A full kitchen with fridge, cooker and washing machine
• Balconies and terraces built to shelter you from the trade winds
• Shared pools, parking and lift access in many blocks
• Wi-Fi and air conditioning for long or remote-working stays

For a quieter, better-value week, look at cheaper holiday homes inland.

What are the best areas to stay in Fuerteventura?

For a first apartment stay, Corralejo gives you the widest choice of flats within walking distance of both restaurants and sand. The table below details regions for specific interests:

What do our guests say?

Guests booking self-catering places here tend to praise the same things: a kitchen that saves a fortune on eating out, a terrace that stays usable when the wind gets up, and hosts who explain which beach works on which day. Ratings of 9.4+ are common across Pájara, Betancuria and La Oliva.

Here are our top-rated places to stay in Fuerteventura from the past year:

1. Apartamento Cristobal - 9.6+: An apartment for three in Pájara with a terrace and washing machine, run by a Star Host with plenty of local tips.
2. Apartamento Relax and Dream - 9.5+: A sea-view place for four in Pájara with pool access and a terrace, handy for the Jandía beaches.
3. Sonneninsel Fuerteventura - 9.4+: An apartment for two near Betancuria, with a children's pool, a yard and a balcony looking inland.

Fuerteventura is the oldest and second largest Canary Island, a long, dry volcanic strip lying closest to Africa and edged by the archipelago's biggest beaches.

🥗Where to eat in Fuerteventura?

According to Google Maps data and reviews, El Pellizco by Rigoberto Almeida is the best rated restaurant in Fuerteventura. Below is a table showing the top 5 highly-rated restaurants hand-picked by our travel experts.

⭐Our guests' recommendation: Our guest traveller Charlotte recommends the Gregorio El Pescador in Fuerteventura: it is a few streets back from the harbour in Corralejo, so you can walk down from your flat, order whatever came in that morning and stroll home.

1. Climb Calderón Hondo volcano
2. See the caves at Ajuy
3. Swim the El Cotillo lagoons
4. Walk below Tindaya mountain
5. Bathe in the Aguas Verdes rock pools
6. Tour the Casa de los Coroneles
7. Taste salt and cheese at Salinas del Carmen

1. Climb Calderón Hondo volcano

   From the village of Lajares in the north, a wide, gently graded track leads in about 40 minutes to the rim of Calderón Hondo, one of the island's best-preserved cinder cones. The crater drops away sharply below the path and the sea fills the horizon behind it. Go early, take water and keep back from the unfenced edge. Ground squirrels beg along the route, though feeding them is discouraged. Lajares itself is a good stop afterwards for bread and coffee.

2. See the caves at Ajuy

   On the wild west coast below Pájara, a black-sand cove gives way to a cliff path cut above the water to the Cuevas de Ajuy, sea caves eaten out of some of the oldest rock in the Canaries. The walk takes 20 minutes each way and involves steps and loose ground. Swimming here is a different matter from the east coast: the Atlantic swell and undertow are strong, so most visitors stay on the sand and eat fish in the village instead.

3. Swim the El Cotillo lagoons

   North of El Cotillo, a chain of shallow lagoons sits behind low reefs, warming through the day and staying calm when the wind whips the open beaches. It is the most reliable family swimming on this coast, with sand underfoot and space between groups even in August. Watch the tide, as some pools drain quickly, and expect a real swell on the surf beaches beyond the lighthouse at Faro de Tostón. Sunsets from the rocks are excellent.

4. Walk below Tindaya mountain

   Rising alone from the northern plain near La Oliva, Montaña de Tindaya was sacred to the island's Majo inhabitants, who carved dozens of foot-shaped engravings into its summit rock. The mountain itself is protected and cannot be climbed freely, but marked trails circle its base through open, stony country with sweeping views. Go with a guide if you want the archaeology explained, wear proper shoes and start early: there is no shade anywhere on the plain.

5. Bathe in the Aguas Verdes rock pools

   On the coast west of Betancuria, the sea has carved a long string of natural pools into the lava at Aguas Verdes, refilled and flushed by every swell. On a calm day they make a memorable swim; when the Atlantic is running, the rocks are slippery and the water surges, so it is a place to judge honestly rather than jump in. Bring beach shoes, water and a picnic, because there are no bars or facilities nearby.

6. Tour the Casa de los Coroneles

   In the village of La Oliva, the 18th-century Casa de los Coroneles was home to the colonels who effectively ran Fuerteventura for generations. Behind its battlemented walls and carved wooden balconies are cool, whitewashed rooms holding a permanent display on island history plus changing exhibitions of Canarian art. It takes about an hour, works well on a windy afternoon, and pairs neatly with the nearby church and the small art centre in the same village.

7. Taste salt and cheese at Salinas del Carmen

   South of Caleta de Fuste, the working salt pans at Salinas del Carmen still harvest sea salt by evaporation, and the small Museo de la Sal explains how. It is a short, flat visit, easily combined with fish by the water and a stop at one of the island's goat farms for majorero cheese, the protected-origin cheese made from the milk of the local majorera goat. Buy a wedge for the apartment fridge.