Canary Islands Holiday Rentals

Tourist demand for holiday rentals in the Canary Islands has increased by 14% in January 2012 compared to the previous year according to holiday letting companies.
The Canary Islands including Fuerteventura are attracting more independant holiday makers as they look for more reliable warm weather especially during the winter months.

More traditional destinations such as Menorca and Ibiza in the Baleric Islands meanwhile, would benefit from new investment in holiday homes to help improve the level of available rental accommodation. Recent cold weather accross mainland Europe has also affected future visitor numbers as footage of snow falling on the beaches persuaded many to look to the Canaries instead.

In both areas, house prices have held up better than those on the mainland as owners find they have a higher return on their holiday home investments.

Recently published figures by Tinsa show for the same year period house prices accross these two regions fell by 3.1% compared to the mainland 6.6%. This no doubt is also due to the 20-30% increase in tourist numbers in some of the Canary Islands like Fuerteventura compared to a rise across the whole of Spain of 7%. 

Fred Olsen Cruises to Fuerteventura

Fred Olsen have started a new program of cruises to include Fuerteventura, West Africa and Cape Verde.The new fly-cruise iteneraries will include 'Sun & Souks', 'African Beaches and Tropical Islands' and 'Morocco and the Canaries', departing from London Gatwick and Manchester airports.

Sales and Marketing Director for Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines Nathan Philpot said:

“This is a really exciting, innovative development for Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines. While we know that many of our regular cruise guests relish several days at sea, there are many would-be cruisers who are slightly younger and cannot take time for a leisurely voyage, or simply prefer to start enjoying their sun-seeking as soon as possible. The short and easy flight to Tenerife means that guests can start to enjoy their cruise holiday in the sun within hours. This is a great new product to help agents sell cruises to those who might otherwise take a traditional package holiday.”

The new fly-cruises will be between seven and 14 nights’ duration, with exclusive charter flights from London Gatwick and Manchester to Santa Cruz, Tenerife. The fly-cruises are available as a "cruise only" option, so that guests have even more choice when booking their Fred. Olsen cruise holiday. This flexibility means that agents can take advantage of "dynamic packaging" to create a tailor-made cruise experience that is just right for their customer. It also means that agents can sell cruises to their local markets using convenient regional airports, as Tenerife is served by flights from London Gatwick, London Stansted, London Luton, Manchester, Birmingham, Blackpool, Glasgow, Newcastle, Edinburgh, Bristol, East Midlands, Cardiff, Aberdeen, Belfast, Bournemouth and Doncaster Sheffield.

The cruise ship Braemar, based in Tenerife from January to March 2013 will depart from Southampton on 6th January 2013, on her repositioning cruise of seven nights, and will return to the UK on 24th March 2013.

A seven-night cruise will depart from London Gatwick/Manchester on 17th February 2013, visiting Lanzarote, Madeira, La Palma, El Hierro, La Gomera, with return flights from Tenerife.
The most popular fly-cruise is 14-night "Cape Verde, Senegal and The Gambia", calling at Fuerteventura, Cape Verde, Senegal, The Gambia, and Gran Canaria.

Canary Islands Tourism Up 18.5% 2011

Tourism in the Canary Islands has increased this year by 18.5%ahead of most European destinations. The islands that include Fuerteventura, Gran Canaria, Lanzarote, Tenerife, La Gomera,La Palma and El Hierro received 9.2 million visitors from countries other than Mainland Spain in the first 11 months  making the Canaries Islands the third on the list of Spanish holiday regions, behind Catalonia with 13 million and very close to the Balearics with 10 million. Across Spain tourism is on average up 7.7% this year making the Canaries increase over twice the National average.

The reason for the above average performance has been attribuited to the Islands all year warm weather - an important consideration to families looking for guaranteed sunshine. In Fuerteventura an increase in flights from all major European markets such as the UK and also new emerging markets like Denmark and France have also attribuited to the increase. Latest tourism board figures for Fuerteventura also suggest a doubling of promotional spend for 2012 which will introduce the Island to those yet to visit its golden beaches. Estimates for the close of 2011 are over 2,000,000 visitors to Fuerteventura alone.

Corralejo Cycle Against Cancer

Corralejo, Fuerteventura Canary Islands will host the next cycle against cancer on the 6/7th December.

Infact all the money of the registration will be donated to the research against cancer in  Fuerteventura.

On Tuesday 6th the race will be open for all participants over 11 years old, not for professionals, the race will start in front of campanario shopping centre at 10:00am and on the 7^th the competition will be open only for the professionals ,and it  will start al 12.00 am in the main street of corralejo.

If you want to take part to the contest you can write an e-mail to chussquita@hotmail.com ,or pass by at the libreria victor calle la Milagrosa 6 corralejo, or libreria tagoror calle virgin de la pena 15 In Puerto del Rosario .

You can follow all the news at the facebok page cicoloturista Dunas de Corralejo - there’s a fantastic opportunity to do sport, enjoy yourself and do something good!

Grand Casino Opening Caleta de Fuste



Elba Carlotta Caleta de Fuste

The Elba Carlota Beach & Convention 4 star resort Resort in Caleta de Fuste, Fuerteventura, belonging to the hotel chain Elba Hotels, will host in its facilities this new leisure offer for residents and tourists visiting the island as from next year 2012. This project aims to become one of the leading tourist attractions in the area. Its 1000 m2 are distributed on two floors, with several games featuring 8 tables (2 Black Jack, 2 American Roulette, 2 Poker and 2 Texas Poker) and 40 high tech slot machines interconnected with progressive jackpots. It will also offer a bar, restaurant and lounge. The official opening shouldl be January or February next year.

For more information about the Island of Fuerteventura visit http://www.goldacre-estates.com or call 0034-928535044



Fuerteventura Sand Dune Marathon 2011

Fuerteventura is becoming better known as a sports destination for athelites across the world looking to take advantage of the warm winter months which are ideal for training compared the the colder Northern European climate. More events are being organised to take advantage of this and raise further the profile of the Island which now has numerous flights from across Europe. On Sunday 6th of November the city of corralejo hosted the famous international marathon in the protected sand dunes along the Atlantic coast. The world’s champion  Roger Roca participated and won for the 3rd time making a new record of 1h26min08sec!

The results are as  follows :

Mens Event:

1º Roger Roca 1h26.08
2º José Manuel Corral 1h29.39
3º Alberto Peláez 1h33.29

Womans Event:

1ª Aroa Merino 1h37.51
2ª Lucía Mones1h44.12
3ª Sandrine Champell 1h50.35

246 athletes in total ran from 9.30am to 2pm, transforming Corralejo for a day in a fantastic athletic park ,and after the run, the athletes  found refreshment in the  commercial center  campanario which has a weekly market. The Marathon is just one event of many being organised and already this year Corralejo has been the base for the Corralejo to Morro Jable cycle race and swimming events from Lanzarote and Lobos Island to the town harbour.

To find out more about Fuerteventura, Corralejo, events and the Island in general visit http://goldacre-estates.com or call 0034-928535044.

Latest BuyIn Fuerteventura Magazine edition available

Local magazine BuyIn Fuerteventura has just printed their latest edition to be picked up from hotels and selected outlets across the island including Goldacre Estates in the CC.Oasis Tamarindo Corralejo. The newest edition focusses on the village of Lajares in the North with its close proximity to the North shore and beaches of Corralejo, Majanicho and El Cotilo. The magazine holds adverts also for local businesses and services important to those looking to invest in property here in the Canary Islands and Spain. If you are looking to advertise your business or property for sale or rent you can find all the details on the magazines website http://www.buyin-fuerteventura.com and you can view the magazine here: http://flipflashpages.uniflip.com/2/7750/103930/pub/index.html.