Caleta de Fuste, Fuerteventura
A purpose built holiday resort.
If you look around Caleta de Fuste, you will notice that it does not have a significant old town. This is because it is a purpose built holiday resort. It has been created around the original cove, because this offered a safe, sheltered environment for beach activities. Caleta is Spanish for cove and a fuste is a type of fishing boat.
The Beaches at Caleta de Fuste
The large beach at Caleta de Fuste has been created from pale golden sand, that was brought in especially for the purpose. Over time the sand has compacted, but unlike some other locations where the man made beach has been removed by nature, the beach at Caleta de Fuste remains relatively intact. A plan to improve the main beach has improved and over 4 million euros will be spent on the project during 2008 and 2009. Further beaches have been created parallel to the Sheraton and Elba Carlotta Hotels and the Atlantico commercial centre. They were made by creating lagoons where there was once solid rock, and then importing sand for the beach. These beaches have now settled in and the sea there is generally calm. They look good and are conveniently placed for a quick sunbathe when you are shopping.
These beaches have been created hand in hand with the quality hotels that have been constructed to the south of the original part of Caleta.
Caleta de Fuste Map
There are some three dozen holiday complexes in the Caleta de Fuste, most offering one or two bed apartments, self catering facilities, centred around a pool. You can see where these are located by looking at the Caleta map
The apartment complexes are in three main areas, the central town of Caleta de Fuste, Nuevo Horizonte, now called Costa Antigua, to the north, and Chipmunk mountain to the east (its not really a mountain, but it is uphill).
Transport in Caleta de Fuste
Caleta used to have only 15 taxis, but now has six more, which is plenty apart from on Wednesdays when everyone is going to the airport!
Remember that you cannot book a taxi in advance here, but they arrive within 5 minutes of being called (slightly longer on Wednesdays). It is easy to get to the capital, Puerto Del Rosario, in 20 minutes on the no 3 bus.
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