Cruising around the Canaries

This season the cruise ships will be visiting Fuerteventura from around the 4th October and the 18th April 2008. The four cruise ships scheduled to visit this winter are the Aida Blu, Royal Artemis, Kristina Regina and the Sea Cloud.

The most frequent visitor is the Aida Blue. Its a German ship and during each weeks cruise it visits the islands of Madera, La Palma, Fuerteventura, Lanzarote and Gran Canaria before returning to its starting point on Tenerife.

The Royal Artemis does a two week cruise starting from Southampton. Visiting Lisbon, Cadiz, Lanzarote, Fuerteventura Tenerife, Gran Canaria, Madiera and returning to Southampton.

The Kristina Regina route, visits seven of the Canary Ilands in a one week cruise, going from Las Palmas - Puerto del Rosario - Arrecife - Santa Cruz de Tenerife - San Sebastian de la Gomera - Santa Cruz de la Palma -Puerta la Estaca - Las Palmas.

The Sea Clouds is a four-masted barque, sail ship, whose route begins at Santa Cruz/La Palma,on the 16. - 23. Nov 2006 visiting San Sebastian La Gomera, Arecife/Lanzarote, Rosario/Fuerteventura,and returning to Santa Cruz/Tenerife at the end of the week.

The Cabildo of Fuerteventura are working to make the most of the potential for this form of tourism, and the port of Puerto del Rosario is being developed so that it is better able to accommodate cruise ships.

Given a day in port it is possible to take part in a number of activities. Some of the tourists from the cruise ships travel around the islands capital on bicycles. There is a bus service, the number 17 that leaves from the gates of the port and calls in at Caleta de Fuste on its way to Gran Tarajal . It is also possible to take the regular bus services to other parts of the island.

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The aida blu in Fuerteventura

Cruise ship in Puerto del Rosario harbour

Cycle tour by cruise ship passengers