Corralejo Fuerteventura,Tourist Guide & Information

Corralejo, Fuerteventura, Canary Islands, Spain

Corralejo's Playa Grande Beach, Riu Palace Tres Islas beach hotel in the background

Corralejo Description

Corralejo is Fuerteventura busiest and largest tourist resort, which is constantly growing in size, but still retaining many of it's original charms as a fishing village. The old town is located next to the harbour, and has a church and town square, now the centre of Corralejo's nightlife.

The overall atmosphere is relaxed and running at a calming pace.

Corralejo main charms are:

The 7 mile long Playa Grande beach and sand dunes that lie to the south of the town.
A bustling harbour from which you can enjoy watching all the boating activity, or take one of the many boating trips from glass bottom boats, ferries to other islands, fishing trips, sailing trips or scuba diving trips, many of which you can book online.
A pleasant sea front promenade with bars, restaurants and shops.
An enjoyable nightlife with plenty of bars, restaurants and even discos, the best nightlife on Fuerteventura. The hub of this is the main square, nickname'Music square'
Good watersports facilities.
The almost guarenteed sunshine in summer and winter.
Three smaller beaches located around the town centre

Location of Corralejo

Corralejo is located on the northern tip of Fuerteventura, Canary Islands, Spain. Looking out to sea in the north east is the island of Lanzarote and looking east and much closer the Isla de Los Lobos (Island of Wolves) which refer to the sea wolves the sealion

Fuerteventura Airport (FUE) to Corralejo Distance 28 Km

There are 5 ways to travel to Corralejo from the airport.

Airport Transfers
Package holiday transfers
Taxi
Airport Bus
Car Hire

Book Fuerteventura Airport Transfer to from Corralejo

Transfer Information and Prices

Package holiday airport Transfers to Corralejo

Advantages & Disadvantages of a Package holiday airport Transfers

Package holiday Transfer time 40 minutes

Airport Bus (Guagua)

This method of travel is the cheapest alternative but if you have suitcases it is only viable if your hotel is located near the Corralejo bus stop

There is not a direct bus from Corralejo to the airport, you have to change at the Puerto del Rosario, the island capital.

Catch the 06 Puerto del Rosario Corralejo, or 07 Puerto del Rosario Corralejo El Cotillo
then change buses to either the

Bus timetables

Beaches in ornear Corralejo

Corralejo Playa Grande beach

Corralejo Grande Playa Beach is a very long beach

Corralejo Grande Playa Beac h& Isle of Lobos(Wolves)

Dont worry there are no Wolves now. Well worth the boat trip or ferry ride from Corraleo.

Playa Grande from Riu Oliva Beach hotel

Corralejo Playa Grande beach is a beautiful 7 kilometres of fine & very light coloured golden sandy beach and sand dunes which have been the movie backdrop to several fashion and TV advertisements. The beach is located just south of Corralejo and in places is hundreds of metres wide.

The beach slopes gently into the sea, and because of the reasonably stong winds the beach is a favourite with windsurfers. A windsurfing centre is located on the beach

You can select a busier section of the beach with sun beds and umbrellas on if you want you should be able to find a stretch of beach all to yourself. Along side the road there are several hard shouldered sections for cars to park, in other areas make sure you do not get bogged down in the soft sand alongside the road. The sun beds and umbrellasections and popular car parking areas on the main FV1 road can easily be seen on our Google maps if you zoom in, remerber you can easily drag the maps in any direction or if you prefer use the move arrows on the left side of the map.

The best section of Corralejo Playa Grande beach is dominated by the 2 massive RIU hotels, the only hotels on this magnificent beach.

Gay Beach

A gay section is located about 2 kilometers south of the 2 RIU hotels. This section is at the 22 kilometre marker "milestone" from Puerto Del Rosario.

Corralejo Town beach

Corralejo Town Beach by andym_uk under licence

The Corralejo town beach is a small white sandy beach right in the centre of town, there are plenty of bars and restaurants, backing this beach.

This beach is sheltered and along with the nearness of toilets is ideal for families.

Because the beach is in town it is NOT suitable for naturists looking for an all over tan.

The beach is too small for water sports

Corralejo Harbour beach

Tours Excursions Trips Activities

If you want to do something other than sunbathing all day, then see the following, tours,excursions, trips and activities, that we have found and all available from Corralejo

Guerreros Combat Adventure

Scuba Diving Adventure in Fuerteventura

Lanzarote Submarine

Guerreros Combat Adventure

A Family Cruise around Fuerteventura

Lanzarote Submarine and Shopping Safari

Corralejo Deep Sea Fishing Excursion

Scuba Diving Adventure in Fuerteventura

Lanzarote Scenic and Culture Tour

Boogie Boarding Wave Safari

Snorkeling Adventure in Fuerteventura

Adult's Cruise around Fuerteventura

Fuerteventura Quad Safari

At the moment we are working on placing the details of the following trips on this site please use this link to obtain details of the following Fuerteventura trips

Oasis Nature Park Adventure
Volcano Excursion in Fuerteventura
Boat Tour to Lobos Island
Scenic Bike Tour of Fuerteventura
Fuerteventura Water Park Excursion
Oceanarium and Shopping Excursion
Golf Tee Off at Corralejo

Additional , tours,excursions, trips and activities are available from other resorts.

Shopping

There are plenty of shopping centres in Corralejo along with street markets twice a week on

Shopping Centre Atlantico

Shopping Centre El Campanari

Shopping Centre La Menara

Shopping Centre Papagayo

Shopping Centre Plaza

Shopping Centre Royal

See shopping centre locations on our Corralejo Resort Map

Banks

There is no shortage of banks and hole in the wall cash machines.

Corralejo Bars and Nightlife

Corralejo-nightlife
Corralejo nightlife

Information on bars is now on a seperate page Corralejo Bars & Nightlife

Restaurants

Information on bars is now on a seperate page Corralejo Restaurants

Childrens Playgrounds

There are 2 childrens playgrounds in Corralejo, very popular, especially with locals in the early evening.

On the corner of Anzuelo and Tortuga

See location of the childrens playgrounds on our Corralejo Resort Map

Bus Routes, Bus Stops & Bus information

Bus Station in Corralejo

Located in Av. de Juan Carlos I on the western edge of Corralejo

Bus Stops in Corralejo

Bus stops are located on the main roads Calle Minerva & Calle Mascona

Buses from Corralejo go to Puerto del Rosario & El Cotillo

For full details of the following bus routes click the bus route link below. Our bus route information includes timetables and main intermeditory stops.

Note Check timetable for a short lunch break in bus service in the early afternoon

06 Puerto del Rosario Corralejo 30 minute service, hourly evening service
07 Puerto del Rosario Corralejo El Cotillo 3 buses a day. A different route to 06 & 07
08 Corralejo El Cotillo Hourly service

Onward connects can be made from Puerto del Rosario bus station including buses to the airport.

See location of Corralejo Bus stopson our Corralejo Resort Map

Fuerteventura Bus Routes

Corralejo Harbour

Pretty harbours are always an attraction for tourists, especially one that has so much to offer. being combined as a ferry and fishing harbour and a marina. Harbour side cafes, bars and restaurants overlooking the yachts and power boats in the marina and harbour activities that in themselves draw visitors with ferries to Lanzarote, sailing and motorised sea trips, fishing trips and trips that include underwater submarine trip. We have more details of many of these trips that you can book online in our Tours Excursions Trips Activities section

There are 2 ferry companies that run services between Fuerteventura & Lanzarote run by either Fred Olson or Naviera Armas. Details below

Ferries

Ferry to Lanzarote by Fred Olsen

Fred Olsen Logo

For a change you can take the ferry from Corralejo harbour to next island, Lanzarote for the day, or longer. The boat trip takes about 35 minutes and it's an hourly service

A FREE bus service runs between the Lazarote ferry terminal at Playa Blanca and Arrecife, lazarotes capital. This free service must be booked at the same time as booking the Express ferry

Bocayna Express ferry