Latest Fuerteventura Stories

LONDON, June 15, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- -Geordies head to the Spanish Islands in 2012, with Tenerife, Majorca and Gran Canaria topping the list, according to the leading travel retailer- The top three destinations for people flying from Newcastle Airport in 2012 are Tenerife South, Palma de Mallorca and Las Palmas in Gran Canaria, say Holiday Hypermarket, a UK based holiday comparison community. The unique Canary Islands off the northwest coast of Africa, with...

LONDON, May 14, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Lanzarote is an island of stark beauty. The volcanic moonscape is most vivid in the island's centre, whilst the scenery to the North is characterised by a gentle greenness. Despite its dramatic landscape, the easternmost Canary Island boasts beautiful and relaxing white sandy beaches, coupled with the promise of adventure in the stunning Green Caves and the intriguing Timanfaya National Park. Cheap holidays to Lanzarote...

LONDON, May 2, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Latest deposit scheme from the budget holiday experts enables passengers to book in advance from as little as GBP70pp - and pay the final instalment just four weeks before travelling This holiday season purse strings might be tight but with On the Beach, the all inclusive holidays [http://www.onthebeach.co.uk/l/all-inclusive-holidays ] experts, there's no need to let budgets get you down....

LONDON, August 8, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- - Recent data shows that Tenerife holidays have been particularly popular in 2011; Travelmatch.co.uk says this owes to the island's great weather and lovely hotels - According to Travelmatch [http://www.travelmatch.co.uk ], a new travel discovery engine, holidays to Tenerife have been very popular in 2011. Many of the company's customers have booked all inclusive packages to the island to get some time in the sun. Data from...

MANCHESTER, England, April 28, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Leading online travel agent On the Beach has released its ten most popular destinations for British tourists this coming summer. The list is dominated by Spain as seven of the featured destinations are located in the European country. The travel agent has attributed this trend to the availability of cheap flights to the country's many excellent resorts. The list ranks the top ten destinations based upon total projected departures during...

MANCHESTER, England, April 15, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Leading online travel agent On the Beach has revealed that holidays to the Canary Islands are becoming increasingly popular with their customers. They have seen a significant rise in visits to Fuerteventura, Tenerife, Lanzarote and Gran Canaria in 2011. Alistair Daly, Marketing Director of On the Beach, comments: "In the past few months we have seen a surge in visits to these islands -- we believe this was prompted by the poor winter...

A GRANDMOTHER who flew to the Canary Islands using her husband's passport spoke of her shock about the document mix-up yesterday. Andrea Cole accidentally picked up the wrong passport when leaving her Cardiff home for the week-long holiday with her mother, and did not realize her mistake until minutes before their flight was due to leave. The mother-of-three had already passed through two sets of checks at Cardiff International Airport - and was then allowed through immigration at...

MADRID, Spain (AP) -- An estimated 100 million locusts swarmed one of the Canary Islands Tuesday, but the crop-ravaging insects - many with only a week to live - posed little threat, arriving with missing wings and broken legs after their 60-mile flight from the African mainland. Millions of others in the swarm were being blown back out to sea before arriving on Fuerteventura Island as the strong Atlantic Ocean winds changed direction. The reddish, grasshopper-like insects began infesting two...