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Golf

The Fuerteventura Golf Club at Calete de Fuste. See www.fuerteventuragolfclub.com

This championship course hosted the Spanish Open on the PGA European Tour in 2004. You have a good view of this course from your master bedroom balcony. You can walk there in 15 minutes or drive there in under 5 mins. The course also has a golf academy with driving range, short game area, and putting green. It is open from 8am to about 7pm. You can hire everything you need. However, I have a set of clubs at the house for your use. You are welcome to use them, provide your own balls, glove, tees, shoes please. The clubs are Taylor Made woods and Powerbuilt irons. The green fees at this course are very modest, even in high season (winter months). Also, it is a very quite course. It is the quietest tour course that I have ever seen, and one of the cheapest. You can almost hit two balls on every hole if you like and you won’t get paired up with a stranger if you don’t want to. They are happy to allow solo play.

Alternatively, if it is company you crave, and you want to play a medal round. You will be made most welcome by the Correlejo Golf Society, who play medals every Tuesday and some Saturdays / Sundays. You can even join as a ‘country’ member. They are a bona fide club and many of the office bearers are resident entertainers (Elvis etc) on the island. They run trips to Jandia Golf etc also. See www.corralejogolf.com

La Olivia Golf Club at Correlejo.

Due to open in the summer of 2007.

This new course is on the outskirts of Correlejo in the North. About a 45 minute drive from Calete de Fuste.

The Jandia Golf Club (Click here for photos >>)   

At Moro Hablo. A championship course that is due to open soon. Nine holes are already completed. This is a spectacular part of the island. It is in the south and will take about 90 minutes to drive to.

The information file at the house contains details on all of the above including current prices.

Trike Tours by Coolrunnings

Steve and Ceri are your South African neighbours. They live next door as permanent residents. They run the brilliant and totally and utterly under priced Cool Running (www.coolrunningstours.com). Steve drives the trike which takes two passengers around the island on a range of potential tours ranging from 3 hours to 8 hours. There is also a sunrise tour up to the mountains etc. Special occasions are also catered for (anniversary, birthday etc). They range from 40 to 80 euros total – can you believe that ! 

It is the best euros you will ever spend. They cater for all ages and tastes. You would not believe how many pensioners go on the tours and absolutely love it. You must book one of these. If you don’t, you will regret it. Go on – it is cheap as chips – you will love it.

Information on these, and other tours such as wonderful scrambling bikes (Dave and Jo at ‘Backtrax’) are in the information folder at the house.

Market at Correlejo

The famous street markets are held on Monday and Friday between 8am and 2pm. The market is located at the Baku water park and recreation centre, about a 10 minute walk from your accommodation.

History

Take a drive or hires Steve’s trike (www.coolrunningstours.com) to see the historical town of Betancuria. You will access the town, or egress the town, via the mountain pass roads. These are a bit like the ones from the film The Italian Job (except they’re in Spain, if you know what I mean !). Betancurie is worth visiting for lunch and watching a town where time has stood still, or wandering around the famous landmark church and its museum.

Excursions (Tourventura)

A range of excursions and day trip[s for all tastes can be booked in resort. For example, http://www.tourventura.info/  is only one such company leaving from both Correlejo and Calete de Fuste (Costa Calete)

A non exhaustive list is:

• Jandia beach tour
• Oasis Park (La Lajita)
• Catamaran cruise
• Deep sea fishing
• Baku water park
• Quad bikes
• Snorkelling
• Helicopter
• Jet ski
• Glass bottom boat