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  The island looks green from space!
Posted by: TamaraEnLaPlaya - 20-10-2022, 08:20 PM - Forum: Environmental - Replies (2)

Noticias:

The island looks "green" from space.

The last rains in Fuerteventura suggest how grateful the majorera land is from satellite view

 
That we live in a semi-desert environment does not escape anyone, and that the years of drought have been terrible for the flora of the island either.

But the recent rains on the island have left prints that many did not remember for some years. Fuerteventura flourishes in many places waiting for the rains to continue on the island to maintain the green mantle of a grateful land.

 
The Sentinel 2L1C satellite left us yesterday fascinated with the impressive image of the Jandía Massif and with how green the ravines were, it is expected that the vegetation will continue to create the thickest vegetation mantle if possible in the coming days.

link to article for pics

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  Post from Amazon.es to Fuerte
Posted by: keith.torrance - 20-10-2022, 11:48 AM - Forum: General Discussions - Replies (7)

I want to order an item from Amazon Spain for delivery to our house in Lajares. 

This is the first time I've done this so Just wondered what others experience has been. Roughly how long does it take?

Will it get delivered to our house, or will we have to collect it from the post office?

Thanks!...Keith

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  Naturist numbers in late June / early July Jandia
Posted by: Fizzy Lemonade - 20-10-2022, 08:51 AM - Forum: Naturists - Replies (1)

So my wife & daughter are taking a multi destination trip together in Central Europe next year & I’ve been given permission to take a solo trip, just wondering if the naturist numbers drop significantly at this time of year in Jandia, particularly around Butihondo, Esquinzo & Matorral.

We usually visit in early October, was in Corralejo mid July a few summers ago & there were only a handful nude just south of the Riu Oliva Beach 

Thanks

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  EMERGENCY SERVICES WHAT 3 WORDS?
Posted by: hogfather - 19-10-2022, 04:56 PM - Forum: General Discussions - Replies (1)

Anyone know if Emergency Services here recognise or use the location app WHAT 3 WORDS?

[App locates any point in world to a square metre. or so by 3 words allocated to it.]
Brilliant tech but not much use here if not used or recognised by our E mergency services!

[https://what3words.com/products/what3words-app]

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  People need your help to find someone
Posted by: Si Tie - 17-10-2022, 09:54 PM - Forum: General Discussions - No Replies

Sorry if this is repeating.  But there are so many sections on here not sure where to look.

https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=199...9170345604

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  Closest bus stop
Posted by: Trev1865 - 17-10-2022, 03:31 PM - Forum: General Discussions - Replies (3)

Huh Which bus stop closest to Sheraton hotel please caleta or Salinas?

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  ALDI to open on 26 October 2022
Posted by: Captain Sensible - 11-10-2022, 01:05 PM - Forum: Shops & Supermarkets - Replies (4)

ALDI are opening their first store on Fuerteventura on 26 October.

It is on the La Hondura industrial estate in the north of Puerto del Rosario, and next to the Mercadona supermarket.

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  Barceló de El Castillo
Posted by: TamaraEnLaPlaya - 10-10-2022, 08:20 PM - Forum: Hotel Reviews and more... - No Replies

Noticias:

Reopens after 38 million euros of investment the Barceló de El Castillo

According to the specialized magazine hosteltur.com, the first owner of hotels in southern Europe, Hotel Investment Partners (HIP), has announced the opening of one of the most important repositioning projects it has undertaken in Spain, the Barceló Fuerteventura Beach Resort, the largest resort on the Canary Island, in which it has invested more than 38 million euros.

 

Located at the foot of the beach of Caleta de Fuste, the Barceló Fuerteventura Beach Resort complex integrates four hotels (Barceló Fuerteventura Mar, Barceló Fuerteventura Castillo, Royal Level Adult Only and Royal Level Family Club), with a total of 964 rooms and an area of 150,000 square meters.

 

The 964 rooms have been completely renovated and designed according to the needs of the different types of guests of the resort. The play of shapes and volumes with buildings in height, which alternate with spacious bungalows and large garden areas, contribute to highlight the privileged enclave in which the complex is located.

 

More hotels in Fuerteventura:

 

One of the great novelties of the resort are the two new Royal Level hotels, one for adults only and the other specialized in families.

 

The resort integrates the offer of four hotels.

 

The Royal Level Adults Only has 129 fully equipped suites for an exclusive stay with your partner or friends. A space created to enjoy a premium experience within the resort with exclusive access to a buffet restaurant, an adults-only pool and a pool bar.

 

On the other hand, the Royal Level Family Club has 48 spacious suites with separate bedroom for the maximum comfort of families and an exclusive entertainment proposal ideal for the whole family.

 

It has seven swimming pools

 

It offers a varied gastronomic offer in its 14 restaurants and bars, seven swimming pools, sports areas on the beachfront, gym, large theater, minigolf, thalasso spa of 3,000 square meters (the largest on the island), a marina and a shopping center complete the leisure and entertainment offer, designed for both families and adults.

 

HIP points out that the other axis on which conceptualization and repositioning has pivoted has been sustainability. The first of the four hotels that make up the resort and that was inaugurated last November, the Barceló Fuerteventura Mar, has achieved the BREEAM certificate with a 'very good' rating.

 
Likewise, HIP has installed 204 solar panels generating 160MWh annually, about 7% of the energy it consumes.

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  Insular Craft Fair - Antigua - 2023
Posted by: TamaraEnLaPlaya - 08-10-2022, 07:32 PM - Forum: Things to do on the island - Replies (5)

Radio Sintonia:

The XXXIV Insular Craft Fair will be held from May 4 to 7, 2023.

The Organization of the Insular Craft Fair, Antigua City Council and
Mafasca Collective Foundation, agree on main points for the next edition of
this regional event that will bring together artisans, crafts and modalities from all the islands.


 

The mayor of the municipality of Antigua, Matias Peña García, has indicated that the next edition of the Insular Craft Fair will be held again in the Plaza de Antigua and adjoining streets. This is due to two reasons, as explained by the mayor, on the one hand as a response to the demands of the artisans themselves who have participated in the previous edition, as well as the rest of the merchants, restaurants and cafes of the town, to which is added the support of numerous neighbors who transferred their congratulations to the organization for the environment and the dynamization contributed to the streets.

The other reason why the Plaza de Antigua has been chosen is due to the delay on the part of the Cabildo de Fuerteventura in the works for the enclosure planned next to the Cheese Museum. As Peña García points out, this decision will allow the island institution one more year of margin to execute its commitment.
The dates of celebration of the XXXIV Insular Craft Fair Fuerteventura 2023, will be from May 4 to May 7, thus avoiding coinciding with any other appointment of the regional and island Calendar.

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  FV1 - repairs between Guisguey & La Caldereta
Posted by: TamaraEnLaPlaya - 05-10-2022, 09:00 PM - Forum: Cars, cabs & roads - No Replies

Radio Sintonia:

Repairs to the section between Guisguey and La Caldereta could be completed by the end of the year.

The president of the Island Council of Fuerteventura and head of the Ministry of Infrastructure, Sergio Lloret, visited today, Wednesday, October 5, the section of the FV-1 between Guisgue and the roundabout of La Caldereta, which will be subject to rehabilitation through the Roads service of the Insular Institution, through a public tender for the improvement of the firm, between kilometers 5.22 and 8.58.

 

As the island councilor was able to verify, the section object of the tender, currently presents significant surface damage and some localized structural damage, posing a high risk to the safety of the road, traveled daily by a large number of users, being one of the main arteries of the Island.

The works planned for the recovery of this section of the road, with a tender budget of just over 600 thousand euros and that, according to Lloret "it is our desire to have them awarded and even executed before the end of the year, will involve the rehabilitation of more than three kilometers of route.

The Cabildo will finance 100% of the work and the bidding procedure will be announced through the portal of the Contractor Profile of the Cabildo de Fuerteventura and the State Contracting Platform through a simplified open procedure of urgent processing, with the aim of offering an improvement in road safety in the section. Companies will have until October 17, 2022 to submit proposals.
The rehabilitation of the section of the FV-1 is part of the urgent action plan for the improvement of the Insular Road Network, which contemplates the arrangement of a score of sections of roads dependent on the Island Institution throughout this year and that respond to the "commitment of the Island Corporation to maintain the Island Road Network in conditions of comfort and safety", President Lloret stressed.

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