Focus On Gran Tarajal

Gran Tarajal is situated on the South East coast of Fuerteventura in the municipality of Tuineje, and is just a 30 minute drive from the airport in Puerto Rosario. This typical Spanish town is surrounded by hills on three sides giving shelter from the almost constant cooling trade winds for both the tourist enjoying the large safe beach and to the sailors moored in the brand new Gran Tarajal marina.

The town provides all the facilities you would expect for a bustling community that is still mainly residential, but the potential of Gran Tarajal as a tourist resort is now being realised and a huge amount of investment is being brought into the area. The new marina is now complete and provides berths for yachtsmen and the local fishing fleet and the harbour also provides a new ferry service to Las Palmas in Gran Canaria.

As you would expect in a coastal town fishing plays a big part in community life and this is reflected in the number of great restaurants that provide mouth watering seafood meals and is guaranteed to be fresh. Many of these restaurants are to be found along the promenade which runs along the “Blue Flag” beach. Every September an international deep sea fishing competition is held over a week long period with fishermen and their boats arriving from all the Canarian Islands.

Gran Tarajal is the centre for the islands tomato growing industry with the harbour once being the main port for the export of the produce, now the majority is shipped overseas through Puerto del Rosario.

This part of the coast is known as Costa Calma because of the shelter it affords from the near constant northerly winds making the many beautiful beaches and the sea close to the town very safe. Just to the east of the town is the village of Las Playitas and this part of the coast is the closest point of the Canaries to the African continent.

Each year a festival takes place on the Gran Tarajal beach with a re-enactment of the local population defeating the invasion of English Pirates, known as the Battle of Timasite, which occurred in 1740. Many visitors to the island only see the tourist resorts but Gran Tarajal is well worth a visit. The town is seeing some development for new homes and businesses and property for sale in the town can be found on GoldAcre Estates

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Dutch Teenage Sailor Arrives In The Canary Islands

14-year-old Dutch sailor Laura Dekka who is aiming to become the youngest person to sail solo around the world says she has reached Spain's Canary Islands off but declined to say exactly where she was.

In an email to The Associated Press, Dekker said she would not specify where she was for fear of attracting the press. She also said she did not know how long she would stay in the Canary Islands. The trip has been shrouded in secrecy since the start. Dekker has also sold exclusive TV rights to her voyage to a Dutch media company. Laura's website features links titled "My Coordinates" and "Where is Laura," but neither was working when I last visited the site, I also walked round our local marina, Corralejo, here in Fuerteventura but sorry I could not see her, so no scoop for World Marine Guide. As we reported on the 23rd August she is expects to stay in the Canaries while waiting for the Atlantic Hurricane season to end. During her stay she will be able to catch up on her schoolwork, receive family visits and install cameras on her yacht for a film to be made of the voyage, she is also considering a trip home.

Source www.worldmarineguide.com