Antigua

Caleta de Fuste Street Market is held every Tuesday and Saturday between 9am and 2pm, You can find all kinds of goods here, and it's perfectly fine, and often expected to haggle which can be quite entertaining, so grab yourself some bargains. In among the Ray Ben sunglasses, and the Gucci handbags for a tenner you can find some quality items such as hand made jewelry, and African wood carvings, well worth a look around. Apart from the Street...

Caleta de Fuste Handicraft Market is held every Friday between 10am and 1.30pm. Apart from the Craft Market, Caleta de Fuste, also known as Caleta, or Castillo has many bars, restaurants, and coffee shops, there are some nice beaches with fine golden sand and crystal-clear water, and a small harbour. Other nearby facilities include a convention centre, two golf courses, and a casino.

Route Barranco La Torre Level – Medium Time Scale – Approximately 5 Hours Distance – 15 km This route starts at the Junquillo area to move into the Barranco de La Torre. Archaeological remans from aboriginal times have been found here. From here you can walk to Salinas del Carmen, once an important center of salt production, and has recently opened as an interpretive center, it is in fact a salt museum and you can learn how the...

The Del Carmen Saltworks Museum is located in the Del Carmen Saltworks at Las Salinas, Fuerteventura. The only saltworks in Fuerteventura still in operation, comprised of 10 intake ponds, nearly 1000 condensation ponds, the salt warehouse, the salt worker’s house and the remains of the old quay. The Saltworks produces fine white salt of the highest quality which is very rich in trace elements due to the cleanliness of its water and...

The 2019 Caleta de Fuste carnival takes place during February, details will be published as soon as they are available.

Route Tacha Blanca Level – Basic Time Scale – Approximately 3 hours (There and back) Distance – 8 km (There and back) Route Tacha Blanca commences at Antigua’s Square. Turn left and follow the dirt road and it is here that the charka cemetry is located in which water is collected when it rains. Moving forward you will see large extensions of land, plus a panoramic view of the town of Antigua. You will see native plants and grazing...

Route Montaña El Sombrero Level – Medium Time Scale – Approximately 4 Hours (There and back) Distance – 9 km (There and back) The starting point of this route is the hermitage of San Isidro Labrador Triquivijate. You need to walk east on a single track path amid the plains which descend and widen until you reach the sea. The Montaña Sombrero can be seen from the start of the walk. The mountain takes its name from its...

Route Malpais Chico Level – Basic to Medium Time Scale – 3 Hrs. 30 Mins (There and back) Distance – 7 km (There and back) The starting point is the cultural center of Casillas de Morales. Leave Casillas walking south to move into the Malpais. This is considered to be a natural protected area because of its enormous ecological and landscape value. As you walk on you will come to “la madre de malpais”: La Caldera de Gayria,...

Route Barranco de Garabato Level – Basic Time Scale – Approximately 4 Hours (There and back) Distance – 8 km (There and back) The starting point of this route is at Our Lady of Guadalupe (Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe). We can thank Maria Gutierrez, who, in 1642, obtained licence for the construction of this shrine. In September of 1731 the chapel was blessed with the honor of Our Lady the Virgin of Guadalupe, a beautiful eighteenth...

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There are many fiestas in the municipality of Antigua during August and September 2019, details will be published as soon as they are available. 

Fiestas en honor a Nuestra Senora, de Guadalupe takes place during September in Agua de Bueyes, Antigua, Fuerteventura.

The 2019 Antigua Carnival is expected to take place during February, details will be published as soon as they become available. This carnival lasts for nine days where at the end is the burning of the sardine, the fish harvest.

This run involves upto 400 participants. The cross island run is organized by the sports department of the government of Fuerteventura the Canarian federation of athletics and the security of Antigua. The 2,250 metre off road run. Takes place on the 4th of February at 11.00.

Discover the origins of the famous Majorero cheese at the Majorero Cheese Museum. The Majorera goats are acknowledged to be amongst the most productive in the world, the excellent quality of their dense, aromatic and fatty milk is one of the main secrets of Majorero cheese. As well as the Museum there's also a windmill, gardens, a shop and restaurant. Opening hours: Open daily from 10:00 until 18:00 between the 1st of May...