Morro Jable is one of the most important towns in Pájara, with almost 8,000 inhabitants. Today Morro Jable is one of the tourist references of the island of Fuerteventura highlighting its beaches as the main reference for visitors. The beauty of Morro Jable lies not only in the beaches of fine sand and bathed by transparent waters of the ocean, but also has beautiful natural landscapes.
Once you are in Morro Jable, the first thing that will attract the attention of all visitors will be the Playa de la Solana with the wide beaches of clear and fine sand or maybe the Saladar de Jandía, which is a place full of sea birds. Also striking is the Matorral lighthouse which can be seen practically from any point on the beach.
With regard to the town, it also offers many places of interest such as the old town or the Church of Nuestra Señora del Carmen where there is a viewpoint from which it is possible to see the wide beaches or the seaport. Morro Jable also offers a wide cultural offer, with concerts, parties and cultural events with the assistance of first class names.
The Jandia Lighthouse is located at the tip of the same name, in the southernmost part of the island of Fuerteventura. It is one of the quietest points of the island, it is situated between the extensive plains of the Boards which is like a kind of coastal terrace that is in the area known as Natural Path Valley of the Mosquitos.
Al Faro de Jandía can be reached by a dirt track from Morro Jable after traveling about 20 kilometers to reach this inhospitable place. Along the way you can see gorse or barillas, also some tarajales and palm trees abound although it is worth noting that the most emblematic is the cardón de Jadía which is a kind of endemic shrub that can only be found at certain points of the island and that is in danger of extinction.
The Faro de Jandía was built in the mid-nineteenth century, inside you can see an exhibition on sea beds surrounding the area, and the cetaceans that inhabit this part of the Atlantic.
The facilities also houses the Interpretation Center of the Jandía Natural Park which is divided into five rooms where you can get to know the Natural Park in depth, from its habitats, vegetation and flora, fauna up to the maritime signs of the Faro de la Punta.
La Lajita is a charming little coastal town that belongs to Pájara, just 12 kilometers from the tourist area of Costa Calma. This small town 26 kilometers from Pájara has about 1800 inhabitants and traditionally based its economy on livestock and artisanal fishing. With the passage of time, tourism has become more important in its economy and has become an interesting point to visit in Fuerteventura.
The proximity to Costa Calma has meant that this small town has experienced an interesting tourist growth, even with this growth. the small municipality has not lost the charm that makes it so recommendable.
One points of interest offered by La Lajita is the chapel of the Immaculate Conception. We must also highlight its wonderful beach, with black sand and an infinity of boats stranded on its shore with traditional gear that give good sample of the type of artisanal fishing that fishermen still practice today. The waves on the beach are soft, have little occupation and can be accessed without any difficulty.
La Lajita is a quiet place, without crowds and perfect to disconnect.
The archaeological zone of La Pared of Jandía is located 20 kilometers from the city of Pájara, in the north-east part of Jandía. This archaeological area gets its name from a cobbled wall that is believed to have traveled from east to west dividing the island of Fuerteventura into 2 parts.
With the Norman conquest the wall was dated in the XV century, it is a pre-Hispanic construction located in the isthmus that joins the peninsula where Jandía is with the rest of the island. At the moment they are conserved around 6 kilometers of a height that vary between the 0,5 and 0,8 meters and that they present several attached modules, as well as many vestiges of prehispanic ascription.
There is a hypothesis in which he affirms that this wall served to separate the kingdoms of Jandía and Maxorata, although this theory is rejected by many experts.
La Pared de Jandía starts from the coast of Laja Blanca and continues south where it bifurcates and gradually disappears due to modern constructions and reappears again in the slopes of the Montañetas de Pedro Ponce.
Attached to the wall you can see up to 54 paved constructions of different sizes and typologies. La Pared de Jandía was declared Good of Interest Culture in 2014 by the Government of the Canary Islands.
The hermitage of San Antonio de Padua is located in the town belonging to Pájara of Toto, in the center of the town. The temple is a place of obligatory visit in which to know much better the history of this small municipality of Fuerteventura. The Hermitage is attached to the square, was built at the end of the eighteenth century, when it began to emerge a large number of hermitages distributed by the most important points of the island.
History says that the Hermitage of San Antonio de Padua was paid for by the villagers themselves, although a large part was paid by Ana Cabrera Betancuria.
The location of the chapels at the time used to correspond to high places or far from the population center, in this case the opposite happened, it was located in the center of the town, close to the square in a place of easy access for all debotos.
The hermitage is built in a single nave, with a wooden roof, and also houses several valuable goods that come from donations that the people themselves donated to the temple and that still today are still part of the buildings. equipment.