Qué hacer en la Península de Jandía

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.

slender figure of the Morro Jable lighthouse, named for being Morro Jable the closest port that we can find in this area. the south coast of the Canary Island of Fuerteventura. It is located on a stretch of coastline between the lighthouses of La Entallada, to the north, and Punta Jandía, to the south.

dimensions of 12 kilometers long and the wild nature that the whole environment has.

The beach itself is an extension of about 12 kilometers in length of clear and fine sand and next to them the Mountainous Massif of Jandía, the zones higher than Fuerteventura, and that protects the beach on the eastern part of what is known as the Islote, which is a small island attached to the beach. There is also the Roque del Moro which is an imposing rock that rises from the sea, among other points such as Casa de los Winter or the town of Cofete
Thanks to its wild nature, its tranquility and not being overcrowded is considered one of the best beaches in Europe. In the area there is the Caserío de Cofete in the natural park of Jandia, so it is practically uninhabited throughout the year.

Being in one of the most spectacular places in Fuerteventura, some tourist attractions have been recovered: The Cofete viewpoint, the old dry stone houses, the topsails or the islet of Cofete.

naves covered with gable roofs, the most recent one being the epistle. The main chapel of the Virgin of Regla has a strap that presents a date recorded, 1687, standing out next to the main cover of the nave that is supposed to be earlier than the date indicated.
Bishop Dávila makes reference in his "Synods" of 1735 that "one more nave was being built in said church, because it was not the one that his parishioners had capable of, which has been increased".
Each ship has a sacristy attached to the front wall. The two naves are separated with columns of stonework drums on which are supported by semicircular arches. The wooden covers of Mudejar influence rest on a hearth with lace decoration and paired braces decorated with geometric motifs.
At the foot of the temple, stands the choir on wooden columns, which runs the width of both.
It has large and high presbyteries that are separated from their naves by ogival arches of different sizes, traversed by a baquetón from the apex of the key to the capital and cylindrical columns that start from a hexagonal pilaster.
In the bell tower of the Church there is a reduced arch that serves as an entrance to the remains of a ribbed vault, of which only some small nerves and five different enjarjes are preserved.
The cover of the oldest nave, that of the Gospel, is made of copper stonework, following a classical scheme. The doorway is framed by a semicircular arch. On both sides there are two plinths, on which rest pairs of cajeadas pilasters, with capitals decorated with plant motifs.
Above them is the entablamento, in which a Broken Fronton is located.The whole cover presents a great profusion of decorative elements: geometric figures, snakes, suns, moon, human heads with plumes, birds, lions, etc. While some specialists consider the facade of Aztec influence, others think that it is linked to the "Nova Iconografía de Cesare Ripa".
The proximity to Betancuria of arable land determined the creation of other population centers, such as Pájara. In 1681 the neighbors of the place request to the Town hall the extension of the Vegas that delimited the lands of culture "for having increased the vicinity and not having enough lands for sowings"; and on the same date the construction of the first nave of the Church of Nuestra Señora de Regla had already been completed.
In the eighteenth century several events occurred that led to the decentralization of the social and political and religious predominance of Betancuria; thus in 1708 the suffragan parishes of Our Lady of Regla in Pájara and Nuestra Señora de Candelaria in La Oliva were created, although until 1711 the temples were not consecrated as aid of parishes, which led in the case of Pajara with the enlargement of the temple, justified by the demographic needs of a valley in agricultural expansion and where undoubtedly, from the seventeenth century, it would be the first hermitage, the dynamic axis of the dispersed and expanded urban development, until late in the XX century, population pressure and the new political model distorts the protagonism that for centuries the church maintained in the urban fabric of a small town capital, especially with the construction of several municipal buildings in the 1970s, which due to their proximity and height interfere in the contemplation of the aforementioned hermitage.