Zona Paleontológica Caleta de La Guirra

In full Costa de Antigua is one of the most interesting places in Fuerteventrua, known as La Guirra paleontological site. This place of special interest is located in the cove of the same name, between the Salinas del Carmen and the Hornos de La Guirra. In the La Guirra Reservoir it offers marine deposits from the Pleistocene and up to 37 different species of marine fossils have been cataloged.
The Paleontological Site of the Guirra have 3 very different zones, of these two correspond to the Pleistocene age of the last interglacial with an age that is around 135,000 and the 75,000 years and the third of the Holocene, of the most recent glaciation with an approximate age of 3,550 years.

The site has an area of about 92,000 square meters and in 2005 it was declared as Bien de Interes Culture. One of the most important jewels that the island of Fuerteventura has and that gives an idea of the archaeological value that the area of Antigua has.