fuerteventura.

 

Going away in nov/dec this year and am looking for some advice on where to stay (or where not to)

 

Cheers

Very nice, but not touristy. Nice for quiet chilled break.

dont want touristy :)

 

Where abouts did you go? recommend a hotel?

Went there for work a few years ago. Lots of naked Germans!

 

Amazing roads and a nice island to drive about. Volcanic and very spectacular.

 

http://www.tripadvisor.com will tell you the best hotels and show good deals.

dont go, its shit!. I got the ferry across from Lanzarote to carrelejo (spelling?), and was bored after a day. Go to Lanzarote, puerto del carmen, much better.!

I went there a few years back mate. As long as you arn't in the package holiday hotels its very nice. The main package holiday tourist areas are outside of the main town on the north side of the Island , Corello (?). This is looking towards it from one of the small mountains:

The island in the background is Los Lobos, an uninhabited nature reserve with amazing surf, this is the opposite view looking towards the small mountains:

 

, and areas along the east coast (more sheltered than the big surf west coast).The main income is through tourists so there are developments everywhere around the main towns but then the rest of the island is like a volvanic desert like this in the north:

This is the west coast (20ft surf, hugggggeee!)

This is Playa de Salinas in the far south, bit of a drive, a lot off road but stunning and away from the tourists

 

I think the nicest areas are probably around the south west where there is hardly any development and its a bit greener. Look out for the shipwreck as you go through the beautiful hill drives :-) Hire cars are pretty cheap by the way, the locals tout for them at the airport so you don't need to go with the expensive normal ones. Its a funny place really as its either 'Costa del p*ss up' in the tourist holes or very desolete in the areas. You definately score better if you get a hire car and go offroad and explore. I killed three hire cars in the 6wks I was there!!

Have been to Lanzarote, quite interesting if you get a kick out of standing on volcanos !