El Cotillo Fuerteventura

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  • Extra Bus Timetable for the FEM Festival

    Extra Bus Timetable for the FEM Festival

    As in previous years, extra buses are being put on to cover the music festival. On both the No 7 (Puerto del Rosario) and No 8 (Corralejo) services to enable people to travel back at the end of each evenings music (or should I say at the end of the very late night/early morning. From…

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  • Fuerteventura en Music (FEM) Festival 2022

    Fuerteventura en Music (FEM) Festival 2022

    The FEM festival will take place this year after a 2 year absence on the 1st and 2nd July. As usual it will take place at the back of La Concha beach in El Cotillo. f you are staying on holiday during that weekend you may as well go to it as you won’t get…

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  • Bar Torino To Close

    Bar Torino To Close

    This will be a blow to many as, after 22 years, Bar Torino on Playa de la Concha (the main lagoon beach) will close due to a dispute with the council. It is the only beach bar in El Cotillo and has become a big part of life in Cotillo. This is a message on…

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  • Vandalism of the Toston Tower

    Vandalism of the Toston Tower

    According to Noticias Fuerteventura last night (between 24th-25th April) someone painted graffiti on the Toston Tower. They state: Some unscrupulous people painted during this last night a graffiti in one of the symbols of the Majorera culture in the north of Fuerteventura. The Torreón del Tostón appeared with a horrible graffiti with the word liberta,…

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  • Easter 2022 in El Cotillo – Semana Santa

    Easter 2022 in El Cotillo – Semana Santa

    On 15th April there will be music from the Banda Furgojoven in the old harbour from 12:30 to 14:30. There will also be music in the Public Square in El Cotillo on 15th April from 22:00 to 03:00, so don’t expect to get any sleep until the early hours. The acts include Grupo Kandela, Nuevo…

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  • FEM Music Festival – Will it happen this year?

    FEM Music Festival – Will it happen this year?

    The 2022 Fuerteventura in Music Festival is scheduled to take place during the first weekend of July (1st and 2nd July) and will, as usual, take place in the area behind La Concha beach. Sadly, a few times in recent years, it has been cancelled at the last minute and wasn’t scheduled to take place…

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  • Update on the Building Work in El Cotillo

    Update on the Building Work in El Cotillo

    As many will know, there are a few large building projects going on in the north of El Cotillo, in the area in front of the Coral Cotillo Beach Hotel and the Marfolin Apartments. All of the pile hammer action has finished on the first project, which will be an apartment development with a swimming…

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  • El Cotillo Fiesta 2021 – CANCELLED

    El Cotillo Fiesta 2021 – CANCELLED

    No great surprise but this years fiesta in El Cotillo has been cancelled again. It was due to take place from 10th August but yet again, it was cancelled with only a few days notice. Crazy when you consider that they will be allowing football crowds and all manner of other things to take place.…

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  • Hire a Hog In El Cotillo

    Hire a Hog In El Cotillo

    Sadly this business has now closed You can now hire a Harley-Davidson motorcycle in El Cotillo and explore the island. Steel Horse Motorcycles has opened hiring both Harley-Davidson Iron motorbikes as well as Brixton Felsberg 125cc all-terrain motorbikes. The owners are long time passionate bikers who have seen a gap in the market in Fuerteventura.…

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