Category: El Cotillo News
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Update on the Building Work in El Cotillo
Current building update in January 2025 towards the end of the article. 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…
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El Cotillo Fiesta 2024
With just 6 days to go, the timetable for the Fiesta is finally available. The fiesta starts on 13th August and finishes on 25th August. One of the highlights is the procession of the virgin on the fishing boats on Sunday 18th. First Bus Schedule As usual, extra buses are being laid on during the…
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Vandals Have Destroyed the Labyrinth
Yes, that’s right. Vandals have totally destroyed the labyrinth in the hills above the beaches of El Cotillo. In this case, the vandals were the La Oliva Ayuntamiento (Town Hall) themselves. It was built in 1999 by Wolf Patton and has not harmed anything in those 25 years. Of course, as is usually the case,…
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Fuerteventura in Music Festival 2024
The annual Fuerteventura in Music Festival (FEM) will take place on July 5th and 6th at La Concha Beach (as usual). The town hall says, “The program is loaded with national and international artists such as SFDK and La Plazuela, among others.” Obviously, I have never heard of them, but I am sure many have.…
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Azzurro Beach Bar Opens
A new beach bar has been opened at La Concha Beach, on the site of the old Torino’s Beach Bar. It is being run by the Azzurro restaurant, located on the other side of the road. I am sure it will be welcomed by many beach users. It is just a shame that the local…
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Toston Tower Reopens After Refurbishment
Last week, the Toston Tower reopened after an extensive refurbishment program that closed it for many months (possibly a year). You should now be able to go in and look around. It only costs a few Euros.
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El Cotillo Weather | The Weather in El Cotillo Fuerteventura
The El Cotillo weather is much easier to forecast than in the UK. However, it is amazing how many times the meteorologists can still be wrong. Perhaps one day they will admit that you cannot predict the unpredictable. For those that believe such things here is an up to date forecast for the El Cotillo…
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Cotilleando 2023
The Cotilleando 2023 Festival takes place on 7th and 8th October at various locations around El Cotillo, although mainly on Saturday evening. It is a festival for circus, dance, music and theatre performances. It is FREE and you just need to walk around the village to find activities, often following the music or applause to…
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El Cotillo Fiesta 2023
Finally, the El Cotillo Fiesta 2023 timetable has been released and the events will occur between 15th August and 27th August. The main events are: Sunday 20th August from 1pm – The procession of the Virgin statue out to sea and back from the Old Harbour. Wednesday 23rd from 1pm until 11pm – Foam party…
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Koi Sushi Restaurant Opens
On 18th June a new sushi restaurant opened in El Cotillo. This new El Cotillo restaurant is located in the road behind the old harbour – Calle Guillermo Gutiérrez, 15 in a unit that has been many things in the past from a bar to a pizza restaurant. “A unique culinary journey, where traditions, freshness…
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El Cotillo Walk Video – May 2023
I had a walk right through El Cotillo from Playa de la Concha through to the Toston Tower overlooking the Surfer’s Beach (Piedra Playa) towards the end of May. I show the progress of the building development near the Cotillo Beach Hotel and any other new developments, such as the opening of the Nana Cocktail…
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Fuerteventura In Music FEM 2023
The dates and line up for this month’s El Cotillo FEM (Fuerteventura en Musica) festival has been announced. As usual it will take place at the rear of La Concha Beach on 30th June and 1st July. The Spanish singer-songwriter Canijo de Jerez will perform on Saturday, taking the place of Chilean artist Ana Tijoux,…
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The Seahorse Bar Closes
Sadly the Seahorse Bar which overlooks the new harbour has now closed permanently. This El Cotillo bar has been a feature of El Cotillo for many years with Merv and Jan running it. It was very popular with visitors, expats and locals alike as a venue to watch football, rugby and other televised sport. We…
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NāNā Cocktail Bar El Cotillo
After being empty since it was built 15 years ago, the large commercial unit overlooking the Tostón Tower (Torre del Tostón) was recently occupied. It has opened as the NāNā Cocktail Bar with a huge terrace and an upstairs terrace. I am sure it will become a very popular El Cotillo bar. It has great…
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Road overlooking the New Harbour Pedestrianised
There has been talk of this happening in El Cotillo for a while but it has finally happened. On Christmas Eve the Ayuntamiento put up barriers outside the Aguayre cafe at one end and the Seahorse bar at the other end to prevent any more traffic and parking along the road. The intention is now…
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The Amazing Formation Kite Fliers in El Cotillo
I finally managed to edit last year’s footage of the Fuerteventura Kite Festival in El Cotillo. If you will be in El Cotillo or elsewhere in Fuerteventura from 7th to 13th of November, take a look. It is always worth a visit. The main days are Thursday, the 10th, in El Cotillo and the 11th-13th…
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Fuerteventura International Kite Festival 2022
It is nearly that time of year again for the kites to arrive in Fuerteventura, for the 35th year. The most colourful event of the year in Fuerteventura. It is running for a week this year, from 7th to 13th November, although it will probably start slowly and build up to the final three days…
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A Quick Look at El Cotillo in October 2022
I had to take Jenson to get his haircut so as I had an hour to kill I had a little walk around Cotillo to see what is new, what has closed and also to see the current situation with the building work opposite the Coral Cotillo Beach Hotel. Not too many changes apart from:…
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Increased Bus Services During the 2022 El Cotillo Fiesta
The Cabildo has increased the bus service on the No 7 (Puerto del Rosario – El Cotillo) and No 8 (Corralejo – El Cotillo) routes with services that run up to 6am to take fiesta goers home after the music finishes. Increased timetable below:
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El Cotillo Fiesta – 16th to 28th August 2022
This year’s fiesta in El Cotillo in honour of Ntra. Sra. del Buen Viaje. Quiet little El Cotillo will once again become incredibly noisy, not due to the traditional parts which are nice, but because it seems you can’t have a fiesta nowadays without crazily loud “music” until 4-5am most nights. I imagine that 30-40…
