Activities and places of interest in AjuyAjuy beach
Posted: Sun Feb 16, 2025 4:30 am
Its caves, old lime kilns, black beach, seafood restaurants and interesting geology make this village a popular excursion for many tourists. Note that the loan data small coastal path that leads to the sea caves starts at the northern end of the beach.
Here you can clearly see the oldest rocks of all the Canary Islands, more than 100 million years old, formed before the separation of the American and African plates, as well as layers of ancient beaches and deposits of long-dried rivers. You can find fossils of marine gastropods and trace the geological formation of Fuerteventura through sediments and rock formations. Before starting the tour, we suggest you stop to read the useful information panel located at the beginning of the route, where you will find a lot of interesting information about the place.
Ajuy Beach is nicknamed "the beach of the dead" (Playa de los Muertos), because the currents of the coast are dangerous; the black color of Ajuy Beach only emphasizes this fatal character. Legend also has it that this nickname comes from the many attacks by bloodthirsty pirates that took place there, because they used the Ajuy caves as a reference and as a deposit. Ajuy Beach is located between the Barranco del Aulagar and the Ajuy viewpoint. It is a dark sand beach, almost black when wet, with some pebble areas; the beach is 300 meters long and 40 meters wide. Ajuy Beach is a beautiful beach, but it is not very suitable for swimming due to the strong currents that can drag swimmers out to sea. In summer, the beach is usually supervised from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; An information sign indicates whether swimming is permitted: a red or black flag means that swimming can be fatal.
Port of La Peña
Puerto de la Peña is a small fishing port located in the Caleta Negra cove. You should know that the fishing boats anchored in the cove go out to sea during the summer season, from May to October. It was in Puerto de la Peña, in 1402, that the Norman conquerors Jean de Béthencourt and Gadifer de La Salle landed. These men entered the interior of the Barranco de las Peñitas and established their capital in Béthencourie (Betancuria) Puerto de la Peña which became the port of Betancuria. It should be noted that the port served as a place to export cereals and livestock from the island of Fuerteventura to the internal market.
Here you can clearly see the oldest rocks of all the Canary Islands, more than 100 million years old, formed before the separation of the American and African plates, as well as layers of ancient beaches and deposits of long-dried rivers. You can find fossils of marine gastropods and trace the geological formation of Fuerteventura through sediments and rock formations. Before starting the tour, we suggest you stop to read the useful information panel located at the beginning of the route, where you will find a lot of interesting information about the place.
Ajuy Beach is nicknamed "the beach of the dead" (Playa de los Muertos), because the currents of the coast are dangerous; the black color of Ajuy Beach only emphasizes this fatal character. Legend also has it that this nickname comes from the many attacks by bloodthirsty pirates that took place there, because they used the Ajuy caves as a reference and as a deposit. Ajuy Beach is located between the Barranco del Aulagar and the Ajuy viewpoint. It is a dark sand beach, almost black when wet, with some pebble areas; the beach is 300 meters long and 40 meters wide. Ajuy Beach is a beautiful beach, but it is not very suitable for swimming due to the strong currents that can drag swimmers out to sea. In summer, the beach is usually supervised from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; An information sign indicates whether swimming is permitted: a red or black flag means that swimming can be fatal.
Port of La Peña
Puerto de la Peña is a small fishing port located in the Caleta Negra cove. You should know that the fishing boats anchored in the cove go out to sea during the summer season, from May to October. It was in Puerto de la Peña, in 1402, that the Norman conquerors Jean de Béthencourt and Gadifer de La Salle landed. These men entered the interior of the Barranco de las Peñitas and established their capital in Béthencourie (Betancuria) Puerto de la Peña which became the port of Betancuria. It should be noted that the port served as a place to export cereals and livestock from the island of Fuerteventura to the internal market.