Most of the tourism is concentrated in the Jandía peninsula, in the south. This is a nature reserve separated from the rest of the island and bordered almost completely by vast beaches of white sand. To the west, the beaches of Barlovento, somewhat dangerous for swimming, remain almost wild.
To the east, a large sandy fringe of some 20 kilometers (12 1/2 miles) in length and more than one kilometer wide in some areas, is the site of two tourist resorts: Costa Calma, near the unequaled Playa de Sotavento, and Morro Jable, built around the port where the jet-foil departs for the island of Gran Canaria. |