Shopping on Fuerteventura

Duty free allowances from Fuerteventura

Fuerteventura is a VAT-free island which means there are some great shopping bargains to be picked up. Alcohol and tobacco are obvious bargain shopping purchases but perfume and certain eectrical gods also represent good value for money.

However being duty free that does mean there are restrictions on the amount of duty free goods you can take back to an EU country like the United Kingdom. These duty free allowances are:

There are two main shopping malls on Fuerteventura in Caleta de Fuste and Puerto del Rosario, the capital.

Shopping in Puerto del Rosario, Fuerteventura

The biggest and newest shopping complex on the Canary Islands is Las Rotondas in Puerto del Rosario which opened in April 2006. It features many top brand name boutiques better known in mainland Spain and Europe and the Canary Islands's first H&M store is due to open in September 2006. This modern shoping complex has restaurants and a large underground car park.

Shopping in Puerto del Rosario itself is a bit of a lottery - there are a number of interesting shops but they are not concentrated in one central area as in other city centres!

Avda Castillo y Leon and the two roads running parallel with it and either side hide a mass of interesting little shops and are worth browsing around. The town's major department store, Norte y Sur, is some distance away in the city's banking area along Avd Jean de Bethencourt. Big furniture warehouses and DIY stores are on an industrial estate on the outskirts of Puerto del Rosario.

Virtually all the shops, stores, furniture and DIY centres - with the exception of those in Las Rotondas - have siesta opening hours which means they are open in the mornings and again late afternoon.

Shopping in Caleta de Fuste

The Atlantico centre on the edge of Caleta de Fuste is set in attractive gardens around a lake. This shopping centre has some classy boutiques and shoe shops and a large supermarket offering the widest choice of food in Caleta de Fuste at prices generally cheaper than in the town's mini markets. There are a number of  restaurants and bars, a modern ten pin bowling alley, a multi screen cinema which shows English films and an amusement arcade.

There is ample parking inside and out, it is easily reached and there is a free bus service from Caletade Fuste, Nuevo Horizonte and the golf course. The bus stops outside any Elba hotel and runs every 30 minutes - watch out for a green and blue coloured bus with a large painting of golfers on the outside.

The centre has a Sol bank (English and German speaking), a Burger King and the island's first (and so far only) McDonalds is just opposite.

The shopping centre is open all day until 10pm.

In the centre of Caleta de Fuste itself, there are several smaller commercial centres. Some of these are down stairs which is ideal if you have children and include jewellery shops and perfume shops, gift shops, clothes and electrical goods shops which tend to close in siesta time.

Shopping in Corralejo

In Corralejo there are many shops running along the main street of and like in other resorts, tend to be in the commercial centres that are dotted around the town. Most cater for tourists with the usual perfume, jewellery, electrical and clothes shops

Shopping in Morro Jable

There are a number of small shops which line the main street in Morro Jable mostly catering for tourists. Many of these are under a covered walkway which is useful for escaping the sun on a hot day. There are a couple of commercial centres just off the main street but the old part of Morro Jable has a number of shops catering for the needs of residents such as hardware and electrical stores.

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