Sun, sand and surfing: An island lover's guide to Fuerteventura

One of the easterly Canary Islands is suitable for sunseekers all year round but is even better for Northern Europeans in winter, writes Mary Kate O’Flanagan

Surfers at Fuerteventura

As Pat Shortt says about Ireland: “She’s a great little country, if only you could put a roof on her.” There is a reason the Romans called it Hibernia (Winterland). The darker months of the year here are some hard yards — it can be a great time to take a beakerful of the warm south. 

Fuerteventura is an ideal island for sunseekers all year-round but especially to sun-starved Northern Europeans in winter.