Neither La Laguna nor Arucas: the oldest town in the Canary Islands that preserves its medieval spirit

The island of the Canary Islands that was fortified for a war in which Spain did not come to participateThe legendary ghost castle that defended this city of the Canary Islands and ended up as a forgotten prisonIn the heart of Fuerteventura, between ravines and arid hills, hides one of the oldest and most symbolic corners of the Canary Islands. Founded more than six centuries ago, this small municipality has managed to maintain part of the spiri…

During the 15th century, the Canary Islands' coastline was a pirate territory, so the first European settlers moved inland. In 1405, the Norman conqueror Jean de Bethencourt founded Betancuria, in the western center of Fuerteventura, the place where the conquest of the entire archipelago began. It remained the historical capital until 1984, when it was moved to La Oliva and later to Puerto del Rosario. With just 812 inhabitants (INE 1924), it is…