Hotels in Costa Calma

Costa Calma

Costa Calma is a tranquil resort on the southeastern coast of Fuerteventura's Jandia peninsula, purpose-built for beach holidays and named after the remarkably calm waters that are sheltered from Atlantic swells by the peninsula's mountain ridge. The resort is the gateway to the legendary Playa de Sotavento, a nine-kilometre stretch of white sand that has hosted the PWA Windsurf and Kiteboard World Cup annually since 1985, where a unique lagoon forms at low tide creating vast shallow turquoise pools separated from the open ocean. Costa Calma's own beach offers gentle, family-friendly waters ideal for swimming with young children, while the Sotavento lagoon to the south provides perfect flat-water conditions for learning windsurfing and kitesurfing. The dramatic Jandia mountain range rises directly behind the resort, with Pico de la Zarza reaching 807 metres as Fuerteventura's highest peak and offering spectacular hiking trails through the protected Parque Natural de Jandia. The resort occupies a unique position on the ancient boundary between two pre-Hispanic Guanche kingdoms, near the Istmo de la Pared, the narrow isthmus where a stone wall once divided the island into the realms of Maxorata and Jandia. Subtropical gardens and palm-lined avenues give Costa Calma a lush appearance that contrasts with the arid volcanic landscape beyond, while a small commercial centre provides restaurants, cafes and shops for everyday needs. The clientele is predominantly German and Scandinavian, lending the resort a relaxed northern European atmosphere focused on outdoor activities, wellness and unhurried beach days. From Costa Calma, adventurous visitors can reach the wild and remote Playa de Cofete on the peninsula's Atlantic coast, a dramatic twelve-kilometre virgin beach backed by mountains and the mysterious Villa Winter. With year-round temperatures averaging 21 to 28 degrees Celsius and extremely low rainfall, Costa Calma enjoys one of the most reliably sunny climates in Europe. The combination of world-class wind sports at Sotavento, safe family swimming, mountain hiking in a national park and easy day-trip access to the southern tip of the island makes Costa Calma a versatile and appealing base on Fuerteventura.