Solana Matorral

Parish of Pájara: Solana Matorral
	Evening main street in Solana Matorral
Basic data
Autonomous Community :	Canary Islands
Province :	Las Palmas
Island:	Fuerteventura
Coordinates	28 ° 4 ′ N , 14 ° 18 ′ W Coordinates: 28 ° 4 ′ N , 14 ° 18 ′ W
Residents :	2,044 (2011) INE
Postal code :	E-35625
Area code:	35015000800

Solana Matorral (also: Jandía Playa or Playa de Jandía ) is a place on the Canary Island of Fuerteventura , Spain . It is located on the Jandía peninsula , which is the southern part of Fuerteventura, and, like Morro Jable, belongs to the municipality of Pájara . Solana Matorral is a district of Morro Jable and has 2,044 inhabitants (2011). The place is one of the most important tourist centers on the island.

geography

The place stretches for several kilometers along the sandy beach. On the beach of Solana Matorral there is a nature reserve , the Jandía salt steppe. There are various shops, hotels and apartment complexes along the coastal road. A promenade runs parallel to this, which stretches along the beaches from Jandía to Morro Jable . She passes the Jandía salt steppe and the Jandía lighthouse. With a secured bike path, the beach promenade is also used by runners.

history

The first hotel was built in 1966. A good ten years later there were four other hotels in the village. The first Robinson Club was founded in 1972 on Jandía Playa and was one of the first ways to spend a club holiday .

Attractions

lighthouse

Jandía lighthouse and salt steppe

The Solana Matorral lighthouse is located at the tip of the Punta de Jandía peninsula, in the area of the Sotavento, Matorral and Jandía Beaches. It is a modern lighthouse that serves as an orientation for fishing and trading boats. The location of the lighthouse is surrounded by the Jandía salt steppe.

Jandía Salt Steppes

The Jandía salt steppe is a nature reserve. The area is flooded by the tides. This creates pools in which the sea salt remains due to evaporation and brine forms. The Jandía salt steppe is one of the largest salt pans in the Canary Islands. Access to this nature reserve is limited.

Sperm whale skeleton

Sculpture of a sperm whale skeleton

In 2005, a 15 meter long sperm whale stranded near Matas Blancas on the Costa Calma . The Society for the Research of the Canarian Marine Mammals SECAC ( Sociedad para el Estudio de los Cetáceos en el Archipiélago Canario ) included the skeleton of the marine mammal in the project Senda de los Cetáceos ( Path of the Marine Mammals ), which since 2000 the skeletons of about one Plans to exhibit a dozen whales and dolphins in prominent locations in Fuerteventura. By then, the skeletons of a 19-meter-long fin whale south of the airport in Salinas del Carmen and an approximately six-meter-long Cuvier-beaked whale had been erected on the southernmost headland at the lighthouse of Punta de Jandía. The 14.5-meter-long skeleton of the sperm whale was placed on Avenida del Saladar near the Jandía Playa lighthouse. In November 2011, the skeleton was subjected to vandalism in which a fin was broken off and some teeth were removed from the jaw. It is believed that the target of the vandalism was the theft of ivory from the marine mammal's teeth. However, the restorers had already replaced the teeth with corresponding replicas before the skeleton was erected. In travel guides, the skeleton is referred to as an "ecological memorial".