Travel tips: a Canary Island break, plus cut-price deals of the week — theguardian.com

Why go? Sunshine and surf are the island’s two biggest commodities, and there’s plenty of both to go round. Fuerteventura may be the second largest of the Canary Islands, but it gets only a fraction of the tourists seen by Tenerife and Gran Canaria. As a result, development is relatively low key, with some attractive boutique hotels opening in the past year. From 13 December, British Airways (ba.com) launches twice-weekly direct flights to the island, making it the perfect short, sharp cure for the winter blues.

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