Proposed New Hotel in El Cotillo

Published:

16th October 2017

Updated:

15th April 2023

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A proposed new hotel is being planned in El Cotillo. It is intended to be built on the front line between the Marfolin apartments and the “Sotavento” apartments. It is also proposed to cover two plots taking it all the way back to the main road.

It would house up to 500 tourists at a time and would include a large swimming pool.

Developers

It is a joint venture between Jandía Esmeralda, a hotel chain with properties in the south of the island and Arcor Plan a construction company based in Puerto del Rosario. Many local organisations are against its development so we will have to see what happens. It could put serious strain on amenities such as sewage and the water supply, which already struggles during August.

I certainly think it would be a bad move as El Cotillo would be spoiled by additional hotels, particularly if they are all-inclusive. Its charm is its village feel.

Full article here in Diariode Fuerteventura (in Spanish)

John Parker( Site Owner )

I have been holidaying in Fuerteventura for over 30 years and first came to El Cotillo 23 years ago. I owned an apartment in El Cotillo for 10 years and now live with my wife, Sue, and dog, Jenson, just 5 miles away. El Cotillo is my favourite place in Fuerteventura.

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20 responses to “Proposed New Hotel in El Cotillo”

BEV NIELD

16th October 2017

Totally agree that El Cotillo would lose its charm if any large hotels were built there. We love the laid back atmosphere of the place and would hate it to become like other resorts.

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1. Karen Livesey
  
  16th October 2017
  
  Noooooo – please don’t do that to this lovely village – it will change the atmosphere and the charm which is why we visit and stay
  
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2. Alan Birkett
  
  16th October 2017
  
  Totally agree with your comment Bev.
  
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Rosie huhges

16th October 2017

Good need a good hotel in el cottilo competition is always good but no more after this don’t won’t to spoil this village

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John

16th October 2017

So Cotillo Beach Hotel does not exist ??
Progress happens and not always for the best !
Ce`s la vie.

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1. Ricardo
  
  18th October 2017
  
  Or as they say in France, c’est la vie.
  
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Verna Kaye

16th October 2017

I admit the plot of land at the present time is an eyesore. But do we really need this? My impression is that the Cotillo Beach hotel brings no benefit to the village, restaurants, shops, bars or community in general since it is all/inclusive and guests contribute little to the village. Another similar or more upmarket structure will merely mean more of the same.

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1. Rosie huhges
  
  16th October 2017
  
  We have stopped at cottilo beach but out all day using cafes and bars and restaurants at night as the food was well not for us the land needs something on it just a small hotel and stop at that
  
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Suzie

16th October 2017

If it’s an intended new development why are they showing it superimposed on such an old photo of El Cotillo?

Will, IMHO, change the village for the worse ?

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Kevin skyrme

16th October 2017

Would be a disaster not many places left like Cotillo, The reason I go there is because it’s unique, Not sure about comments complaining about the restaurant’s and food never been a problem as far as I am concerned

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1. root
  
  16th October 2017
  
  I think Rosie is referring to the food in the Cotillo Beach Hotel
  
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sTefano

16th October 2017

well well well, It is an eyesore the plot as someone said,
Its a bad idea a very bad one to built a hotel in El Cotillo
I believe in AIRBNB but i think the prices are becoming ridicules so perhaps a new hotel will bring down the prices on the AIRBNB apartments
i still wish to see El Cotillo like when i saw it for the first time 18 years ago

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Sara Shorland

18th October 2017

El Cotillo is my favourite place on the island. We’ve been visiting the island for 17 years usually a couple of times a year and always make a bee line for El Cotillo, it’s stunning on both beach areas. To build something like this would spoil its quaintness !
Is there a petition going to try and stop this ?

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Lynda

18th October 2017

This is a really bad idea. People visit El Cotillo for its laidback feeling & uncrowded beaches. I feel this is taking the village in a bad direction & hope the powers that be have a rethink

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John Stygall

19th October 2017

Don’t think that El Cotillo needs this kind of development. At present it is a little gem, granted there are some untidy areas but this does not ruin its charm. Leave the all-in-one developments to Corallejo and Caleta and don’t spoil Cotillo’s soul.

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Alexander M.

22nd October 2017

Nooooo please noooo, el cotillo is a so wonderful quiet little village. A hotel will broke this village. Build this hotel not in el cotillo, in a bigger town okay, but in el cotillo it’s a bad idea, for what too. There are enough apartments the live in while your vacation.

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Alexander Müller

22nd October 2017

Noooo, please no. El cotillo is a so quiet wonderful little village. It’s a bad idea to bulid a hotel there, it will destroy the beautiful atmosphere.
So I’m against this building, there are enough apartments to stay in while visiting el cotillo.

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Steve

28th November 2017

This would be a disgrace ! Building new hotels sets a precedent for more and its not just the incongruous modern buildings that are built it is the bar culture that follows which is already evident next to Cotillo Beach Hotel.
Tourists equate to money so the more tourists the greater the likelihood that other businesses will want a ‘slice’ of that and have a presence in El Cotillo too, its never just a case of one hotel and that’s that ! Corralejo sadly is a shining example of that paradigm !
And Stuff the competition value, there are bigger prices to pay !
It will be a sad day if that gets the ‘go ahead’ !

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Alison Maynard

12th March 2018

I don’t know why you are all against this really, as the council seem to have already overstretched the future development way out to the lighthouse with those dreadful roads carved into the landscape.
How this disgraceful vandalism was allowed anyway is mind boggling!!

Yes because the land has been left open and not landscaped, does give the area a strange feel.

All inclusive works well in bigger towns, but it should not be the case in Cortillo as other businesses suffer.
Mind you I find the eateries/bars apart from a couple quite dull there anyway, needs more competition as the standard of food is so I prefer to cook at home.
But then I don’t eat meat or fish!!

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Lech

23rd April 2018

With regard to the expansion to the lighthouse needs a dig back in history, certainly more than 20 years.The tracks in between the kerb stones and the holes dug, are, I was informed an abandoned development. The tarmac and the streetlights were for an 18 to 20s project, and although slightly more recent, again the project never got anywhere. At least the road serves a purpose, you can get to the apartments El Caleton, and the lighthouse more easily.
As for a new hotel, no, please no, enough is enough. Don’t ruin the village anymore.

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