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Jan 3, 2023 · Most ocean-facing beaches in the world have some kind of relationship to the gravity of the moon and subsequent tides – but few change so dramatically (and beautifully!) as Sotavento Beach in Fuerteventura. Playa de Sotavento is huge, and as the water draws back at low tide, it gets incredibly wide as well.
Describing the incredible vista of Sotavento is easy: it's the islands best known beach in the world. Just its length, about nine kilometres, leaves visitors speechless. At low tide, the island gains so much land that some residents doubt that Tenerife is the largest of the Canary Islands.
The Sotavento Islands (Portuguese: Ilhas de Sotavento, literally, the Leeward Islands) is the southern island group of the Cape Verde archipelago. There are four main islands. The western three islands, Brava , Fogo and Santiago , are rocky and volcanic agricultural islands, with the longest histories of human habitation.
Sotavento is an enormous sand beach in the south of Fuerteventura, on its east coast. It is one of the most popular beaches on the island, and with good reason – its kilometres of sand and crystal-clear waters make it a little slice of paradise.
Sotavento Islands, island group in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of western Africa and the southern of two island groups that constitute Cabo Verde. The archipelago consists of the islands of Brava, Fogo, Maio, and Santiago, as well as the islets of Grande, Luís Carneiro, and Cima, together.
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Sotavento is a Portuguese and Spanish word meaning "leeward". Places with that name include: Sotavento Algarvio, the eastern part of the Algarve region, Portugal, around Faro and Tavira. Sotavento Islands, the southern group of Cape Verde islands.
