Pájara on Fuerteventura – Church Art and Hiking Trails

The portal of the older nave of Nuestra Señora de Regla in Pájara is made of copper-coloured natural stone. Geometric shapes, snakes, suns, a moon, birds, lions and human heads with feathered headdresses adorn the façade. A historic town centre has been preserved in the town. Traditional houses include buildings with stone walls and rammed-earth roofs; larger houses may have two storeys and tiled roofs.

When searching for a holiday apartment in Pájara, you can compare travel dates, room categories and cancellation conditions on the offer pages. These three fields set different parameters for your own planning.

Hiking and Landscape

A yellow hiking route runs between Pájara and Ajuy. It starts at Plaza de Nuestra Señora de Regla and passes Viejo Molino. From Pájara, a green circular route also leads to Tahona; Pozo del Amor lies along its course. The green Tahona circular route reaches its destination via Calle La Montañeta and Calle de Los Geranios.

The path to Degollada de los Granadillos reaches this point after 5 kilometres and approximately one and a half hours of walking. The highest point of the route lies there, on the border with the neighbouring municipality of Betancuria. One route passes through cultivated fields bordered by low earth walls; these areas are called gavias. Another signposted hiking trail runs through the bed of the Barranco de Pájara and forms the fifth stage of the GR 131 in the Caminos Naturales de Fuerteventura network.

Different destinations, circular-route characteristics, walking times and integration into a long-distance stage provide several straightforward points of comparison for planning your hikes.

Further travel planning can also include the town pages for Costa Calma, Pared, Morro Del Jable, Lajita, Agua de Bueyes, Tuineje, Tefía and Costa de Antigua.

Culture and History

The parish church of Nuestra Señora de Regla is a two-nave building with a double-pitched tiled roof. A tie beam in the main chapel bears the engraved year 1687. The church in Pájara on Fuerteventura is classified as a Bien de Interés Cultural and is protected and preserved.

In Toto, in the area around Pájara, the Ermita de San Antonio de Padua was built in the second half of the 18th century; it was completed and roofed by 1795. The Horno de cal de Pájara is the remains of a lime kiln beside the gavias of Corral Blanco on the access road to Pájara. The kiln probably served to provide lime for the town, which was used in construction, for whitewashing walls and for lining cisterns.

The Noria del Ayuntamiento was restored and reinstalled in front of the Nuestra Señora de Regla church, in recognition of the importance of such installations in the daily lives of the municipality’s residents. It belongs to the type of water-lifting installations operated by donkeys or camels, which drew water from wells for irrigation and for people and livestock.

Daily Life and Tradition

A tahona is a traditional structure for grinding grain, adapted to Fuerteventura’s natural and cultural conditions. In the municipality of Pájara, gofio has always been considered an important part of Majorero cuisine and an ingredient in numerous traditional Canarian dishes.

For the overarching travel overview: Fuerteventura.