At Elba Hotels, we entertain you!
Every time we plan our holidays, the first thing we usually think off is to unwind, relax, and escape from our daily routine and more importantly, to have fun. For this reason the Animation Team is a very important part of our hotels’ crew. We not only try that our clients are well catered with our services, but we also want them to have fun during their stay with us.
Elba’s animation team is in charge to make that the adults unwind from their daily obligations and make them try to escape in a fun and enjoyable way. However, we also think on the little ones, for whom we have organized hundreds of themed activities so they can have a great time.
Apart from being able to visit a determined city or relax on the beach (in some of the cases) during the holidays it is essential to be able to enjoy the facilities of the hotel. Our animation team is in charge to organise several sport and creative activities, workshops, water games, themed parties and much more.
Fuerteventura Oasis Park: the largest Cactus Botanical Garden in Europe
Fuerteventura, the most African island of the Canaries, is especially surprising because of its great variety of landscapes and its remarkable biodiversity. For this reason, for those interested in its ecosystem and environment, the island offers different opportunities to practice a different kind of tourism. One of these alternatives is the visit to the Botanical Gardens.
Oasis Park Botanical Gardens has several volcanic remains that belong to Miocene (fourth geological era), 86 vascular plant species growing wild and several species such as “guirres” (small vultures), or Berberia falcon, among many others. A fauna quite similar to the one we can find in the rest of Fuerteventura, except for a few exotic species that can only be found in the Botanical Gardens and Zoo.
Route through Estepona Murals
Estepona Artistic Murals Route (Malaga) is adding a new work to its collection by the French artist Eric Aman. “Angel, the diver”, has been painted on a building of Tres Banderas neighbourhood. Twenty works are already part of this great project where the facades of buildings become large canvases.
National and international artists including Anna Cecilia Salinas, Francisco Alarcon, Nestor Plada, Juan Jose Sanpedro, Conchi Alvarez, Elena Aguilera, Javier Infantes and the Moraga Collective have contributed with their works including ‘Sea and Mountain’, ‘Three Flags’, ‘The Televisions’, ‘Saint Isidore the Farmer’, ‘Spring’, ‘El Cid’, ‘Armed Forces’, ‘Blas Infante-Picasso’ and ‘The Remedies’.
In this particular case, Erin Aman is a painter and sculptor with a great international exposure that has monumental works in several cities including Siena, Livorno, Montevideo and Madrid. His work is also featured in San Peter’s Basilica in the Vatican City.
"Fuerteventura SUP Challenge"
On September 5, 6 and 7 the best SUP Waves and Race riders on the island and other great competitors at national and international level will gather in the island of Fuerteventura for the second edition of Fuerteventura SUP Challenge. The amazing conditions that the island lends for the practice of water sports will make this competition possible, fulfilling the highest expectations of the competitors.
The first day the competition will kick start with the Waves category, the exact location will be confirmed during the previous days to the competition, depending on the wind and wave conditions. Majanicho, Punta Elena or Generoso are some of the possible locations. The Race championship will take place on Corralejo Viejo Beach during the 6th and 7th with Long Distance and Sprint tests.
Also, during the same days Corralejo Viejo will be open to the general public to witness this fantastic event.
Escape to Motril
Motril is nestled on the south of the province of Granada, between the mountainous border of Sierra Lujar and the Mediterranean Sea. It is located between Malaga and Almeria and is the only port of exit to the sea within the whole province.
It is the ideal place to escape in summer: the summer months are hot and with the bustle and hustle comes the life and joy to Motril since hordes of people come to swim in its numerous beaches.
Dine at Fuerteventura
The cuisine is an essential component of the Spanish culture, as well as a permanent source of wealth and creativity.
Elba Palace Golf & Vital Hotel is aware of our valuable culinary patrimony and therefore wants to make the most of its hotels and locations to bring the best produce from the land and concentrate the best culinary options. Until September, you will be able to enjoy discounts in the most sophisticated restaurants on the island and great dinner options with the promotion Elba Dine Around.
Would you like to try other restaurants around the island at the best prices?
To start the day full of energy, Cafetería Hoyo 10 is worth a visit. Buffet breakfast with cold and hot dishes elaborated with the freshest and most selected ingredients. It has a casual vibe where you can also enjoy lunch, an appetitive or a tipple in its large terrace with unbeatable views to the Golf Course, the sea and Fuerteventura.
And for dinner…
Teenagers salvation in summer, the Maxiclub
Maxiclub has been created with those adolescents who go out on holidays with their parents in mind and hope to experience original and fun holidays.
More and more adolescents complain when travelling with their parents since they believe they are going to be bored or they are not going to meet people of the same age.
Maxiclub in Elba Costa Ballena Hotel has been created to avoid this situation: A complete program of activities offers individual or group game areas, where you can play with X-box or Play Station or share your passion for videogames, tricks and secrets at the same time you make new friends. The adolescents can also access it with their own devices and a team of instructors will introduce fun and diverse activities in several languages.
Spa, the best plan for future mums
This article is especially dedicated to the future mums, in order to help them to meet their delicate requirements and to allow them to enjoy to the maximum the wonderful experience they have ahead.
Being parents is not an easy task. It involves renouncing to certain things and it requires changes in the habits in order to adapt to the new life. Pregnancy is precisely when limitations start, one example is limiting your efforts at the gym, so we suggest replacing those activities for less intense ones that will help to meet the necessity of doing exercise but in a way that is not prejudicial for your or your baby’s health.
You cannot only enjoy the Spa but it is highly recommendable for that period to do it but in an even measure. Activities such as Matroswimming, preparation for childbirth, Aipap Methods, water exercises to work all the muscles, ligaments and tendons that intervene in the postures to facilitate labour, Manio Method, perinatal and infantile water stimulation, Watsu, Aquazen, Water Yoga or Biodance. There are multiple options for you to choose the one that adapts better to you and your lifestyle.
Cabo de Gata, a Spanish natural wonder
The Natural Park of Cabo de Gata-Nijar in Almeria has been chosen by popular vote as one of the seven Spanish natural wonders. Allianz Global Assistance organised an online poll last month where over 82,000 people participated!
According to the organization the top of the list is headed by Gaztelugatxe rock in Bermeo (Bizkaia), followed by the Natural Park of Somiedo in Asturias and the Natural Park of Cabo de Gata in Almeria.
The Natural Park of Cabo de Gata-Nijar is a very unique place thanks to its landscapes and beauty and constitutes the first Maritime-Land Park in Andalucía. Its origins are volcanic and the protected space covers the greatest maritime-land surface and it is the most relevant ecologically speaking in the whole Western Mediterranean.
It is especially recommended for those who seek unique places, it is one of the most beautiful coastal stretches and with a wonderful ecological wealth in Western Mediterranean Sea.
Get fit with our personal trainer
Are you ready for the summer? Are you in good shape? If you have not had time to exercise, don’t worry! At Elba Palace Golf & Vital Hotel we have a personal trainer that will get to know you and customize an activity program that adapts perfectly to you.
Our personal trainer will value and examine us to get us in good shape, assessing the most beneficial exercises for each individual and creating an exercise chart that we will be able to follow during the whole summer.
Why don’t you check all the available services?
PILATES: Thinking on strengthening and tone the muscles without increasing your volume.
STRETCHING: Stretching exercises guided by a specialist.
CHI KUNG: A therapeutic millenary practice to boost your health, mobilizing the vital energy, revitalizing and developing our spiritual side.
WATSU: A massage in the water with a series of pressure points in our organism with the aim to gain wellbeing and regain physical and spiritual health.