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Star Wars in the dunes of El Jable in Fuerteventura
N 28°9.835', W 14°16.823'
2023-11-04
Our rating: 7.40
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Tourists in Fuerteventura go to see the dunes in Corralejo National Park. However, there is another place that is much more interesting and less accessible, the El Jable dunes. It is not accessible by public transport, and it is not easy to get here by private vehicle either, although we have seen a few off-road tours.
Star Wars in the dunes of El Jable in Fuerteventura ©Yurii Buriak
Star Wars in the dunes of El Jable in Fuerteventura ©Yurii Buriak
Star Wars in the dunes of El Jable in Fuerteventura ©Yurii Buriak
Star Wars in the dunes of El Jable in Fuerteventura ©Yurii Buriak
We left the car here 28.118111, -14.278556 . You can't go any further, there's a sign. However, I've seen some people which drove futher, so you can go at your own risk. Go down the cycle path and turn left (28.122222, -14.277056 ).
Star Wars in the dunes of El Jable in Fuerteventura ©Yurii Buriak
Continue walking for quite a long time, to the highest point of the route here 28.148028, -14.289222 . From this location you will start descending.
Star Wars in the dunes of El Jable in Fuerteventura ©Yurii Buriak
The view back to the place from where we started.
Star Wars in the dunes of El Jable in Fuerteventura ©Yurii Buriak
There is mobile internet there from time to time, so you won't get lost. Download the maps.me app, it has the map of the route https://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=16/28.1438/-14.2907 . In 2023, you could drive a normal car to about here 28.145250, -14.292917 . Only a good off-road vehicle can go further.
Star Wars in the dunes of El Jable in Fuerteventura ©Yurii Buriak
Before this place there will be another one with wandering sands, though it's somehow drivable.
Star Wars in the dunes of El Jable in Fuerteventura ©Yurii Buriak
You can come here just to walk around, however we went to look for the filming location of Han Solo (2018), which was a good destination. The location is here 28.163917, -14.280389 . Right at this point, a settlement was built on the planet Savareen.
Star Wars in the dunes of El Jable in Fuerteventura ©Yurii Buriak
Star Wars in the dunes of El Jable in Fuerteventura ©Yurii Buriak
Star Wars in the dunes of El Jable in Fuerteventura ©Yurii Buriak
The place where Woody Harelson's character died was not so easy to find, you have to go down to the very edge of the cliff (28.166500, -14.285222 ).
Star Wars in the dunes of El Jable in Fuerteventura ©Yurii Buriak
Star Wars in the dunes of El Jable in Fuerteventura ©Yurii Buriak
Star Wars in the dunes of El Jable in Fuerteventura ©Yurii Buriak
Star Wars in the dunes of El Jable in Fuerteventura ©Yurii Buriak
Same spot from the drone, there were shots like this in the film.
Star Wars in the dunes of El Jable in Fuerteventura ©Yurii Buriak
Han Solo (2018) ©@
Han Solo (2018) ©@
On the way back we found another spot, the filming location for the second season of the TV series Foundation (2023). It is located about here 28.156111, -14.292361 , you can find it with the help of the rocks from the screen shot.
Star Wars in the dunes of El Jable in Fuerteventura ©Yurii Buriak
Foundation, season 2 (2023) ©@
In total, such a walk will take 4-5 hours.
Tags, Spain: desert , filming location , sea Tags, all countries: desert , filming location , sea
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Location : ------------ 1 - Far beyond the settlements, you must spend minimum a day 2 - Near the small town, you need to walk long distance 3 - Can be reached only by car 4 - A small town with a poor public transport 5 - Outside the settlements, but with excellent transport links 6 - A small town with excellent transport links 7 - Medium-size city 8 - Suburb of the capital or major city, the ability to reach by public transport 9 - Big city 10 - Capital
Impressions : ------------ 1 - No point in visiting 2 - Boring, wasted time 3 - You can visit, if you have a lot of free time and nothing better to do 4 - A lot of things, but not so interesting 5 - It seems to be interesting, but hard way to spoil the impression 6 - There is something interesting, but the rest is not worth the attention 7 - Probably interesting, but for everybody 8 - Very cool, but difficult to see everything and long-distance trails 9 - Very cool, but there are similar facilities in other locations 10 - Very cool, this is not anywhere else
Number of tourists (weekend afternoon) : ------------ 1 - Crowds, impossible to see everything normally 2 - A lot of tourists, a long wait 3 - A lot of tourists, the organization is lame 4 - A lot of tourists, but good organization 5 - There are many tourists, but they are concentrated in one place and you can walk freely 6 - Many tourists everywhere, but the large space is compensated 7 - The average number of tourists. To photograph, you must wait 8 - Tourists are, but they do not interfere 9 - There are few tourists 10 - You are alone
State : ------------ 1 - Only title left 2 - Dull ruins 3 - On restoration 4 - The picturesque ruins 5 - Have not been restored, the state is poor 6 - Partially destroyed, but the rest of the normal state 7 - Have not been restored, good condition 8 - OK, but it is possible to make better 9 - Looks good from the outside, partial repair inside or without repair 10 - In excellent condition, well-groomed area
Picturesque (for the photographer) : ------------ 1 - - 2 - - 3 - Horrible background, normal pictures only from the top 4 - wires and cars do not allow make normal photo 5 - Interfere with foreign objects 6 - In the city, but more or less normal photo can be made 7 - Beautiful, but you can take pictures with just one point 8 - Very nice, but you can only shoot at a certain time 9 - Very nice, but hard to get to the good weather or permanently interfere with tourists 10 - Very nice, but occasionally interferes with the weather or tourists
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Our rating - 7.40
Location : ------------ 1 - Far beyond the settlements, you must spend minimum a day 2 - Near the small town, you need to walk long distance 3 - Can be reached only by car 4 - A small town with a poor public transport 5 - Outside the settlements, but with excellent transport links 6 - A small town with excellent transport links 7 - Medium-size city 8 - Suburb of the capital or major city, the ability to reach by public transport 9 - Big city 10 - Capital
Impressions : ------------ 1 - No point in visiting 2 - Boring, wasted time 3 - You can visit, if you have a lot of free time and nothing better to do 4 - A lot of things, but not so interesting 5 - It seems to be interesting, but hard way to spoil the impression 6 - There is something interesting, but the rest is not worth the attention 7 - Probably interesting, but for everybody 8 - Very cool, but difficult to see everything and long-distance trails 9 - Very cool, but there are similar facilities in other locations 10 - Very cool, this is not anywhere else
Number of tourists (weekend afternoon) : ------------ 1 - Crowds, impossible to see everything normally 2 - A lot of tourists, a long wait 3 - A lot of tourists, the organization is lame 4 - A lot of tourists, but good organization 5 - There are many tourists, but they are concentrated in one place and you can walk freely 6 - Many tourists everywhere, but the large space is compensated 7 - The average number of tourists. To photograph, you must wait 8 - Tourists are, but they do not interfere 9 - There are few tourists 10 - You are alone
State : ------------ 1 - Only title left 2 - Dull ruins 3 - On restoration 4 - The picturesque ruins 5 - Have not been restored, the state is poor 6 - Partially destroyed, but the rest of the normal state 7 - Have not been restored, good condition 8 - OK, but it is possible to make better 9 - Looks good from the outside, partial repair inside or without repair 10 - In excellent condition, well-groomed area
Picturesque (for the photographer) : ------------ 1 - - 2 - - 3 - Horrible background, normal pictures only from the top 4 - wires and cars do not allow make normal photo 5 - Interfere with foreign objects 6 - In the city, but more or less normal photo can be made 7 - Beautiful, but you can take pictures with just one point 8 - Very nice, but you can only shoot at a certain time 9 - Very nice, but hard to get to the good weather or permanently interfere with tourists 10 - Very nice, but occasionally interferes with the weather or tourists
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Visitor's rating - 0.00
Location : ------------ 1 - Far beyond the settlements, you must spend minimum a day 2 - Near the small town, you need to walk long distance 3 - Can be reached only by car 4 - A small town with a poor public transport 5 - Outside the settlements, but with excellent transport links 6 - A small town with excellent transport links 7 - Medium-size city 8 - Suburb of the capital or major city, the ability to reach by public transport 9 - Big city 10 - Capital
Impressions : ------------ 1 - No point in visiting 2 - Boring, wasted time 3 - You can visit, if you have a lot of free time and nothing better to do 4 - A lot of things, but not so interesting 5 - It seems to be interesting, but hard way to spoil the impression 6 - There is something interesting, but the rest is not worth the attention 7 - Probably interesting, but for everybody 8 - Very cool, but difficult to see everything and long-distance trails 9 - Very cool, but there are similar facilities in other locations 10 - Very cool, this is not anywhere else
Number of tourists (weekend afternoon) : ------------ 1 - Crowds, impossible to see everything normally 2 - A lot of tourists, a long wait 3 - A lot of tourists, the organization is lame 4 - A lot of tourists, but good organization 5 - There are many tourists, but they are concentrated in one place and you can walk freely 6 - Many tourists everywhere, but the large space is compensated 7 - The average number of tourists. To photograph, you must wait 8 - Tourists are, but they do not interfere 9 - There are few tourists 10 - You are alone
State : ------------ 1 - Only title left 2 - Dull ruins 3 - On restoration 4 - The picturesque ruins 5 - Have not been restored, the state is poor 6 - Partially destroyed, but the rest of the normal state 7 - Have not been restored, good condition 8 - OK, but it is possible to make better 9 - Looks good from the outside, partial repair inside or without repair 10 - In excellent condition, well-groomed area
Picturesque (for the photographer) : ------------ 1 - - 2 - - 3 - Horrible background, normal pictures only from the top 4 - wires and cars do not allow make normal photo 5 - Interfere with foreign objects 6 - In the city, but more or less normal photo can be made 7 - Beautiful, but you can take pictures with just one point 8 - Very nice, but you can only shoot at a certain time 9 - Very nice, but hard to get to the good weather or permanently interfere with tourists 10 - Very nice, but occasionally interferes with the weather or tourists
* - Note: Description of the evaluation is not always appropriate for a particular object, it's just a little help