The modernization and renovation project proposed by the Riu chain for the Tres Islas hotel, located in Corralejo, municipality of La Oliva, has received a favorable environmental impact report. The main conclusion from the Environmental Evaluation Body, part of the Cabildo de Fuerteventura, is that the 24 planned works «will not have significant effects on the environment, provided that the measures and conditions established in the environmental document are met».
The project aims to update and maintain the Riu Tres Islas hotel, which opened 50 years ago. The interventions will focus on interior areas, common areas, service zones, sports facilities, and swimming pools. Additionally, six new rooms are planned for the sixth floor.
The 24 works include the renovation of air conditioning systems, replacement of elevators, updating of electrical installations, improvements in sanitation and water saving, waste reduction, lobby renovation, room refurbishment, swimming pool renovation, creation of a fitness area, removal of architectural barriers, and repair of damaged facade elements and enclosures. These activities will be carried out on the existing building, without increasing its volume, height, or occupied surface area.
It is worth recalling that in July 2025, Riu demolished four illegally built suites on the rooftop in 2007, which had been reported for increasing the volume authorized by the Ministry for Ecological Transition. This event concluded a 17-year dispute between the two parties.
Environmentalists such as Turcón and Ben Magec had called for the administrative concession to be revoked and the hotel to be demolished, arguing incompatibility with the protection of the maritime-terrestrial public domain and the ecologically valuable natural environment of the dunes.
Among the environmental measures and conditions established, supervision by an environmental technician experienced in protected flora and fauna will be required. During the Atlantic Cory's Shearwater breeding season, measures will be taken to reduce exterior lighting. Furthermore, no increase in volume, height, or occupied surface area compared to the existing and authorized building is permitted.
Should archaeological remains or heritage vestiges be discovered during the works, activities in the affected area must cease immediately and be reported to the Cultural Heritage Service of the Fuerteventura Cabildo.
