Banama Surfhouse: a small surf villa in Fuerteventura

Banama is an owner-run coliving villa in Corralejo, at the northern tip of Fuerteventura and within reach of the island's best-known breaks. It works two ways at once: a standing coliving for remote workers, and packaged surf weeks for people who want the whole thing arranged.

What Banama Does

• Private and shared rooms in one villa. Small enough that the owner runs it personally, which shows up consistently in reviews.
• All-inclusive surf weeks. Packages from around 499 euros covering the stay and the surfing, announced with dates on the operator's site.
• Free yoga for all levels. Included rather than sold as an add-on.
• An organised social calendar. Barbecues, group dinners and nights out, which is what stops a small villa feeling like a guesthouse.
• Coworking space on site. So the surf weeks and the working stays can share the same house.

Why It Makes Sense for Nomads

Fuerteventura is the windiest and most consistent of the Canaries for surf, and Corralejo is where that scene lives. As a base it has the same advantages as the rest of the islands: EU rules, euro pricing, the same time zone as London and Lisbon, and about twenty degrees in January.

An owner-run house of this size is a different product from a twenty room coliving. The rating, 4.9 across more than a hundred and thirty reviews, is the kind of number that only comes from someone being on site and caring.

Two caveats. Small houses fill up, so plan ahead, and Corralejo is a resort town in the north rather than a quiet village, which suits some people and not others.

Pricing

Surf weeks from around 499 euros all inclusive. Coliving rates for longer stays are quoted separately by the operator.

The version of a surf camp that still lets you keep your working hours.