Antigua is a Spanish town located on the island of Fuerteventura, one of the Spanish-controlled Canary Islands off the west coast of Africa, in the Atlantic Ocean. The town has only 6,587 inhabitants, yet it is one of the major population centers on the island. Farming is the main source of income for the people of Antigua. The second-biggest source of income in the town is tourism, explaining the surprising variety of hotels in Antigua available to tourists.
The major attractions around the city include the salt mines of El Carmen, and the nearby aboriginal community of Atalayita, which shows people practicing the old ways of the original dwellers of the Canary Islands. Another attraction is the eighteenth century castle at Caleta de Fuste. Antigua hotels are easily booked through sites like EasyToBook.com, which lets users find Antigua's cheap hotels. Discount hotels in Antigua are hard to locate in person, when actually on the island, but can be more easily booked via the Internet.