Villa Winter

Villa Winter is a villa situated near the village Cofete, on the peninsula Jandía in the southwestern part of the island of Fuerteventura, Canary Islands. The villa was realised by Gustav Winter, a German engineer born in 1893 in the Black Forest. It was built in 1937 and has two floors, a tower in the northwestern part of the villa and a balcony in the front.

Villa Winter

Gustav Winter worked since 1915 for Spain and was active in different projects in Fuerteventura and Gran Canaria. The villa is built in a remote part of the island with only a dust track leading to it. The history of the villa is the subject of several conspiracy theories, often involving Nazis. The main conspiracy theories surround the fact that the villa had a tower turret with an electric lantern installed, similar to a lighthouse and that they were using the villa's makeshift lighthouse to signal German U-boats.

Villa Winter is featured on an episode of Secret Nazi Bases, a TV show on UK channel Yesterday where tunnels and rooms under the house built with walls as thick as those of a bunker are explored. When interviewed in this TV documentary, Pedro, the current occupier, says he is forbidden to excavate hidden cavities by the Spanish authorities.