Ca n'Oliver. Centre d'Art i d'Història Hernández Sanz

Look up. The best of Ca n'Oliver is overhead — the painted walls and ceilings of the old house, at their finest in the upper rooms. The display itself is small: Menorcan life in maps and craft items, drawings and furniture, work by local artists. The building carries as much of the visit as the cases do.

Part of the space is given to temporary shows, which have run to modern art. How a private house and the families in it turned into a museum is worth asking about at the desk, where the staff will explain how to get the most out of the rooms.

• Closed on Monday, and the other days break for the afternoon, so a mid-afternoon arrival finds the door shut.
• Parking — the car park at the door, Ses Bruixes, is private; the one to aim for sits about 125 m away.
• Nearby — public toilets within about 160 m, a drinking-water point about 236 m off, and a tourist information office about 246 m away.
• Changing displays — part of the house is used for temporary exhibitions, so what fills those rooms differs from visit to visit.

Ca n'Oliver stands among the streets of central Maó, so the last stretch is pavement whichever way you arrive. The nearest car park, Ses Bruixes, is barely 89 m from the building but private; the one open to visitors lies about 125 m away.

By bus, the Pl. del Príncep stop is roughly 154 m off in a straight line and Moll de Ponent about 304 m. A tourist information office sits within about 250 m, useful if you want a town map before you start walking.

Best: Tuesday to Saturday, when the house opens in the morning and again in the evening, so a visit fits either end of the day.

Avoid: Monday, when it is shut, and Sunday afternoon — Sunday runs mornings only.

Outside the high season the rooms can be all but empty, which is the way to see the ceilings: nobody moving through the shot, nobody waiting behind you.