Cayetano Gómez Felipe House Museum

Walk in off the square and the house opens onto a courtyard one level below the street, open to the sky, with a fountain in the middle, plants and plenty of seating. The café down there serves barraquito, the Canarian coffee layered with condensed milk and finished with cinnamon and lemon peel; here it also comes with gofio, the toasted flour of the islands. Sandwiches come spread with almogrote, a paste of local cheese and red mojo, and there is local wine.

Every quarter hour the bells of the nearby church tower ring out, and the sunken yard holds the sound like the inside of a well. The museum itself fills the rooms of the house, with its collection of objects on show.

• Museum entry is paid; the courtyard café can be used without touring the museum.
• Closed on Mondays, and Sunday has the shortest opening of the week.
• The café sits one level below the street; the entrance and the toilet are wheelchair accessible.
• There are toilets inside and no public ones in the streets nearby, which makes this a useful stop on a walk round the old town.

The museum stands on Plaza de la Concepción, and the tower of the Church of the Immaculate Conception, about 40 m away, is the landmark to aim for. The Lucas Vega bus stop is about 60 m from the museum and Marcos Redondo about 280 m, so from either one you simply cross to the door. Drivers have Parking La Laguna Centro about 210 m away in a straight line and a second car park about 340 m away; the last stretch through the old streets is on foot.

Best: the middle of a hot day, when the courtyard offers a seat out of the sun. Avoid: Mondays, when the house is closed. The café courtyard sits below the street and in shade, which makes it a break from walking the old town in the warmest hours.