Casa Museo Doctor Mena

The story carries the visit: a doctor in a village on Fuerteventura who treated the people of La Ampuyenta and the country around it without charging them. A guide takes you room by room through his house, which has largely been restored to how it stood in his lifetime, so the tour feels like walking through his home.

The guides go well beyond the doctor into the history of the island, and even people who know Fuerteventura well come away with plenty they had not heard. Few tourists make the stop. The mood is local and unhurried, like being shown round a neighbour's house.

• Visits are guided: the guide shows you round the house and tells the doctor's story along with the island's.
• Tours are in Spanish, and some guides also speak English; a little Spanish helps you get more from the visit.
• There are toilets at the museum, and it suits children.
• The museum sees few tourists, so expect a quiet, local visit.

The museum is a house in the village of La Ampuyenta, inland in the municipality of Puerto del Rosario. The nearest mapped parking lies about 250 m away in a straight line, with another about 1.2 km out; from either, the rest is on foot through the village. Two bus stops, Doctor Mena and La Ampuyenta, both stand within about 200 m of the house.

Best: Tuesday to Saturday, on a day when the wind or the midday sun drives you off the beaches.

Avoid: Sunday and Monday, when the museum is closed.

The whole visit happens indoors on a guided tour, so the weather that shapes the rest of an island day matters little here.