Fuerteventura Archaeological Museum

Human skeletons recovered from sites around the island lie in the cases alongside the tools and belongings of the Majos, the people who lived on Fuerteventura before the Castilian conquest. The finds come from Montaña de Tindaya, Cueva de Villaverde, La Atalayita, La Fortaleza and La Pared, among other sites, with fossils and ethnographic objects as well.

Over two floors the displays run from the first settlers through the cultures that reached the island later, and end with a section on how justice was kept here. Exhibit texts carry English translations. The guard on duty explains the exhibition to visitors, and the whole museum does not take long to see.

• Displays include human skeletons and remains, which is worth knowing before walking young children through.
• Exhibit texts come with English translations.
• Staff on duty explain the exhibition to visitors, so it is worth asking.
• The museum has its own wheelchair-accessible toilets; the public toilets nearby in the village charge a fee.

Betancuria sits in the hills of the island's interior, and the roads in climb and bend across bare volcanic slopes. The museum stands in the village itself. One car park lies about 50 m away and a second, asphalted one about 160 m away, with street parking as well. Buses stop at Betancuria, about 130 m from the museum, and from there it is a walk along village streets.

Best: Tuesday to Saturday, in the middle of the day.

Avoid: Sundays and Mondays.

The museum is closed on Sundays and Mondays, and as an indoor visit it fills the hours when the sun is hardest on the island's open ground.