Molí de Dalt de Sant Lluís

The mill is the last traditional flour windmill left in Sant Lluís, put up in 1762, a year after the French laid the town out around its new church. It has been fully restored, and the inside now works as the town's ethnology museum: old farming tools, the gear used for basket-making, and local curios gathered from the countryside. It is a quick visit. You look round the mill, cross the green space it stands in, and carry on to the coast or back to Maó — and because it sits in the middle of town, it folds easily into an errand or a coffee.

• Toilets: there is one at the mill itself, and nothing of the kind close by.
• With children: the museum suits them, and the mill stands in a park fenced for most of its way.
• A quick visit: the collection runs to farming tools, basket-making gear and local curios — enough for a stop as you pass through the town.
• Drinking water: a public water point stands about 121 m from the mill.

The mill stands in the middle of Sant Lluís, so there is no walk in — the door is off the street, in the green space around the tower. Two free public car parks sit about 105 m and 120 m away, the second of them asphalt. The nearest bus stop, Av. de sa Pau, is about 167 m from the mill. Coming from Maó, a bike works: the run between the two towns is almost entirely on bike lanes.

Best: Thursday to Saturday, the three days the mill opens again in the evening — in a Mediterranean summer that is the hour when crossing the town on foot stops being work.

Avoid: Sunday, when the mill is closed, and the middle of the afternoon from Monday to Wednesday, when it has already shut for the day.

The morning slot runs on every day the mill opens, so a weekday visit before lunch is the dependable one, with the evening opening as a bonus on those three days.