Museums in Fuerteventura

A church in the centre of La Oliva begun in the late sixteenth century, with three naves, side chapels and a free standing bell tower of black volcanic stone seen from the edge of the village. Inside, the mudéjar timber work and the contrast between whitewashed walls and dark stone stand out. It is a stop on the Ruta de los Coroneles, with the Casa de los Coroneles, La Cilla and Casa Mané, all within walking distance. Its setting on Plaza de la Iglesia is quiet and open.

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Iglesia de Nuestra Señora de la Candelaria

A church in the centre of La Oliva begun in the late sixteenth century, with three naves, side chapels and a free standing bell tower of black volcanic stone seen from the edge of the village. Inside, the mudéjar timber work and the contrast between whitewashed walls and dark stone stand out. It is a stop on the Ruta de los Coroneles, with the Casa de los Coroneles, La Cilla and Casa Mané, all within walking distance. Its setting on Plaza de la Iglesia is quiet and open.

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Iglesia de Nuestra Señora de la Regla

A seventeenth-century church in the centre of Pájara, facing the town hall, famous for a carved stone portal covered in serpents, suns, birds and plumed heads. The imagery has long been linked to Aztec art, though the argument is far from settled. It is a listed monument and the set piece of inland Fuerteventura.

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Iglesia de Nuestra Señora de la Regla

A seventeenth-century church in the centre of Pájara, facing the town hall, famous for a carved stone portal covered in serpents, suns, birds and plumed heads. The imagery has long been linked to Aztec art, though the argument is far from settled. It is a listed monument and the set piece of inland Fuerteventura.

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Castillo de El Tostón (Torre del Tostón)

A circular two storey defensive tower built around 1700 beside the harbour of El Cotillo, in La Oliva. It now works as a cultural venue, tourist office and coastal viewpoint.

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Castillo de El Tostón (Torre del Tostón)

A circular two storey defensive tower built around 1700 beside the harbour of El Cotillo, in La Oliva. It now works as a cultural venue, tourist office and coastal viewpoint.

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Faro del Tostón y Museo de la Pesca Tradicional

A 19th-century lighthouse on the northwestern tip of Fuerteventura, near El Cotillo, now home to a museum devoted to traditional Majorero fishing.

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Faro del Tostón y Museo de la Pesca Tradicional

A 19th-century lighthouse on the northwestern tip of Fuerteventura, near El Cotillo, now home to a museum devoted to traditional Majorero fishing.

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Museo de Las Salinas del Carmen (Museo de la Sal)

A salt museum set within the only active saltworks on Fuerteventura, by the sea in Antigua. It shows traditional salt-making and lets you be a salt maker for a day.

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Museo de Las Salinas del Carmen (Museo de la Sal)

A salt museum set within the only active saltworks on Fuerteventura, by the sea in Antigua. It shows traditional salt-making and lets you be a salt maker for a day.

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Centro de Interpretación Poblado de La Atalayita

Pre-Hispanic Majo settlement built in dry stone inside the Malpaís Grande, in the Pozo Negro valley in the municipality of Antigua. More than a hundred structures survive, among them the semi-subterranean casas hondas, with an interpretation centre at the edge of the site. This is an open-air archaeological site, not an inhabited village.

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Centro de Interpretación Poblado de La Atalayita

Pre-Hispanic Majo settlement built in dry stone inside the Malpaís Grande, in the Pozo Negro valley in the municipality of Antigua. More than a hundred structures survive, among them the semi-subterranean casas hondas, with an interpretation centre at the edge of the site. This is an open-air archaeological site, not an inhabited village.

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