Museo del Queso Majorero

Why are they the 3 jewels of Majorera culture? Las Salinas del Carmen is a protected site that is still alive today: visiting the Salinas del Carmen Museum is taking a trip to the past, to tradition, to the authentic Fuerteventura. The purity of the waters and the conservation of traditional techniques are key to obtaining the best sea salt in the Canary Islands. The characteristics of the island have given rise to a peculiar goat cheese, the famous and award-winning Majorero cheese: the best goat cheese in the world. Do you want to know all its secrets? We will tell you about them at the Majorero Cheese Museum. And to culminate the experience, in the center of the mills you will be able to learn about the operation of these giants that were used to grind grain, especially the gofio. Have you tried it? We invite you to taste the kneaded gofio, the quintessential Canarian recipe. The three centers are located in the central part of the island, easily accessible by car, motorbike or even by bike. They are the most visited centers on the island as they make up an essential and essential part of the Majorera culture. You can visit the centers are your own pace, and when you want as you don´t have to visit the 3 centers on the same day : The Interpretation center is the smaller one, and its visit is about 40 minutes. The museum of the Salinas del Carmen is about 1 hours if you want to visit both the interior and the exterieor, and the Museo del Queso has various part, including the Windmill, the museum, and the Cactus garden), which all together takes about 1.5hours, depending on the interest of each person.

Get to know the island through its landscapes, its history and above all its "Flavors". Traveling the island by secondary roads, our air-conditioned vehicles of 9 or 15 seats, allow us to move away from the traditional routes of the island and use narrow and secondary roads that bring us closer to corners of the island that remain unchanged over time, even unknown to many inhabitants of the island. The meeting point for the north and south caravan is in a farm of Aloe Vera, where we will be informed of all the properties of this miraculous plant, considered "the Queen of Medicinal Plants". Enjoy with us the beauty of the "Faro de La Entallada", know the life of the canaries of the interior of the island, where we will visit one of the best cheese factories of the island with a tasting of the famous majorero cheese. We will visit beautiful villages such as Betancuria and the small village of "Ajuy", which is like traveling to the past of our islands and remember the small fishing villages of the time of our great-grandparents, in its several terraces in front of the sea you can have a drink or even lunch typical dishes of the area. Also highlight its famous "volcanic caves at the edge of the sea", one of the major natural attractions of the island of Fuerteventura and finally visit the Museum of Cheese, located in the municipality of Antigua.