The white chapel of San Pedro de Alcántara with red-trimmed corners on a paved square in La Ampuyenta, Fuerteventura.

Fuerteventura · Central Fuerteventura (Puerto del Rosario)

La Ampuyenta

The village doctor who never charged

Doctor Mena was born here into a humble family, studied abroad and came home to treat the island's people free of charge; his house, the hospital he promoted and a friar's tiny home make a short village walk. Line 1 stops at La ampuyenta on the way out and at Doctor Mena on the way back.

Photo: Frank Vincentz, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped

Come for
A short walk past historic buildings in a rural village
Make time for
An hour or two
By bus
Reached by a published TIADHE line

The journey is part of the day

Getting to La Ampuyenta

Timetable

Bus times for La Ampuyenta

Every published departure to and from here, by day. The next bus is marked in Canary time.

La Ampuyenta · To La Ampuyenta · Mon–Fri

First 05:00 · last 23:00 · 23 buses

  1. 1 05:00 Puerto del Rosario towards Morro Jable
  2. 1 05:45 Puerto del Rosario towards Morro Jable
  3. 1 06:15 Puerto del Rosario towards Morro Jable Calls at Triquivijate
  4. 1 07:30 Puerto del Rosario towards Morro Jable Starts or ends at the Morro Jable quay
  5. 1 08:30 Puerto del Rosario towards Morro Jable
  6. 1 09:30 Puerto del Rosario towards Morro Jable
  7. 1 10:00 Puerto del Rosario towards Morro Jable
  8. 1 10:30 Puerto del Rosario towards Morro Jable Starts or ends at the Morro Jable quay · calls at Las Playitas
  9. 1 11:30 Puerto del Rosario towards Morro Jable
  10. 1 12:00 Puerto del Rosario towards Morro Jable
  11. 1 12:30 Puerto del Rosario towards Morro Jable Calls at Las Playitas (“Entra en las Playitas”)
  12. 1 13:00 Puerto del Rosario towards Morro Jable
  13. 1 13:30 Puerto del Rosario towards Morro Jable Starts or ends at the Morro Jable quay · calls at Triquivijate
  14. 1 14:30 Puerto del Rosario towards Morro Jable
  15. 1 14:45 Puerto del Rosario towards Morro Jable
  16. 1 15:00 Puerto del Rosario towards Morro Jable
  17. 1 15:30 Puerto del Rosario towards Morro Jable Starts or ends at the Morro Jable quay
  18. 1 16:30 Puerto del Rosario towards Morro Jable
  19. 1 17:30 Puerto del Rosario towards Morro Jable
  20. 1 19:00 Puerto del Rosario towards Morro Jable Calls at Triquivijate
  21. 1 20:00 Puerto del Rosario towards Morro Jable
  22. 1 21:00 Puerto del Rosario towards Morro Jable
  23. 1 23:00 Puerto del Rosario towards Morro Jable

La Ampuyenta · To La Ampuyenta · Saturday

First 05:00 · last 23:00 · 22 buses

  1. 1 05:00 Puerto del Rosario towards Morro Jable
  2. 1 05:45 Puerto del Rosario towards Morro Jable
  3. 1 07:00 Puerto del Rosario towards Morro Jable Calls at Triquivijate
  4. 1 08:30 Puerto del Rosario towards Morro Jable
  5. 1 09:30 Puerto del Rosario towards Morro Jable
  6. 1 10:00 Puerto del Rosario towards Morro Jable
  7. 1 10:30 Puerto del Rosario towards Morro Jable Starts or ends at the Morro Jable quay
  8. 1 11:00 Puerto del Rosario towards Morro Jable
  9. 1 11:30 Puerto del Rosario towards Morro Jable
  10. 1 12:00 Puerto del Rosario towards Morro Jable Starts or ends at the Morro Jable quay
  11. 1 12:30 Puerto del Rosario towards Morro Jable
  12. 1 13:30 Puerto del Rosario towards Morro Jable Calls at Triquivijate
  13. 1 14:30 Puerto del Rosario towards Morro Jable Starts or ends at the Morro Jable quay
  14. 1 14:45 Puerto del Rosario towards Morro Jable
  15. 1 15:30 Puerto del Rosario towards Morro Jable
  16. 1 16:00 Puerto del Rosario towards Morro Jable
  17. 1 16:30 Puerto del Rosario towards Morro Jable
  18. 1 17:30 Puerto del Rosario towards Morro Jable
  19. 1 19:00 Puerto del Rosario towards Morro Jable Calls at Triquivijate
  20. 1 20:00 Puerto del Rosario towards Morro Jable
  21. 1 21:00 Puerto del Rosario towards Morro Jable
  22. 1 23:00 Puerto del Rosario towards Morro Jable

La Ampuyenta · To La Ampuyenta · Sun & holidays

First 05:00 · last 21:00 · 17 buses

  1. 1 05:00 Puerto del Rosario towards Morro Jable
  2. 1 05:45 Puerto del Rosario towards Morro Jable
  3. 1 09:00 Puerto del Rosario towards Morro Jable
  4. 1 10:00 Puerto del Rosario towards Morro Jable
  5. 1 11:00 Puerto del Rosario towards Morro Jable
  6. 1 11:30 Puerto del Rosario towards Morro Jable Starts or ends at the Morro Jable quay
  7. 1 12:30 Puerto del Rosario towards Morro Jable
  8. 1 13:30 Puerto del Rosario towards Morro Jable
  9. 1 14:30 Puerto del Rosario towards Morro Jable
  10. 1 14:45 Puerto del Rosario towards Morro Jable
  11. 1 15:00 Puerto del Rosario towards Morro Jable
  12. 1 16:00 Puerto del Rosario towards Morro Jable Starts or ends at the Morro Jable quay
  13. 1 17:00 Puerto del Rosario towards Morro Jable
  14. 1 18:30 Puerto del Rosario towards Morro Jable
  15. 1 19:00 Puerto del Rosario towards Morro Jable
  16. 1 20:00 Puerto del Rosario towards Morro Jable Calls at Las Playitas (“Entra en las Playitas”)
  17. 1 21:00 Puerto del Rosario towards Morro Jable

La Ampuyenta · From La Ampuyenta · Mon–Fri

TIADHE prints departure times only at the ends of each line and none for La Ampuyenta: each row is the printed departure from the far end, and the bus passes La Ampuyenta some time later. No countdown is claimed for La Ampuyenta.

First 05:45 · last 23:45 · 25 buses

  1. 1 05:45 leaves Morro Jable towards Puerto del Rosario · passes La Ampuyenta later; TIADHE prints no La Ampuyenta time
  2. 1 07:00 leaves Morro Jable towards Puerto del Rosario · passes La Ampuyenta later; TIADHE prints no La Ampuyenta time
  3. 1 07:30 leaves Morro Jable towards Puerto del Rosario · passes La Ampuyenta later; TIADHE prints no La Ampuyenta time
  4. 1 08:00 leaves Morro Jable towards Puerto del Rosario · passes La Ampuyenta later; TIADHE prints no La Ampuyenta time
  5. 1 09:00 leaves Morro Jable towards Puerto del Rosario · passes La Ampuyenta later; TIADHE prints no La Ampuyenta time Starts or ends at the Morro Jable quay
  6. 1 09:30 leaves Morro Jable towards Puerto del Rosario · passes La Ampuyenta later; TIADHE prints no La Ampuyenta time
  7. 1 10:00 leaves Morro Jable towards Puerto del Rosario · passes La Ampuyenta later; TIADHE prints no La Ampuyenta time
  8. 1 10:30 leaves Morro Jable towards Puerto del Rosario · passes La Ampuyenta later; TIADHE prints no La Ampuyenta time
  9. 1 11:00 leaves Morro Jable towards Puerto del Rosario · passes La Ampuyenta later; TIADHE prints no La Ampuyenta time
  10. 1 12:00 leaves Morro Jable towards Puerto del Rosario · passes La Ampuyenta later; TIADHE prints no La Ampuyenta time Starts or ends at the Morro Jable quay
  11. 1 12:30 leaves Morro Jable towards Puerto del Rosario · passes La Ampuyenta later; TIADHE prints no La Ampuyenta time
  12. 1 13:00 leaves Morro Jable towards Puerto del Rosario · passes La Ampuyenta later; TIADHE prints no La Ampuyenta time
  13. 1 13:15 leaves Morro Jable towards Puerto del Rosario · passes La Ampuyenta later; TIADHE prints no La Ampuyenta time
  14. 1 14:00 leaves Morro Jable towards Puerto del Rosario · passes La Ampuyenta later; TIADHE prints no La Ampuyenta time Starts or ends at the Morro Jable quay
  15. 1 15:00 leaves Morro Jable towards Puerto del Rosario · passes La Ampuyenta later; TIADHE prints no La Ampuyenta time
  16. 1 15:30 leaves Morro Jable towards Puerto del Rosario · passes La Ampuyenta later; TIADHE prints no La Ampuyenta time
  17. 1 16:30 leaves Morro Jable towards Puerto del Rosario · passes La Ampuyenta later; TIADHE prints no La Ampuyenta time
  18. 1 17:00 leaves Morro Jable towards Puerto del Rosario · passes La Ampuyenta later; TIADHE prints no La Ampuyenta time
  19. 1 17:30 leaves Morro Jable towards Puerto del Rosario · passes La Ampuyenta later; TIADHE prints no La Ampuyenta time
  20. 1 18:15 leaves Morro Jable towards Puerto del Rosario · passes La Ampuyenta later; TIADHE prints no La Ampuyenta time
  21. 1 19:00 leaves Morro Jable towards Puerto del Rosario · passes La Ampuyenta later; TIADHE prints no La Ampuyenta time Starts or ends at the Morro Jable quay
  22. 1 20:00 leaves Morro Jable towards Puerto del Rosario · passes La Ampuyenta later; TIADHE prints no La Ampuyenta time Calls at Las Playitas (“Entra en las Playitas”)
  23. 1 22:30 leaves Morro Jable towards Puerto del Rosario · passes La Ampuyenta later; TIADHE prints no La Ampuyenta time
  24. 1 23:00 leaves Morro Jable towards Puerto del Rosario · passes La Ampuyenta later; TIADHE prints no La Ampuyenta time
  25. 1 23:45 leaves Morro Jable towards Puerto del Rosario · passes La Ampuyenta later; TIADHE prints no La Ampuyenta time

La Ampuyenta · From La Ampuyenta · Saturday

TIADHE prints departure times only at the ends of each line and none for La Ampuyenta: each row is the printed departure from the far end, and the bus passes La Ampuyenta some time later. No countdown is claimed for La Ampuyenta.

First 06:00 · last 23:45 · 25 buses

  1. 1 06:00 leaves Morro Jable towards Puerto del Rosario · passes La Ampuyenta later; TIADHE prints no La Ampuyenta time
  2. 1 07:00 leaves Morro Jable towards Puerto del Rosario · passes La Ampuyenta later; TIADHE prints no La Ampuyenta time
  3. 1 07:30 leaves Morro Jable towards Puerto del Rosario · passes La Ampuyenta later; TIADHE prints no La Ampuyenta time
  4. 1 08:00 leaves Morro Jable towards Puerto del Rosario · passes La Ampuyenta later; TIADHE prints no La Ampuyenta time
  5. 1 08:30 leaves Morro Jable towards Puerto del Rosario · passes La Ampuyenta later; TIADHE prints no La Ampuyenta time
  6. 1 09:30 leaves Morro Jable towards Puerto del Rosario · passes La Ampuyenta later; TIADHE prints no La Ampuyenta time
  7. 1 10:00 leaves Morro Jable towards Puerto del Rosario · passes La Ampuyenta later; TIADHE prints no La Ampuyenta time
  8. 1 10:30 leaves Morro Jable towards Puerto del Rosario · passes La Ampuyenta later; TIADHE prints no La Ampuyenta time
  9. 1 11:00 leaves Morro Jable towards Puerto del Rosario · passes La Ampuyenta later; TIADHE prints no La Ampuyenta time Starts or ends at the Morro Jable quay
  10. 1 12:00 leaves Morro Jable towards Puerto del Rosario · passes La Ampuyenta later; TIADHE prints no La Ampuyenta time
  11. 1 12:30 leaves Morro Jable towards Puerto del Rosario · passes La Ampuyenta later; TIADHE prints no La Ampuyenta time
  12. 1 13:00 leaves Morro Jable towards Puerto del Rosario · passes La Ampuyenta later; TIADHE prints no La Ampuyenta time
  13. 1 13:15 leaves Morro Jable towards Puerto del Rosario · passes La Ampuyenta later; TIADHE prints no La Ampuyenta time
  14. 1 14:00 leaves Morro Jable towards Puerto del Rosario · passes La Ampuyenta later; TIADHE prints no La Ampuyenta time Starts or ends at the Morro Jable quay
  15. 1 14:30 leaves Morro Jable towards Puerto del Rosario · passes La Ampuyenta later; TIADHE prints no La Ampuyenta time
  16. 1 15:00 leaves Morro Jable towards Puerto del Rosario · passes La Ampuyenta later; TIADHE prints no La Ampuyenta time
  17. 1 15:30 leaves Morro Jable towards Puerto del Rosario · passes La Ampuyenta later; TIADHE prints no La Ampuyenta time
  18. 1 16:30 leaves Morro Jable towards Puerto del Rosario · passes La Ampuyenta later; TIADHE prints no La Ampuyenta time
  19. 1 17:30 leaves Morro Jable towards Puerto del Rosario · passes La Ampuyenta later; TIADHE prints no La Ampuyenta time
  20. 1 18:15 leaves Morro Jable towards Puerto del Rosario · passes La Ampuyenta later; TIADHE prints no La Ampuyenta time
  21. 1 19:00 leaves Morro Jable towards Puerto del Rosario · passes La Ampuyenta later; TIADHE prints no La Ampuyenta time
  22. 1 20:00 leaves Morro Jable towards Puerto del Rosario · passes La Ampuyenta later; TIADHE prints no La Ampuyenta time Calls at Las Playitas (“Entra en las Playitas”)
  23. 1 22:30 leaves Morro Jable towards Puerto del Rosario · passes La Ampuyenta later; TIADHE prints no La Ampuyenta time
  24. 1 23:00 leaves Morro Jable towards Puerto del Rosario · passes La Ampuyenta later; TIADHE prints no La Ampuyenta time
  25. 1 23:45 leaves Morro Jable towards Puerto del Rosario · passes La Ampuyenta later; TIADHE prints no La Ampuyenta time

La Ampuyenta · From La Ampuyenta · Sun & holidays

TIADHE prints departure times only at the ends of each line and none for La Ampuyenta: each row is the printed departure from the far end, and the bus passes La Ampuyenta some time later. No countdown is claimed for La Ampuyenta.

First 07:30 · last 23:45 · 22 buses

  1. 1 07:30 leaves Morro Jable towards Puerto del Rosario · passes La Ampuyenta later; TIADHE prints no La Ampuyenta time
  2. 1 08:00 leaves Morro Jable towards Puerto del Rosario · passes La Ampuyenta later; TIADHE prints no La Ampuyenta time
  3. 1 09:00 leaves Morro Jable towards Puerto del Rosario · passes La Ampuyenta later; TIADHE prints no La Ampuyenta time
  4. 1 09:30 leaves Morro Jable towards Puerto del Rosario · passes La Ampuyenta later; TIADHE prints no La Ampuyenta time
  5. 1 10:00 leaves Morro Jable towards Puerto del Rosario · passes La Ampuyenta later; TIADHE prints no La Ampuyenta time
  6. 1 10:30 leaves Morro Jable towards Puerto del Rosario · passes La Ampuyenta later; TIADHE prints no La Ampuyenta time
  7. 1 11:30 leaves Morro Jable towards Puerto del Rosario · passes La Ampuyenta later; TIADHE prints no La Ampuyenta time
  8. 1 12:30 leaves Morro Jable towards Puerto del Rosario · passes La Ampuyenta later; TIADHE prints no La Ampuyenta time
  9. 1 13:00 leaves Morro Jable towards Puerto del Rosario · passes La Ampuyenta later; TIADHE prints no La Ampuyenta time
  10. 1 13:15 leaves Morro Jable towards Puerto del Rosario · passes La Ampuyenta later; TIADHE prints no La Ampuyenta time
  11. 1 14:00 leaves Morro Jable towards Puerto del Rosario · passes La Ampuyenta later; TIADHE prints no La Ampuyenta time
  12. 1 15:00 leaves Morro Jable towards Puerto del Rosario · passes La Ampuyenta later; TIADHE prints no La Ampuyenta time Starts or ends at the Morro Jable quay
  13. 1 15:30 leaves Morro Jable towards Puerto del Rosario · passes La Ampuyenta later; TIADHE prints no La Ampuyenta time
  14. 1 16:30 leaves Morro Jable towards Puerto del Rosario · passes La Ampuyenta later; TIADHE prints no La Ampuyenta time
  15. 1 17:00 leaves Morro Jable towards Puerto del Rosario · passes La Ampuyenta later; TIADHE prints no La Ampuyenta time
  16. 1 17:30 leaves Morro Jable towards Puerto del Rosario · passes La Ampuyenta later; TIADHE prints no La Ampuyenta time Starts or ends at the Morro Jable quay
  17. 1 18:00 leaves Morro Jable towards Puerto del Rosario · passes La Ampuyenta later; TIADHE prints no La Ampuyenta time
  18. 1 19:00 leaves Morro Jable towards Puerto del Rosario · passes La Ampuyenta later; TIADHE prints no La Ampuyenta time
  19. 1 21:45 leaves Morro Jable towards Puerto del Rosario · passes La Ampuyenta later; TIADHE prints no La Ampuyenta time
  20. 1 22:30 leaves Morro Jable towards Puerto del Rosario · passes La Ampuyenta later; TIADHE prints no La Ampuyenta time
  21. 1 23:00 leaves Morro Jable towards Puerto del Rosario · passes La Ampuyenta later; TIADHE prints no La Ampuyenta time
  22. 1 23:45 leaves Morro Jable towards Puerto del Rosario · passes La Ampuyenta later; TIADHE prints no La Ampuyenta time

Times read from the operator’s line pages on 12 Oct 2026; shown until 26 Nov 2026. On a public holiday TIADHE runs its "Domingos, Festivos" table, the Sun & holidays tab. The Canary public holidays in this timetable's window are 12 October and 2 November 2026 (Gobierno de Canarias calendar), and the next bus follows that tab on those days; municipal holidays vary and are not mapped here, so on a local holiday read Sun & holidays yourself. Trips keyed "no festivos" are already left off it. TIADHE prints departure times only; the bus reaches intermediate stops later. Times are Canary Islands time, the island’s own clock (one hour behind mainland Spain).

TIADHE line 1 between Puerto del Rosario and Morro Jable stops in La Ampuyenta in both directions: its route maps have the stop La ampuyenta on the way out from Puerto del Rosario and the stop Doctor Mena on the way back. Line 2 also stops in La Ampuyenta, at one stop in each direction, at the Almácigo roundabout: its route maps list Rotonda Almacig (towards Betancuria) and ROT. ALMACIGO V (towards Puerto del Rosario) under the locality “L. AMPUYENTA”. A TIADHE notice for 3 October 2026 (now past) said two line 2 departures would not make “las paradas de Almácigo y La Ampuyenta”, so a notice like that can return: keep line 1 as the fallback here.

Checked Sources: TIADHE

Bus guides

  1. Puerto del Rosario to Morro Jable Line 1 Direct
  2. Tickets

Lines from this site’s guides. Times are in this page’s timetable.

Before you settle in

Keep the way home in mind.

For Puerto del Rosario, wait at the stop Doctor Mena, not at La ampuyenta. Line 1 has separate Monday-to-Friday, Saturday and Sundays-and-holidays tables: check the trip back for your day.

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La Ampuyenta on Fuerteventura’s bus map

A little introduction

Get to know La Ampuyenta.

Visit Fuerteventura presents La Ampuyenta as a journey into Fuerteventura’s past: a short walk through the village, its rural surroundings and its historic buildings.

Why go

  1. Doctor Mena's house

    The house he practised from, treating the island's people out of vocation, never for a fee.

  2. The Hospitalito

    Three joined pavilions and an architectural innovation, promoted by the doctor a few years before his death and built over three decades.

  3. Fray Andresito's house

    The little house where the Franciscan friar lived in the first half of the nineteenth century now holds a sanctuary in his honour.

Checked  –  Oct 2026 Sources: Visit Fuerteventura

Make a day of it

What to do in La Ampuyenta

  • Culture Don’t miss

    Doctor Mena’s house

    Doctor Mena was born in La Ampuyenta into a very humble island family. He travelled the world for his studies, then settled again in the house in his native village, from where he worked as a doctor for the island’s people, always free of charge.

  • Culture Don’t miss

    The Hospitalito

    A distinguished building of three joined pavilions and an important architectural innovation. Doctor Mena promoted it a few years before his death, and its building took three decades.

  • Culture Don’t miss

    Fray Andresito’s house

    The humble little house where the Franciscan friar Andrés Filomeno García Acosta and some of his family lived in the first half of the nineteenth century now holds a sanctuary in his honour.

  • Walk

    The village in an hour

    Visit Fuerteventura presents it as a short walk through the village, its surroundings and its historic buildings.

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  • Sight

    Antigua and Tefía nearby

    Line 1 continues to Antigua; line 2 passes the Almácigo roundabout on its way to Tefía and Betancuria.

  • Culture

    Three decades to build a hospital

    The Hospitalito's three joined pavilions were an architectural innovation for the island. Doctor Mena promoted it a few years before his death, and it took three decades to finish; the heritage complex is marked accessible.

Checked  –  Oct 2026 Sources: Visit Fuerteventura, TIADHE

A day here

How a day in La Ampuyenta feels

A plan built on the buses this guide already names. The departure times are in the board on this page; choose your bus back before you set out.

  1. Morning

    Line 1 to La ampuyenta

    On the way out from Puerto del Rosario the stop is La ampuyenta; coming back it is Doctor Mena.

  2. Middle of the day

    The three houses

    An hour or two covers the doctor's house, the Hospitalito and the friar's sanctuary.

  3. Afternoon

    Doctor Mena stop for the capital

    Wait at Doctor Mena, not La ampuyenta, for Puerto del Rosario; line 1 has separate weekday, Saturday and Sunday tables.

Checked Sources: TIADHE, Visit Fuerteventura

Asked and answered

Questions people ask about La Ampuyenta

Which bus stops in La Ampuyenta?

Line 1 in both directions (La ampuyenta outbound, Doctor Mena back), and line 2 at the Almácigo roundabout stops. The timetable on this page lists line 1's departures from the ends of the line.

Checked Sources: TIADHE

Good to know

Small details. Better days.

  • Ramps on line 1

    TIADHE’s reduced-mobility timetable lists ramp-equipped departures for lines 1, 3, 6, 8 and 10. Other departures can be requested by phone: 24 hours ahead from Monday to Thursday, or 48 hours ahead for a Friday, weekend or public holiday.

  • Days

    Line 1 has separate Monday-to-Friday, Saturday and Sundays-and-holidays tables: check the trip out for your day as well as the trip back.

Checked Sources: TIADHE

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