Fuerteventura · East coast (Antigua)
Salinas del Carmen
Where the island's salt is still made
Beside the white Salt Museum, with a whale skeleton at its door, the original salt pans are still worked the traditional way, and the shop sells what they produce. Line 3 ends here, though its Express trips stop short at Caleta de Fuste.
Photo: Norbert Nagel, Mörfelden-Walldorf, Germany, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped
- Come for
- How sea salt is made, by the sea
- Make time for
- One to two hours
- By bus
- Reached by a published TIADHE line
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The journey is part of the day
Getting to Salinas del Carmen
TIADHE line 3 runs from Puerto del Rosario bus station via the airport and Caleta de Fuste to Las Salinas, the last stop on its route maps. It has a Monday-to-Saturday table and a Sundays-and-holidays table; trips keyed Express run only between Puerto del Rosario and Caleta de Fuste. Line 10, between Puerto del Rosario, the airport and Morro Jable, also has a stop named Las Salinas on its maps, after Caleta de Fuste.
Checked Sources: TIADHE
Bus guides
Lines from this site’s guides. Times are in this page’s timetable.
Before you settle in
Keep the way home in mind.
Line 3 back to the airport and Puerto del Rosario starts at Las Salinas: check the trip for your day, and that it is not an Express trip if you board elsewhere along the way.
See the next busesA little introduction
Get to know Salinas del Carmen.
The Salt Museum shows how salt was traditionally taken from sea water and turned into an everyday kitchen ingredient. It stands next to Caleta de Fuste, where the island’s first salt pans were built several centuries ago. Its white walls and the whale skeleton beside it tell you that you have arrived.
Why go
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Working salt pans
Walk through the original pans, still in use, and watch sea water become the salt on your table.
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The end of the airport line
Line 3 from Puerto del Rosario via the airport and Caleta de Fuste finishes at Las Salinas; line 10 also has a Las Salinas stop.
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Salt to take home
A café and a shop sell salt made at the museum.
Checked – Oct 2026 Sources: Visit Fuerteventura, TIADHE
Make a day of it
What to do in Salinas del Carmen
- Culture Don’t miss
The exhibition
The first part of the museum is indoors, with information panels and projections.
- Sight Don’t miss
The salt pans
Outside, you can walk through the original salt pans, still in use, and see the traditional methods at work. A café and a shop sell salt made at the museum.
- Sight Don’t miss
Where the island’s salt began
Caleta de Fuste, next door, is where the first salt pans on Fuerteventura were built several centuries ago.
- Culture
The indoor exhibition
Panels and projections explain how sea water becomes an everyday kitchen ingredient.
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- Beach
Caleta de Fuste's bay next door
Caleta de Fuste, where the island's first salt pans were built, is a short ride back on line 3, with the calm El Castillo beach.
- Sight
The whale skeleton at the door
White walls and a whale skeleton beside the building tell you that you have found the museum. It stands next to Caleta de Fuste, where the island's first salt fields were built several centuries ago.
Checked – Oct 2026 Sources: Visit Fuerteventura, TIADHE
A day here
How a day in Salinas del Carmen 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.
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Morning
A line 3 that is not Express
Trips keyed Express end at Caleta de Fuste; pick a general trip to Las Salinas.
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Middle of the day
Museum, pans, café
An hour or two covers the exhibition, the pans and the shop.
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Afternoon
Back towards Caleta, the airport or the capital
Line 3 towards Puerto del Rosario starts here; the timetable on this page shows every departure by day.
Asked and answered
Questions people ask about Salinas del Carmen
How do I get to the Salt Museum by bus?
Line 3 from Puerto del Rosario, the airport or Caleta de Fuste to its last stop, Las Salinas; not an Express trip. Line 10 also has a Las Salinas stop.
Checked Sources: TIADHE
Good to know
Small details. Better days.
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Ramps on line 3
TIADHE’s reduced-mobility timetable lists ramp-equipped departures for lines 1, 3, 6, 8 and 10; its line 3 table runs between Puerto del Rosario and Las Salinas. 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.
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From Caleta de Fuste
If you are staying in Caleta de Fuste, both line 3 and line 10 have a Caleta de Fuste stop before Las Salinas on their maps.
Checked – Oct 2026 Sources: Visit Fuerteventura, TIADHE, Gobierno de Canarias, Servicio Canario de la Salud +3
Photos and film
Salinas del Carmen in pictures
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Line 3 from the airport ends at Las Salinas on its ordinary trips; the Express stops short at Caleta de Fuste. Photo: Dietmar Rabich, CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped), via Wikimedia Commons -
Line 3 from the airport ends at Las Salinas on its ordinary trips; the Express stops short at Caleta de Fuste. Photo: H. Zell, CC BY-SA 3.0 (cropped), via Wikimedia Commons -
Line 3 from the airport ends at Las Salinas on its ordinary trips; the Express stops short at Caleta de Fuste. Photo: Dietmar Rabich, CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped), via Wikimedia Commons
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There’s more around the corner
Where next?
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Sources for this page
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TIADHE
- TIADHE line 3 Checked – Oct 2026
- TIADHE line 10 Checked – Oct 2026
- TIADHE service for people with reduced mobility Checked
- TIADHE contact details and information office Checked
Visit Fuerteventura
- Salt Museum Checked – Oct 2026
- El Castillo beach Checked
Gobierno de Canarias, Servicio Canario de la Salud
Gobierno de Canarias, 1-1-2 Canarias
Gobierno de Canarias, Dirección General de Emergencias
Cabildo de Fuerteventura
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