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Tiscamanita
The sound of a mill grinding maize
Walk into the Los Molinos centre and the first thing you hear is a hand mill grinding maize; next door, a restored windmill shows how the wind took over the work. The story is gofio's, the food that kept the island from hunger for centuries, and lines 1 and 16 stop at Bar de Tiscama in both directions.
Photo: Balou46, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped
- Come for
- Windmills and the story of gofio
- Make time for
- An hour or two
- By bus
- Reached by a published TIADHE line
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The journey is part of the day
Getting to Tiscamanita
TIADHE line 1, between Puerto del Rosario and Morro Jable, and line 16, between Gran Tarajal and Puerto del Rosario, both have the stop Bar de Tiscama on their route maps in both directions.
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 1 has separate Monday-to-Friday, Saturday and Sundays-and-holidays tables; line 16 has Monday-to-Friday, Saturday and Sundays-and-holidays tables. Check the trip back for your day on the line you take.
See the next busesA little introduction
Get to know Tiscamanita.
In Tiscamanita, in the centre of the island, the Los Molinos Visitors’ Centre occupies a typical Fuerteventura-style house, with a refurbished windmill beside it. It tells the story of gofio, a food that for centuries was the island’s mainstay against hunger, and of the windmills that ground it.
Why go
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Gofio explained
The centre tells the story of gofio and of the windmills that ground it, in a typical Fuerteventura house.
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A windmill you can watch
Stone, mud and limestone, with its tower and machinery, and you can watch how it works.
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Accessible, with parking
Visit Fuerteventura marks the centre as accessible.
Checked – Oct 2026 Sources: Visit Fuerteventura
Make a day of it
What to do in Tiscamanita
- Culture Don’t miss
A hand mill at work
Inside, a manual mill grinds corn: its sound is the first thing you hear as you come in.
- Culture Don’t miss
The windmill
The traditional windmill is made of stone, mud and limestone, with a building, a tower and machinery, and you can watch how it works.
- Culture Don’t miss
From grain to flour
Panels, diagrams and designs of different windmills explain the ways of getting flour from grain and how the mills work.
- Food & drink
Ask what the gofio is made of
The hand mill here grinds maize; gofio can be made from different grains, so coeliacs ask before tasting.
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- Sight
Tuineje's battle centre on the same lines
Lines 1 and 16 also stop at Ayto. Tuineje, where the Casa de Las Simonas tells of the battles of 1740.
- Culture
Stone, mud and limestone: how the mill is built
The restored windmill beside the centre is stone, mud and limestone: a building, a tower and its machinery. Panels and drawings of the different mill types explain how each turned grain into flour.
Checked – Oct 2026 Sources: Visit Fuerteventura, TIADHE, Museos Fuerteventura (Cabildo de Fuerteventura)
A day here
How a day in Tiscamanita 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
Line 1 or 16 to Bar de Tiscama
Both lines have the stop on their maps in both directions.
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Middle of the day
The mills centre
An hour or two for the hand mill, the windmill and the panels.
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Afternoon
Back on the tab for your day
Line 1 and line 16 each have weekday, Saturday and Sunday tables; check the line you take.
Asked and answered
Questions people ask about Tiscamanita
Which bus stops in Tiscamanita?
Lines 1 and 16 at the stop Bar de Tiscama in both directions; the timetable on this page lists their departures from the ends of each line.
Checked Sources: TIADHE
Good to know
Small details. Better days.
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Ramps on line 1
TIADHE’s reduced-mobility timetable lists ramp-equipped departures for lines 1, 3, 6, 8 and 10; line 16 is not on it. 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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Parking and access
Visit Fuerteventura lists parking at the visitors’ centre and marks it as accessible.
Checked – Oct 2026 Sources: TIADHE, Visit Fuerteventura
Photos and film
Tiscamanita in pictures
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Lines 1 and 16 stop at Bar de Tiscama in both directions, a short walk from the mills centre. Photo: Holger Uwe Schmitt, CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped), via Wikimedia Commons -
Lines 1 and 16 stop at Bar de Tiscama in both directions, a short walk from the mills centre. Photo: Holger Uwe Schmitt, CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped), via Wikimedia Commons -
Lines 1 and 16 stop at Bar de Tiscama in both directions, a short walk from the mills centre. Photo: Laura Gariglio laugariglio, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons
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TIADHE
- TIADHE line 1 Checked – Oct 2026
- TIADHE line 16 Checked – Oct 2026
- TIADHE service for people with reduced mobility Checked
- TIADHE contact details and information office Checked
Visit Fuerteventura
- Los Molinos Visitors’ Centre, Tiscamanita Checked – Oct 2026
Museos Fuerteventura (Cabildo de Fuerteventura)
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