The latest McDonald’s in Italy features an intact section of ancient Roman road and skeletons under the floorboards. But it’s not the first time the brand has gone in for something a little different. Here are some of its most spectacular locations

The McDonald’s at Frattocchie has glass flooring above the 2000-year old Appian Way that lies beneath

Would you like fries with that view of three skeletons? McDonald’s opened its first “museum-restaurant” in Frattocchie, a small village south of Rome, last month. Diners can slurp their milkshakes on top of a glass floor that’s been specially constructed to show off the stretch of ancient Roman road beneath.

The archaeological site – part of the Appian Way, the Roman Empire’s most famous highway, which ran from the capital down to Brindisi in Puglia – was discovered in 2014, when the area was being excavated for the new restaurant. McDonald’s, to its credit, chipped in €300,000 (£260,000) to the restoration. As well as the road itself, paved with the iconic Roman basalt slabs, archaeologists found three skeletons. A fourth was found beneath a nearby petrol station with a coin in its mouth – believed to be an offering to Charon, the mythological ferryman who took dead Romans down to the underworld. But don’t let that put you off your Big Mac: the real bones were taken away, and replaced with resin casts.

If the idea of ordering a Filet-o-Fish in the land of pizza and pasta makes you feel a little queasy about your travel priorities, don’t worry – you can walk through the underground gallery, without setting foot in the restaurant above. But if you’re up for chowing down in a spectacular location, here are more of the most spectacular McDonald’s branches in the world.