4 gourmet markets that you will want to visit in Spain

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The old food markets of the cities have become, over time, gastronomic spaces where you can buy everything from basic food products to authentic delicatessen.

In the large provincial capitals, many gourmet markets have proliferated that have become one more tourist attraction. and even in gastronomic temples for foodies. At present, it is not easy to know how many there are in Spain but there are quite a few and each one has its own charm. Its main characteristics? Normally they all have in common an exclusive design, avant-garde decoration and lighting, historical architecture and interesting culinary proposals.

Barcelona

La Boquería Market

Facade of La Boquería Market in Barcelona

Popularly known as Mercado de la Boquería, its official name is the Mercat de San Josep and it is located in the famous boulevards of Barcelona, ​​where the Convent of San José was formerly located. However, it already existed as an open-air market in the Middle Ages, making it one of the oldest markets in the world.

It is one of the most emblematic places in Barcelona and one of its main tourist attractions. Here you can find all kinds of fresh, top-quality products such as sausages, seafood, fruits, canned or salted. It also has several bars and restaurants to taste the best of Catalan and Spanish cuisine.

In La Boquería we can find about 250 stalls where food products are sold, as well as some bars, toilets, the Gastronomic Hall and other places related to the market. We recommend you go to the information point to request a map that will make it easier for you to find certain stalls in the La Boquería Market, since they are all visibly numbered.

If you plan to visit Barcelona soon, We advise you to go to La Boquería and enjoy the atmosphere that is concentrated there while you have a drink at one of its stalls or do some shopping.

Valladolid

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Image via Diario de Valladolid

Since its inauguration in 2013, the Valladolid Gourmet Station has been completely sold out. It is located next to the train station of the town and Its objective is to become a gastronomic space of reference where you can taste the best products with Denomination of Origin and other culinary riches.

The Valladolid Gourmet Station is characterized by its wide variety of products and by the freedom of the user when choosing their favorite dishes using an innovative check-tasting system. On the other hand, the also new multifunctional classroom Escuela Gourmet aims to bring gastronomy closer to the user through live cooking shows, product tastings or book signings related to gastronomy.

Among the stalls that we can find in this gourmet market are a croquetry, a seafood restaurant, a churreria, a cheese shop and a wine bar, although the offer is much wider. To fully enjoy a day of tapas at the Valladolid Gourmet Station, we recommend you get the tasting check since for only 13 euros you can enjoy seven meals from any of the gourmet stalls.

This gastronomic market came to complete Valladolid's incredible offer in terms of tapas and pinchos. Converted for years into one of the main capitals of Spanish tapas, you cannot miss this new foodie enclave on your route through Castilla y León.

Madrid

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Located in the heart of traditional Madrid, next to the popular Plaza Mayor, is the Mercado de San Miguel. A monumental and historical place declared an Asset of Cultural Interest whose motto is "the temple of fresh products where the protagonist is the genre, not the chef".

It was built in 1835 by the architect Joaquín Henri in order to be a food market and was completed by Alfonso Dubé y Díez in 1916. Three years later it was inaugurated and remained in operation for a long time until it began to decline due to different reasons. At the beginning of the XNUMXth century, a group of businessmen decided to save it from abandonment and transform it into a new concept: Quality gastronomic establishments where a selection of products that can be tasted on site are exhibited. An idea that has caught on among consumers despite the fact that prices are not for all budgets.

The San Miguel Market has more than thirty shops of the most varied: cheeses, oysters, meats, derivatives of the Iberian pig, fruits, wines, pickles, fish, fresh pasta, pastries ... the success has been resounding.

Cordova

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Another very interesting (and tasty) way to get to know Córdoba is through its markets. In the capital of the Caliphate is the Victoria Market, a gourmet space that gathers the best of Cordoba and international gastronomy in thirty charming stalls, perfect to drop in for breakfast, lunch or dinner.

This market dates from 1877 and occupies the old Booth of the Circle of Friendship, a nineteenth-century wrought-iron structure that was built on the Paseo de la Victoria as a fair booth for the members of the Circle of Friendship.

Here you can find from international proposals from Italy, Japan, Mexico or Argentina to traditional Andalusian cuisine represented in the form of salmorejo, croquettes, rice, meat and fish. All this accompanied by the best beers and wines.

In the Victoria de Córoba Market there is also a highly recommended tasting menu consisting of 4 tapas and a drink for 11,50 euros.


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