Known for selling fresh local products but also a major cultural and tourist attraction for both foreign visitors and Valencian citizens.
Definitely worth a visit, you’ll always find tourists taking pictures of its famous, beautiful ceilings, as well as the building’s façade.
Valencia’s Central Market (Mercat Central) covers more than 8,000 square meters. With two floors and a pre-Modernist style, it was inaugurated in 1928.
It’s the largest market of its kind in all Europe, bringing together almost 400 small traders; over 1,500 people are part of its daily activity.
The building is representative of early 20th century Valencian architecture.
Visitors are always taking pictures of the central dome, which is 30 meters high. If features 2 weather vanes in the shape of a parrot and a fish, which blend into a classic Valencian skyline of towers and bell towers.
The domes are made of iron, glass and ceramics.
From 8am to 2:30pm.
Closed on Sundays.
