The ULTIMATE Guide to Buying Meat & Fish (Alicante Central Market)

This really is THE place to go for fresh fruit, meat and fish in Alicante and is the ideal place to soak up the atmosphere of Alicante! The Central Market (or Mercado Central) in Alicante is located on the famous Avenida Alfonso de Sabio - in the heart of Alicante City and is a bustling market on two floors. The meat, flowers, fruit and vegetables are of the highest quality and reasonably priced and there are also numerous other stalls inside too. Open Monday-Saturday (except fiestas) from early in the morning until 14.30. (There is no fresh fish on Mondays). Designed by Spanish architect Francisco Fajardo Guardiola in 1915 and completed by Juan Vidal Ramos in 1921, this beautiful building has a rectangular floor plan, with a circular appendage in the south western corner, covered by a hemispheric dome ("the Rotunda"). It consists of two floors, one of them a basement, due to the slope of the surrounding streets, with internal escalators. It was opened in 1921 with an area of some 11,000m2 and has around 295 commercial units. Almost all of the stalls are owned by local people and their business traditions have been handed down for generations. Location: https://maps.app.goo.gl/hCe4Rm3wAqVyq...