FAQs
FAQs
Here you can find quick answers to all of your questions. Linked, you’ll find the articles or the sections of the articles that can give you more detailed information.
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The Mercado Central is Valencia’s Central Market, a fresh and local produce market. It is one of the most well known Art Nouveau buildings in the city.
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The Central Market in Valencia is known for its beautiful Art Nouveau architecture and for being the largest fresh produce market in Europe.
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Aside from enjoying the stunning architecture and admiring the detailed decoration, you can spend a few hours browsing the market and trying out local products or tapas.
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Aside from fresh veggies, fruit, meat, fish, and local products, in Valencia’s Central Market you’ll also find plenty of food and drinks. Especially towards the front of the building (facing Lonja de la Seda) you’ll find local wines and spirits, as well as plenty of tapas stalls.
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Valencia’s Central Market is one of the main examples in Valencia of Art Nouveau. The structure combines typically modernist materials, such as wrought iron, stained glass, ceramics, and brick, with rich allegorical decorations.
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Although Valencia’s Central Market was built between 1914 and 1928, the traditions that brought it to life date back to the 9th century AD.
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If you are in Ciutat Vella, the best way to reach Valencia’s Central Market is probably to go on foot, or if you prefer, on a bike. If you’d like to know more about transport, you can check out the relevant section of this article.
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The Mercado Central is open Monday to Saturday year round.
The opening hours are between 7:30 am and 3:00 pm.
You can have a look at each of them in the relevant section of this article.
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Access to the Mercat Central is always free.
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Of course you can. Valencia is an extremely bike friendly city, and on the official map
, you’ll see that there are bike paths circling the city’s old quarters. You can also cycle in the city centre and its pedestrian zones, as long as there is enough room for people to walk.
If you’d like to know more about traffic rules and norms in Valencia, you can check out our article about cycling in Valencia.
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There are various buses stopping by the Central Market in Valencia. They will all drop you off at the back of the building, where you can enter from the rear doors.
Lines 7, 27, 60, 62, and 73 all drop you off by the Central Market.
If you’d like to know more about Valencia’s bus system, you can check out our article about it.
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You can take metro lines 1, 2, 3, 5, or 9 to go to Valencia’s Central Market. Depending on where you are located, one or another stop might be more convenient. Your options are Àngel Guimerà (lines 1, 2, 3, 5, and 9), Xàtiva (lines 3, 5, 9), and Colón (lines 3, 5, 7, and 9).
If you’d like to know more about Valencia’s metro system, you can read our article about it.
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Trams are not your best option to get to the Central Market. The closest stop is line 10’s Alacant, which is 13 minutes away (south) of the Market.
If you’d like to know more about Valencia’s tram network, you can check out our article about it.
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Of course. There are two
Valenbisi stations right by the Market, and many others not too far away.If you’d like to know more about Valenbisi, you can check out our article about it.
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Generally, you are not allowed to park a rental electric scooter in the Old Town, and the Central Market is right in the middle of it.
You will thus need to park nearby, just outside the no-park zone that you will see on your app’s map.
You can learn more about electric scooters and how to get one in Valencia in our dedicated article.
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