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Mercado Atarazanas and Picasso鈥檚 Birthplace, Malaga

Mercado Atarazanas and Picasso鈥檚 Birthplace, Malaga, Malaga, Spain

Unsurprisingly, I love visiting food markets when I鈥檓 in a new city. And I like to go fairly early in the morning when it鈥檚 mainly locals shopping rather than later in the day when the tourists descend. Malaga鈥檚 Mercado Atarazanas is a delight, full of the most glorious food and lit up by light from a beautiful stained glass window at one end. From the outside, its Moorish heritage is obvious; it has an Arabic look. The name聽Atarazanas聽comes from the Arabic word for shipyard and one stood there during the Moorish rule which spanned centuries from 711AD until around 1487. The original building was demolished in 1868 and rebuilt 8 years later but Moorish elements were added to the design.

Malaga is famous for sardines and I stopped for a while to watch a fishmonger fillet some. I also saw a glorious selection of mushrooms.

Some of the tomatoes were enormous and misshapen but I鈥檓 sure they tasted wonderful. And there were white aubergines, which I鈥檇 never seen before. ...... (follow the instructions below for accessing the rest of this article).
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Guide Name: Mercado Atarazanas and Picasso鈥檚 Birthplace, Malaga
Guide Location: Spain » Malaga
Guide Type: Self-guided Walking Tour (Article (B))
Author: Kay Gale
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Sight(s) Featured in This Guide:
  • Mercado Atarazanas
  • Plaza de la Merced
  • Picasso鈥檚 Birthplace
  • Playa de la Malagueta

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