Mercado del Puerto
A covered market in the Puerto de la Luz district, on Calle Albareda. The 1891 building is the finest piece of iron architecture on Gran Canaria: it was put up by technicians from the French firm linked to Gustave Eiffel, with cast iron columns, glazed roofing and an octagonal dome over the centre. Inside, fish, meat, fruit and vegetable stalls sit alongside tapas counters and small restaurants.
The Mercado del Puerto opened in 1891, when the growth of the Puerto de la Luz made it necessary to give proper shelter to the food trade already taking place on the site. The wrought iron structure, built by technicians from the French company connected with Gustave Eiffel, covers a square plot of about 1,700 square metres and is organised around an octagonal dome. It remains the best known iron building on the island.
After the refurbishment promoted by the city council in 2012, the market kept its produce stalls and gained a run of bar counters that has turned it into a tapas stop for the neighbourhood. You will find fish landed at the nearby port, meat, fruit and vegetables, cheeses and preserves, with standing counters slotted in between the stalls. Las Canteras beach is a few minutes away on foot.
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