Rastro de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
The flea market of the Gran Canaria capital spreads along Calle Simón Bolívar and is, according to the island's market guides, the largest in the city. Hundreds of stalls carry second hand clothing, antiques, garments and accessories, tools and the kind of objects that are hard to track down in a shop, alongside pastries and Canary produce to go with the walk.
The municipal flea market of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria takes over Calle Simón Bolívar, right in the centre of the city. Island market guides describe it as the largest in the capital: hundreds of stalls lined up along the street, mixing second hand goods, clothing, footwear, accessories, costume jewellery, antiques and collectors' items.
It rewards slow looking rather than a quick errand, because the point is what turns up when you were not looking for it. Pastry and Canary produce stalls sit among the rest, and the atmosphere is that of a neighbourhood outing: families, bargain hunters and the merely curious working their way along the same pavement.
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