Mercat Central
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Ready-made walk · Valencia

Markets of Valencia: Mercat Central to Russafa

5 stops · ~50 min · 2.9 km

Food & Drink

A walk for food lovers linking the city’s great markets. Begin in the round Plaça Redona and the Art Nouveau Mercat Central, cross to the elegant Mercat de Colón and finish in Russafa, once a separate municipality, at its lively neighbourhood market.

The stops, in walking order

  1. Mercat Central
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    Stop 1: Mercat Central

    ~3 min here

    Mercat Central is Valencia’s public market, a landmark of Valencian Art Nouveau opposite the Llotja de la Seda and the Church of Santos Juanes.

  2. Plaça Redona
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    Stop 2: Plaça Redona

    ~3 min here

    Plaça Redona is a round public square enclosed by buildings, so its interior appears only after you enter.

  3. Mercat de Colón
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    Stop 3: Mercat de Colón

    ~3 min here

    Mercat de Colón is the public market before you, a landmark of Valencian Art Nouveau in Valencia.

  4. Russafa
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    Stop 4: Russafa

    ~3 min here

    Russafa is a Valencia neighborhood with an unusually independent past: it remained a separate municipality until 1877, and now belongs to the city’s Ensanche district.

  5. Mercat de Russafa
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    Stop 5: Mercat de Russafa

    ~3 min here

    Mercat de Russafa is a municipal market and a defining landmark of the Russafa neighbourhood.

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