Explore More Madrid: Markets and Architecture
Discover the wonders of Barcelona, Spain with this unforgettable experience. After an in-depth study of the area, the renovation incorporated solid tile bricks inspired by traditional mud construction and introduced basalt—a volcanic rock never before used in Madrid—to reinforce the building both structurally and visually.We will then explore the Mercado de San Miguel (Alfonso Dubé y Díez, 1916), which preserves its original early 20th-century iron structure. Its two floors, combined with steel and glass façades and generous ceiling heights, allow abundant natural light to fill the space, attracting more than ten million visitors annually. In the Lavapiés district, we will visit the Mercado de San Fernando (Casto Fernández-Shaw, 1944), whose exterior façade recalls palatial forms and evokes the architecture of the Austrias, a style frequently revived during Franco’s regime. Not far away lies the Mercado de Antón Martín, originally commissioned in 1933 from architect Gonzalo Domínguez Espúñez but built only after the war and inaugurated in 1941, later remodeled in the 1950s. Highlights of your tour include: Mercado Barceló by Nieto Sobejano (2015) with market, sports center, library, and plazaMercado de San Antón in Chueca, originally from 1945 and remodeled in 2008Mercado de San Miguel (1916) preserving its original iron structureFocus on history and gastronomy in central Madrid. After an in-depth study of the area, the renovation incorporated solid tile bricks inspired by traditional mud construction and introduced basalt—a volcanic rock never before used in Madrid—to reinforce the building both structurally and visually.We will then explore ...