Tuesday, 25 January 2011

Boqueria market by: Adri, Xavi, Nathalia and Pau

La boqueria

The Boqueria Market is placed on Rambla street. There is a municipal market, the biggest of Catalonia.
The real name of this market is “Mercat de Sant Josep” but we call it Boqueria, because the ''boqueron'' is the best selling fish; this food market has more than 300 stalls distributed on 2583m2. It was open for the first time in 1836 and its metallic roof was inaugurated on 1914. It has some entrances.
Boqueria Market it’s famous because has original food. The most visited stalls are: 
  • Fruits Ibañez, it sells fruits.
  • Fruits Costa, it sells fruit.
  • Fish Marta, it sells fish.
  • Avinova, it sells meat.
  • Symposion, it sells fish.
  • Bacallà Carmen Gomà, it sells fish.
  • Butcher’s Antonio Casanovas, it sells meat.

Main Entrance 


          







                                                                                      Sweets stalls

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