Located in the Plaza de los Mostenses, it is one of the city’s oldest markets. Built in 1946, much has changed since then. Today, its hallmark is undoubtedly its formidable mixture of cultures, gastronomy and food from the four compass points. East and west, north and south are represented in this central market, behind the Gran Vía, where we can find everything from Iranian caviar to a full range of the most exotic tropical fruit from South America.

The history of the Los Mostenses Market (which takes its name from the square in which it is held  referring to St. Norbert’s Convent of the Premonstratensian or Montenses monks, who lived there until its demolition in 1810), is parallel to that of the Gran Vía. Behind it, inside a rationalist-style building, there is a market that has grown naturally.

Los Mostenses Market is a living organism combining the essential – a wide range of fresh products at competitive prices – with the unexpected: plenty of Korean products, a Chinese darner or an Iranian caviar dispensary. The market boasts more than one hundred stalls, spread out over three floors or located at street level, which are home to  a wide spectrum of the food business – with a large representation of Latin American and oriental gastronomy – and it offers various services: hairdresser’s, reprography, florist’s...