The central market in its Nasrid shipyard gate, and the food culture around it

The Atarazanas — Málaga Through Its Market

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The central market in its Nasrid shipyard gate, and the food culture around it

The Atarazanas — Málaga Through Its Market

The central market trades inside a fourteenth-century Nasrid shipyard — the great horseshoe arch at its entrance once opened onto the sea, before the shoreline moved. What surrounds it now is the city's daily table: fish from the same coast, fruit from the subtropical valleys behind it.

The encounter is simple and real: walk the stalls with someone who shops here, learn what is in season and why, and finish where the market-goers finish — standing at a bar, eating what was bought an hour ago.

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