Mercado de Abastos in Santiago de Compostela

scruffy1 said:

I have mentioned the wonderful market in Mercado de Abastos in Santiago – Abastos? In Palestinian Arabic basta means a market stall in classical Arabic supplies –I have mentioned this several times but have had few responses so will try again. The market is a cheerful place located to the East of the Cathedral, above Rua da Virxe de Cerca, strategically placed between two churches of Santo Domingo and San Fiz de Solovio so there is always a watchful eye! It's a modern building with a-n-y-t-h-i-n-g you might possibly desire, the freshest fruits and vegetables, herbs and spices, butchers selling meat, sausages, all sorts of jamon, cheeses of all types, and fresh seafood from toothy merluza (hake) to dorada (sea bream) to rodaballo (turbot) to whole octopus being prepared on the spot for home cooking (not for the weak hearted!) or cooking there in the pot!, salt dried bacalao (attention Korean brethren very good for playing badminton; English may prefer tennis or cricket and Americans for baseball!) and…shh don't tell the rabbi… glorious shellfish in all sorts sizes shapes and colors. All offered at a much better price than any restaurant or supermarket in Santiago that I know of! Not convinced? Two of the best tapas bars in town , Abastos 2.0 Rúa das Ameas 13, and Café de Altamira Rua de Ameas, 9 are located right there!View attachment 20371Visit for the fun go to save money but put it on your must see list.

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scruffy1 said:

I have mentioned the wonderful market in Mercado de Abastos in Santiago – Abastos? In Palestinian Arabic basta means a market stall in classical Arabic supplies –I have mentioned this several times but have had few responses so will try again. The market is a cheerful place located to the East of the Cathedral, above Rua da Virxe de Cerca, strategically placed between two churches of Santo Domingo and San Fiz de Solovio so there is always a watchful eye! It's a modern building with a-n-y-t-h-i-n-g you might possibly desire, the freshest fruits and vegetables, herbs and spices, butchers selling meat, sausages, all sorts of jamon, cheeses of all types, and fresh seafood from toothy merluza (hake) to dorada (sea bream) to rodaballo (turbot) to whole octopus being prepared on the spot for home cooking (not for the weak hearted!) or cooking there in the pot!, salt dried bacalao (attention Korean brethren very good for playing badminton; English may prefer tennis or cricket and Americans for baseball!) and…shh don't tell the rabbi… glorious shellfish in all sorts sizes shapes and colors. All offered at a much better price than any restaurant or supermarket in Santiago that I know of! Not convinced? Two of the best tapas bars in town , Abastos 2.0 Rúa das Ameas 13, and Café de Altamira Rua de Ameas, 9 are located right there!View attachment 20371Visit for the fun go to save money but put it on your must see list.

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