Curiosities of La Recova, Santa Cruz de Tenerife’s food market

If you read the article Get to know La Recova de Santa Cruz you will already know that this is one of the most special places in Santa Cruz de Tenerife. Y the perfect place to take the pulse of Tenerife’s gastronomic products. We talk about local products, as well as the amalgam of flavors and cultures that participate in our culinary tradition. There is a lot of history surrounding this symbolic enclave of the capital.

Today we have compiled some curiosities so that you can get to know it even better and understand why La Recova de Santa Cruz is a special place for the city and its inhabitants:

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  The Nuestra Señora de África Market, the Candelaria Basilica and the Cabildo are the work of the same architect:
  José Enrique Marrero Regalado
  born in Granadilla de Abona in 1897.
  
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  It consists of 3 areas of special interest
  
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o The Abasto Market. It has two floors with 228 stalls offering all kinds of products: butcher’s shops, fishmongers, etc.

o La Rambla Azul. An outdoor gallery with 28 kiosks with a variety of items, such as antiques, second hand or vintage items, etc.

o A shopping center consisting of 60 stores and services, such as parking, to serve the entire complex.

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  In 1995 a Cooperative Society was created, formed by all its merchants, who work every day to maintain quality and promote this space as one of the main attractions of the city,
  
  who work every day to maintain the quality and promote this space as one of the main attractions of the city.
  

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• In 2018, the 75th Anniversary was celebrated, reinforcing its prominence as a symbol of the city.

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• Also in 2018, the Nuestra Señora de África Market received the Gold Medal of the Government of the Canary Islands, and the Gold Medal of the city of Santa Cruz de Tenerife.

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• On Sunday mornings, around La Recova de Santa Cruz, the Rastro is held, with a multitude of stalls and a bustling atmosphere, from the Market of Our Lady of Africa, extending to Bravo Murillo Street.

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  The Guimerá streetcar stop is ideal if you want to visit the market and the cultural sites of interest in the surrounding area:
  TEA Tenerife space of the arts
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  MUNA Museum of Nature and Mankind
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  The Carnival House. Nearby is the Church of La Concepción and the Guimerá Theater, on the other side of the Barranco de Santos.

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What makes La Recova de Santa Cruz a point of reference and a place worth visiting is, without a doubt, the stories that take place there every day and of which all those who work to make it a different space, with a lot of flavor, are the protagonists.

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