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Madrid

El Mercado de San Miguel

By Mark Mulligan

Published: November 20 2009 15:19 | Last updated: November 20 2009 15:19

A customer shops at Madrid's Mercado de San Miguel
The Mercado de San Miguel is ‘a southern European version of Borough Market in London’

Madrid’s municipal covered markets are a vital part of the city’s life but they are rarely glamorous, and normally housed in ugly cement pavilions or nondescript commercial arcades. Full of fresh produce but usually noisy and neon-lit, they don’t invite visitors to linger long.

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