MEXICO: Merida's Lucas de Gálvez Market

Mercado Lucas de Gálvez was established in 1887 in Merida’s historic centre. 

It is the city's main market.

It is enormous and covers 45,000 sqm (over 484,000 sq ft) with more than 2,000 vendors.

It isn’t a tourist market but it’s a working market for the locals to shop for their daily items.

The maze of narrow walkways are lined with small stalls selling fresh produce, meat, seafood, spices, textiles, traditional clothing, handmade hammocks, pottery, and everyday household items.

 

The market’s layout is a bit of a labyrinth with narrow aisles packed with small stalls.

It has themes of items. There is a fresh produce section.

 

 

There is a meat and poultry section.

There are stalls offering spices and dried chilies.

There is also an odds and sods section.

Tortillas are made in the market and sold by the kg.

Then there is the “Food Court” for ready made food.

 

 

 

 

Apparently the food stalls open at 4am so locals can come in after a night of drinking and have something to eat before they go to work. 

 John and I are boring old retired folks and are not out until 4am, nor, are we starting our day at 4am.

 

So we will just have to take their word for it.