Mercat d'Hostafrancs

The market stands on Carrer de la Creu Coberta, one of the busiest shopping streets in the Sants neighbourhood. In the 19th century, there was a brickworks here, as well as other factories in the vicinity, and the market supplied the workers and their families. It opened in 1888, the same year as the Mercat de la Concepció, and both buildings have the cast-iron structure, exposed-brick walls and facades with small arched windows with glass panes that were characteristic of the time.

How to get there: Metro L1-Hostafrancs | Bus 52, D20 | Barcelona Bus Turístic-Plaça d'Espanya.
Services: adapted for people with reduced mobility, car park, online selling, sustainable commerce, restaurant.