http://www.alifeinvalencia.com Guide to Valencia Thu, 23 Jun 2011 07:13:33 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= http://www.alifeinvalencia.com/art-and-culture/mercado-central-de-valencia-central-market/ http://www.alifeinvalencia.com/art-and-culture/mercado-central-de-valencia-central-market/#comments Tue, 08 Jun 2010 10:26:35 +0000 Valencia Guide http://www.alifeinspain.com/?p=608 The designers, Francisco Guard Vial and Alexander Soler, both trained at the School of Architecture of Barcelona and worked closely with Domènech i Montaner, an architect who characterized himself as a modernist.
There is great beauty in the architecture as well as the tradition and history of the market. The combination of metal, glass and the Gothic columns is a testament to modernism, as if the Market is a cathedral to the commerce-centre it once was.
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All over town you will find excellent delis and ham shops – our selection of the best soon.
SUPERMARKETS AND HYPERMARKETS
In nearly very barrio of the city and the towns around you’ll find a branch of Mercadona, the Valencian supermarket chain, most have been radically modernised over the past few months and are great Value.
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Thali consists of various dishes, called “Kaulis”. Our Thalis include seven Kaulis which are salad, yellow lentils, salted vegetables, basmati rice, curry, raita , and a dessert. You can choose between 4 different Thalis: Fish, Vegetarian, Chicken and Lamb (translated from Dhaba’s menu).
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