Mercado Ntra. Señora de África

"Mercado de Nuestra Señora de Africa" ​​in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, known as La Recova, exerts a great fascination on visitors not only for being a historic building, an example of a very versatile architecture, but for being the municipal market of the city. La Recova, built on the remains of the Recova Vieja, called the Royal Palace, is a neoclassical colonial-style building, the work of the architect José Enrique Marrero, the same who built the basilica of Nuestra Señora de la Candelaria, patron saint of the island. After the entrance arch, you enter three large courtyards, a central one in classic Spanish style and two lateral ones dominated by the "Mudejar" style tower (a continuation of the Moorish style). Entering the arcades, the attraction is great for the riot of colors of the flower stalls and even more so for those of tropical and other vegetables and fruit. And again: meats and fish, cheeses, all kinds of breads, fresh pasta, desserts, ice creams, herbalists, artisan products. Always crowded cafes are typical.