El Rastro flea market
Guide
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FreeMarketAllow 1–2 hPut together by AI from open data
What you'll see
Madrid's Sunday flea market: hundreds of stalls running downhill through La Latina selling clothes, antiques, records and odds and ends, then a crowd spilling into the tapas bars.
A brief history
It has run for centuries in the streets around the old slaughterhouses; 'rastro' refers to the trail of blood left as carcasses were dragged downhill.
Tips
- Best time
- Sunday before 11:00, then tapas in La Latina
- Cost
- Free
- Allow
- 1–2 h
- Free days
- Always free; it's crowded, so mind your bag
- Hours
- Usually Sundays and public holidays about 9:00–15:00 (check)
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Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Written in Flewaway's words by AI from this open data, not yet checked by a person. Prices, hours and rules change, so check before you go.
