The Easter market open from this Tuesday on the Paseo de Cánovas. /
The dozen craft and food stalls installed on the Paseo de Cánovas are open from this Tuesday until Sunday
Cáceres has saved its Easter market. This Tuesday they have opened to the public the wooden booths that the Cáceres Fair Institution (Ifeca) has placed at one end of the Paseo de Cánovas tray, leaving another part cleared by the assembly next Monday of the Book Fair. Until Sunday, they can be purchased at the dozen stalls installed, from costume jewelry and crafts to homemade sweets through medicinal herbs and natural cosmetics.
A few days ago the mayor himself, Luis Salaya, admitted that it would be difficult to hold this appointment because the City Council had not received any request in the contest called. Three companies presented themselves and withdrew their offers. However, the Consistory delegated the organization of the event to Ifeca, which finally takes place in its usual location under the name of Spring Market.
The municipal spokesperson, María José Pulido, and the Councilor for Infrastructure, Andrés Licerán, together with those responsible for Ifeca, inaugurated this noon the exhibition on the busy Paseo, through which these days even more people pass than usual by visitors who receives the city, which expects to be close to full in hotels and tourist accommodation on strong days of the week, starting this Thursday.
One of the market stalls. /
In one of the exhibitors you can buy the churros that José and Cristian make in the Alcántara churrería, in Jaén. They came for Christmas and their expectations for these days are good. “If the weather is good, it will be fine because people want to go out,” predict the churreros, who sell the traditional batons filled with vanilla, chocolate, Nutella or Kinder Bueno.
The Venezuelan Araceli Perso and Emiliana Rodríguez from Cáceres bought pipes with honey and candied sugar at a Madrid stall, run by Oswaldo Díaz, who also attended in December. “Things come that you don’t normally see and I like to buy candied nuts,” says the first.
«We bring Andalusian artisan ceramics, all made and painted by hand. The highlight is the grating saucer»
«Things come that are not normally seen and I like to buy candied nuts»
The sample also brings Iberian delicacies, such as the famous potato black pudding and other types of sausages, as well as cheeses and pickles. At her ceramic stall, Luna de Luca puts on an exhibition of her star product. «We bring Andalusian artisan ceramics, all made and painted by hand. The highlight is the grating saucer”, teaches the seller.
Cánovas has always been a claim for the sales booths. The last commercial event on the Avenida de España was the Stock Fair, which returned to the Cáceres boulevard last February, after the Christmas stalls in the Plaza Mayor in December did not satisfy all the merchants.
Other events in which craft or food booths are displayed in the park are the Womad, which this year is celebrated from May 5 to 8, and the San Fernando Fair, which opens its traditional food exhibition every year. Ifeca is preparing, on the other hand, another of the appointments suspended by the pandemic, the lid fair, Extregusta.
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Eddie is an Australian news reporter with over 9 years in the industry and has published on Forbes and tech crunch.