The Best Farmers Market in Catania, Italy. Fera o Luni Sicily's Most Colorful and Authentic Market! скачать в хорошем качестве

The Best Farmers Market in Catania, Italy. Fera o Luni Sicily's Most Colorful and Authentic Market!

#italy #italianfood #sicilia #sicily #catania #mercato #feraoluni #mercatodicatania Fera O’Luni, a huge daily market in Catania offering a plethora of goods. The name means “Monday Fair” as it used to be held on Mondays only. Today it is open every day from early morning til noon, except on Sundays. Here, one can find household items, haberdashery, fresh produce, seafood, cheese, meat, clothes, designer shoes (ranging from authentic to counterfeit), and even a selection of second-hand stalls selling everything from vintage fur coats to 90s ski overalls. This folkloric Street Market is one of most interesting thing to visit in the City. Set around Piazza Carlo Alberto, it takes place everyday staring form 7 am in the morning untile about 2pm. Walking among the stalls you can admire the passion that local merchants have to sell their products, which can be food, fruits or vegetables or clothing or objects of any type. If you are looking for fresh, smelly food, vintage clothings or just a full immersion in Sicilian way of life... this is the place for you! The “Basilica della Madonna del Carmine”, that dominates the squares, worths a visit too! Along with the fish market in Piazza Duomo, Fera ‘o Luni is one of Catania’s most historic and distinctive places. Few, however, know that the market hides a secret–that of being built above the caves of the church of San Gaetano, a mystical and religious place that houses an altar and underground passages, used in ancient times for the burials of martyrs and saints. Despite the many mysteries that lie below this market, Fera ‘o Luni remains a tourist destination and place of worship for residents and foreigners alike. Wonderful is the atmosphere among the stalls: reminiscent of an unspoiled, almost surreal Catania full of traditions. In this place of gathering and celebration, different generations meet everyday ready to try their hand at the exciting art of selling. Astute merchants and brazen shoppers meet on the stage of commerce, giving rise to a play that stands out as one of the city’s most iconic elements. Here the sand-colored facades of the surrounding buildings embrace the surprising conviviality of heated haggling and unrepeatable bargains. Tradition and passion pervade the spirits of busy buyers and intrigued tourists. The bright and lively blues, yellows and reds of the stalls frame the intoxicating sounds and scents. The smells of incense, spices and citrus fruits are strong and peculiarly-mixed, difficult to distinguish one from the other. Loud are the voices: some of the sellers are sharp and shrill, while others are softer and delicate–like the women and children chatting and rummaging in search of the most ancient relics. Everyone, no one excluded, is immersed in the totality of the senses. From the local disarray comes this journey through the beating heart of the real Sicily. It is an itinerary capable of taking you by the hand and transporting you inside a veracious scenario made of crowded streets, sharp cries, sunburned alleys and faces marked by time.