The Mercado de San Miguel, located in the square of the same name, next to the Plaza Mayor in Madrid, is a privately owned market whose most remarkable feature is that it preserves its original iron structure from the early 20th century.

It has two floors and a surface area of 1200 square meters.

Located in the center of historic Madrid and with more than 10 million visitors a year, the Mercado de San Miguel is the gastronomic temple of the city of Madrid, the contemporary essence of all corners of Spanish gastronomy.

From the best Iberian ham to the freshest seafood arriving daily from Galicia, Mediterranean rice dishes or the most special cheeses from Castilla, Asturias or the Basque Country. Top quality products and wines that come from all corners of Spain.

Opened in May 1916 as a food market, in May 2009 it became the first gastronomic market.

In medieval times this area was an open market, surrounded by stalls (drawers) dedicated to the sale and purchase of handicraft products produced by the guilds.

In the time of José Bonaparte, the old parish church of San Miguel de los Octoes was demolished. In its place there was a small square in which it is planned to build the market that would inherit the name of the old parish.

In 1809 it was an "open" market specialized in the sale of fish.

The closed market was built between 1913 and 1916 under the supervision of the architect Alfonso Dubé y Díez, inspired by other European markets made of iron in the style of Las Halles in Paris.