Bazurto Market
Sprawling open-air market maze of fish stalls, produce, and cash-only bargaining that feeds the city.
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This guide to Bazurto Market in Cartagena begins with the 1965 fire that destroyed Cartagena's old central market inside the city walls, and the vendors who rebuilt four kilometers out, reopening as Bazurto by 1968. It walks the market's brandless, cash-only lanes, where fish stalls sit beside lingerie stalls, herbs beside knockoff sneakers, and every price is spoken and negotiable the moment a customer slows down. Some of the city's finest chefs come here before sunrise to haggle over the same fish a fisherman's wife might be selling to feed her own family that night.
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