The Baix la Mar neighborhood welcomes 'Els Magazinos', the new gastronomic and cultural market in Dénia

After more than a year of work, the seaside neighborhood of Baix la Mar premieres, next Monday, Els Magazinos, a new gastronomic and cultural market of more than 2.000 square meters that has turned the Cervera family into a space to share and enjoy the Mediterranean values.

Els Magazinos It was born as a new concept in Dénia, in which more than 22 gather proposals between stores and market stalls that return the spirit of the trade union area. This new market wants to be a meeting point designed to enjoy coffees, lunches, lunches, dinners and drinks throughout the day.

This new neighborhood within the neighborhood is considered as an open space that can be accessed from Pont Street and from Senieta Street. In the central street, that a both entrances, the neighbors will be able to find a wide variety of gastronomical proposals that will go from traditional kitchen to the international fusion. There can be consumed in two different ways: inside the establishments or acquiring food and drink at market stalls and occupying the tables and chairs that will be installed in different common areas of the premises.

Els Magazinos will also have two terraces with views of the Dénia Castle and with two gastronomic spaces managed by the Cervera family: the restaurant Les Cuinetes and A la Fresca. Les Cuinetes is a restaurant located in a historic building from the XNUMXth century, where you can find the best fresh and seasonal products from La Marina Alta, with a kitchen that uses traditional culinary techniques and prepared at the moment.

A La Fresca It is an informal and relaxed lounge bar with an atmosphere of cultural and artistic exchange, where you can eat international snacks made with local and fresh products at any time of the day. In a bohemian and modern environment, you can listen to live music and have a drink or a cocktail, well prepared with balanced recipes.

Space for culture and crafts

Els Magazinos will have a prominent place for the promotion of local culture and crafts. In addition to having an art gallery, where artists from the Valencian Community will be exhibiting, Els Magazinos will have live music and will organize talks and activities to promote our culture.

Likewise, a space will be reserved, every Saturday, for the celebration of a craft market in its facilities.

A building with history

The history of the space where Els Magazinos is located goes back to the sixteenth century, when the Duke of Lerma was Lord of Denia, being visited by King Philip III on three occasions. The picture that 1613 painted Vicent Mestre of the expulsion of the Moors from the port of Dénia places part of the story: after the customs of the port appears a building where today is located Els Magazinos, the denomination with which the French of the War of the Succession called this old port warehouse.

The art historian Ángel Campos-Perales proved that Felipe III had built a building to house the royal carriages and carriages at the same location on Calle Pont. It was one of the infrastructures with which the monarch wanted to tell during a next visit to Dénia.

Later, in the 19th century, this building was a warehouse for raisins, and with the arrival of the 20th century, it housed the workshop of the toy factory of José Monllor.

Its new stage, the gastronomic and cultural market under the name of Els Magazinos, will open its doors to the public next Monday, 29 in April, at 19: 00 hours.