Paris - This is the visit of the great central market Rungis, the largest in the world

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Fruit and vegetable ship in the central Rungis market in Paris

He is so big tourist attraction of the city Paris that the visits you can make on your trip go far beyond the most traditional monuments or corners, such as Climb to the eiffel tower, Watch the Louvre Museum or stroll through Elysian Fields.

Moreover, in one of the various trips that you will surely make to the French capital you have the opportunity to make a very special and original visit, which is an outstanding sample of the Parisian gastronomic side, he Rungis central market.

Sure enough, until in my recent trip to Paris I had the opportunity to visit it, I did not know that the central market for fresh food was open to tourists, and that it is also a visit that is booming.

Rungis, which is its commercial name, offers a strong argument to generate the interest of tourists: it is about World's largest fresh produce market.

Located just seven kilometers from Paris, the central market is a small city that occupies 234 hectares, where houses and cars are replaced by large ships, trucks and vans.

He central market of Paris It groups 1,200 companies, of which 540 are food wholesalers, and more than 12,000 people work there every night.

Cheeses at the central Rungis market in Paris

Half of the customers who go to the central market every day are retail stores, 35 percent are restaurants and the rest are large and medium-sized chains.

Of the great activity that takes place in Rungis It serves as a reference the fact that every night there is an average of 26,000 entries to the facilities.

Visit Rungis central market

And as you can imagine, the central market visit You must do it at night.

Flowers at the Rungis central market in Paris

Rungis organizes visits in different languages, including Spanish, not only for groups, but also for individuals who have traveled to Paris.

The visits for individuals They are held on the second and last Friday of each month (in July and August, every Friday), while for groups, as was the case with my visit, they are organized to measure.

For the visit a bus from Rungis He will pick you up at your hotel at 4.30 am and will transfer you to the central market facilities.

Fruits and vegetables at the Rungis central market in Paris

To be able to visit it, they will provide you with a special clothing, a light raincoat and a white hat that, after touring the market, you will surely conclude with me that more than for you not to get stained, given the great cleanliness of the facilities it seems that your goal is that your Do not contaminate food.

In fact, in the initial talk before making the visit they warn you that in no case can you touch the food.

The visit of the central market begins in the fish ship, which is the first to end its commercial activity, which is why I could not visit it at the beginning of our visit somewhat later.

Meat in the central Rungis market in Paris

The next stage is the visit of the meat area, where 293,000 tons are traded every year.

The meats are distributed in different warehouses, from those dedicated to beef, chickens or other poultry, to chicken and casserole.

I warn you that the latter is an area that not everyone likes to travel, because you can see languages, guts and all kinds of casque. Of course, you may have the opportunity to see how a butcher dissects a cow's head as if from a Show It will be.

Farmhouse area in the central Rungis market in Paris

In the video that accompanies this article you will see a part of said Show.

During your trip you can see the great commercial activity in this wholesale market, and between the different ships you will move on the Rungis bus.

In the dairy products you can see the cheeses, of which more than 400 references are traded in the central market. That is why it should not surprise you that it is the largest cheese market in the world.

Here you will have a cheese tasting.

Organic products in the central Rungis market in Paris

The next visit will be dedicated to the fruit and vegetable area, the largest and commercial activity, with several ships, 750,000 tons per year and 195 companies, and where you can also tour the new ship dedicated to biological products.

It will undoubtedly be one of the most outstanding parts of your visit for the great color of fruits and vegetables and its very careful presentation.

Your visit of the central market will end in the flower selling ship, whose activity today is clearly decreasing.

Cheeses at the central Rungis market in Paris

This is due to how the commercialization of fresh flowers develops throughout the world thanks to Internet, because every day from the producing countries of South America, such as Ecuador or Colombia, and from Africa, they are transported by plane to Holland, from where they are distributed throughout Europe by means of trucks.

To complete the visit, which will take you about three hours, you can enjoy a excellent breakfast in a brasserie from the market, which will allow you to regain strength before being transferred to your hotel around 9 in the morning.

Flowers at the Rungis central market in Paris

He price of the visit of the central market of Paris It is 80 euros.

Pictures central market Rungis Paris

Here you have more photos of the visit of the central market of Paris.




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Video: France's Rungis: The biggest fresh product market in the world (March 2024).