Joaquín Luna

Mérida


This is the place for extremeño deli items, such as top-notch jamón from Extremadura and Torta del Casar cheese. It also sells mini rolls called pulguitas filled with jamón (€1.50), and has a lunch special of a ración of jamón (or lomo), another of sheep's cheese (or Torta del Casar cheese), two beers and two bottles of water for just €12.90.


Lonely Planet's must-see attractions

Nearby Mérida attractions

1. Museo Nacional de Arte Romano

0.05 MILES

Even if you visit only a handful of Mérida's sights, make sure one of them is this fabulous museum, which has a superb three-floor collection of statues,…

2. Anfiteatro

0.14 MILES

Attached to the grand Teatro Romano, the (slightly less dazzling) Anfiteatro opened in 8 BCE for gladiatorial contests and held 14,000; the gladiator…

3. Pórtico del Foro

0.15 MILES

The restored 1st-century Pórtico del Foro, the municipal forum's portico, is 100m northeast up Calle de Sagasta from the Templo de Diana.

4. Teatro Romano

0.15 MILES

Mérida's most spectacular Roman monument, and the only one to once again fulfil its original function – by hosting performances during the Festival…

5. Casa del Anfiteatro

0.19 MILES

Outside the main gate to the Roman theatre, the Casa del Anfiteatro, a 3rd-century mansion, has some reasonable floor mosaics but was closed for…

6. Templo de Diana

0.23 MILES

The soaring columns here are one of Mérida's most dramatic, incongruous sights, surrounded as they are by the buildings of a modern Spanish city…

7. Cripta de Santa Eulalia

0.24 MILES

This basilica was built in the 5th century in honour of Mérida's pat­ron saint, who is said to have been martyred in the 4th century. It was then…

8. Los Columbarios

0.3 MILES

This garden-fringed Roman funeral site contains two well-preserved 4th-century crypts and is decently documented (in Spanish) and illustrated. A footpath…