{"id":81884,"date":"2015-11-16T16:15:00","date_gmt":"2015-11-16T16:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/flytographedev.wpenginepowered.com\/blog\/food-fun-at-la-merced-mexico-city-vacation-photographer\/"},"modified":"2026-01-27T23:20:54","modified_gmt":"2026-01-28T07:20:54","slug":"food-fun-at-la-merced-mexico-city-vacation-photographer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flyphotoprod.wpenginepowered.com\/blog\/food-fun-at-la-merced-mexico-city-vacation-photographer\/","title":{"rendered":"Food &#038; Fun at La Merced"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>See more: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flytographer.com\/blog?tag=couples\">couples<\/a> \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flytographer.com\/blog?category=Mexico+City\">Mexico City<\/a><\/p>\n<p>      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.flytographer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Flytographer Vacation Photographer in Mexico City.jpgFlytographer Vacation Photographer in Mexico City\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2008\/09\/05\/AR2008090501858.html\">La Merced<\/a> is Mexico City\u2019s oldest and largest food market, and an adventure in itself. Divided into seven zones, each dedicated to a specific type of food, the market covers nearly a mile and is bustling with vendors and shoppers all day long.&nbsp;Stock up on every possible type of chile, cactus, meat and vegetable for a traditional Mexican feast, or keep it simple and order from one of the many food kiosks, as Michael and Joanie did when they met with Flytographer <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flytographer.com\/vacation-photographers\/your-vacation-photographer-in-mexico-city-meet-valeria\">Valeria<\/a> for an early-morning market shoot.<\/p>\n<p>      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.flytographer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/5ad00132a2646_Flytographer Vacation Photographer in Mexico City.jpgFlytographer Vacation Photographer in Mexico City\" alt=\"\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.flytographer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/5ad00134321d8_Flytographer Vacation Photographer in Mexico City.jpgFlytographer Vacation Photographer in Mexico City\" alt=\"\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.flytographer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/5ad00135ab92b_Flytographer Vacation Photographer in Mexico City.jpgFlytographer Vacation Photographer in Mexico City\" alt=\"\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.flytographer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/5ad001372648d_Flytographer Vacation Photographer in Mexico City.jpgFlytographer Vacation Photographer in Mexico City\" alt=\"\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.flytographer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/5ad00138ac932_Flytographer Vacation Photographer in Mexico City.jpgFlytographer Vacation Photographer in Mexico City\" alt=\"\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.flytographer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/5ad0013a50d2d_Flytographer Vacation Photographer in Mexico City.jpgFlytographer Vacation Photographer in Mexico City\" alt=\"\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.flytographer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/5ad0013c04f73_Flytographer Vacation Photographer in Mexico City.jpgFlytographer Vacation Photographer in Mexico City\" alt=\"\">\n<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.flytographer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/5ad0013d90397_Flytographer Vacation Photographer in Mexico City.jpgFlytographer Vacation Photographer in Mexico City\" alt=\" Flytographer: Valeria in Mexico City \"><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Flytographer: Valeria in Mexico City<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"sqs-block-button-container--center\" data-alignment=\"center\" data-button-size=\"medium\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.flytographer.com\/destinations\" class=\"sqs-block-button-element--medium sqs-block-button-element\">Check out our Destinations<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"sqs-block-button-container--center\" data-alignment=\"center\" data-button-size=\"medium\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.flytographer.com\/book#gift-cards\" class=\"sqs-block-button-element--medium sqs-block-button-element\">gift cards make great gifts<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"et_social_bottom_trigger\"><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>See more: couples \u2013 Mexico City La Merced is Mexico City\u2019s oldest and largest food market, and an adventure in itself. Divided into seven zones, each dedicated to a specific type of food, the market covers nearly a mile and is bustling with vendors and shoppers all day long.&nbsp;Stock up on every possible type of chile, cactus, meat and vegetable&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":85313,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_lmt_disableupdate":"yes","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-81884","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-flytographer"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Food &amp; Fun at La Merced | Flytographer<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"La Merced is Mexico City&#039;s oldest and largest food market, and an adventure in itself. 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