Valencia Markets

Shopping in Valencia

Explore the variety of Valencia markets this lovely city is so famous for! Feast your eyes on the delicious array of fruit and veg and other culinary delights at Mercardo Central (Mercat Central)!

Enjoy the hustle and bustle of local flea markets such as the one at Plaça Redonda and don't miss the market in the beach district of Cabanynal - it's a thriving street market selling clothes and many other useful things.

Plaça/Plaza Redonda
(Off Plaça/Plaza Santa Catalina)

If you're around this area on a Sunday morning don't forget to visit Plaza Redonda. It's a very unusual market locally know as 'el clot' ('the hole').

There's a circular fountain in the middle of Plaza Redonda and the market is full of shops selling ceramics, linen, haberdashery and so on.

There are a few tapas bars inside and many places where you can eat in the surrounding area.

Places to eat in Valencia

Mercado Central is one of the most beautiful buildings in Valencia. It's a masterpiece of modernist architecture and definitely a must to visit. It's incredibly large (possibly the largest in Europe) and very grand. It's covered with ceramics and glass and topped with a parrot!

There are over a 1,000 stalls stacked with anything from whole legs of ham to the freshes seafoods, fish, poultry, cheeses, vegetables and fruit you have ever seen!

CABANYAL MARKET

Every Thursday a very good street market selling clothes, bric a brac and many other things such as fruit and veg. It's held by the beach in Cabanyal and nearby is another excellent mini version of Mercado Central.

There's a huge supermarket called Mercadona which has a wide selection of delicious food. If all this shopping has made you hungry, check out our page on Places to Eat in Valencia.

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