5 markets tracked in Motril.
Five markets trade in Motril, four of them street markets and one a covered municipal hall, and between them they cover every day of the week except Sunday. Friday is the busiest day, with three markets open at once. Most start at 9am and finish by 3pm, and what's on the stalls runs from fish and seafood, fresh fruit and vegetables through to clothing, footwear, jewellery, antiques and handicrafts.
Staying in Town Centre puts you within easy walking distance of the main market areas and the daily food market. It's a practical base with plenty of cafés and restaurants to fill the gaps between browsing stalls.
If you prefer something closer to the coast, Playa de Motril is just a few kilometres away and has a good selection of hotels. The drive into town is short, and you'll find it a quieter option if you're combining a market visit with some time by the sea.
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The four street markets are where the variety is. The largest is a summer night market of 150 stalls, six times the size of the covered market and the biggest single trading day in Motril by some distance. The others are smaller weekday and weekend markets, one of them given over largely to antiques and second-hand goods, another to locally made craft work.
Across the four you'll find clothing and textiles, footwear and leather, jewellery, handicrafts, books and magazines, antiques and prepared foods, alongside fruit and vegetable pitches.
Runs every Friday from 9pm to 1am along Paseo de la Playa de Poniente. An outdoor craft and commerce fair with handicrafts, jewellery, textiles and prepared food stalls.
Handicrafts · Jewelry · Clothing & Textiles · Prepared Foods
Runs every Saturday from 9am to 2pm in Plaza de las Hermanas Mercedarias. Fifty stalls of antiques, clothing and textiles, and handicrafts.
Antiques · Clothing & Textiles · Handicrafts
Around 40 outdoor stalls selling clothing, footwear, jewellery and handicrafts, trading every Tuesday and Friday from 9am to 2pm.
Clothing & Textiles · Footwear & Leather · Handicrafts · Jewelry · Books & Magazines
Runs Wednesday evenings from 8pm to midnight in June, July and August only, with 150 stalls along Motril's Playa de Poniente promenade.
Fresh Fruits · Clothing & Textiles · Footwear & Leather · Handicrafts · Jewelry
Motril's single municipal market is the city's everyday food shop rather than a sight to tick off. Around 25 indoor stalls cover fish and seafood, meat and poultry, fresh fruit and vegetables, bread and bakery, and cheese and dairy, which makes it the one place in town where a full week's shopping can be done under a single roof.
Because it trades indoors on a fixed weekly schedule, it is the fallback whichever day you arrive, and it keeps the same 9am to 3pm pattern as the outdoor markets.
An indoor municipal market on Avenida San Agustín in Motril with 25 stalls selling fish and seafood, meat, fruit, vegetables, bread and cheese, open Monday to Saturday 9am to 3pm.
Fresh Fruits · Fresh Vegetables · Meat & Poultry · Fish & Seafood · Bread & Bakery · Cheese & Dairy
Motril trades six days a week. Friday is the fullest, with three markets running; Tuesday, Wednesday and Saturday have two each; Monday and Thursday have one. Nothing sets up on a Sunday.
Opening hours are consistent across the city: 9am is the usual start and 3pm the usual finish, so a morning covers everything comfortably. All five have a confirmed trading day on record.
Motril is the main commercial centre of the Costa Tropical, and its markets sit alongside those of the wider province of Granada. Practical visitor and local services information is available on the Motril town council website.
Friday is the busiest market day in Motril, with three of the city's five markets trading at once. Tuesday, Wednesday and Saturday each have two, Monday and Thursday one apiece, and no market sets up on a Sunday. Trading on any of those days generally starts at 9am and finishes by 3pm.
Markets in Motril open at 9am and close at 3pm, the standard pattern across all five. The covered municipal market keeps the same hours indoors, so a single morning is enough to see it and whichever street market is running that day. Friday is the day to aim for, when three of the five are open within those hours.
Motril's fresh produce is sold through its covered municipal market rather than a separate farmers market. Its 25 stalls carry fresh fruit and vegetables, fish and seafood, meat and poultry, bread and cheese, from 9am to 3pm. Several of the city's four street markets also run fruit and vegetable pitches.
Motril has five markets: four street markets and one covered municipal market. The largest is a summer night market of 150 stalls, while the municipal hall holds around 25. Between them they trade Monday to Saturday, most often from 9am to 3pm.
Motril's markets sell fish and seafood, meat and poultry, fresh fruit and vegetables, bread, cheese and prepared foods, alongside clothing and textiles, footwear and leather, jewellery, handicrafts, books and antiques. The fresh food is concentrated in the 25-stall covered municipal market, while the four street markets carry the clothing, craft and second-hand pitches.
No, none of Motril's five markets trades on a Sunday. The city's markets run Monday to Saturday, with Friday the fullest at three open at once and Monday and Thursday the quietest with one each. Hours are usually 9am to 3pm, so a Saturday morning, when two are trading, is the nearest alternative.
