Ardales Municipal Market

Ardales Municipal Market is the town's covered food hall, at Calle Real 7 in the centre of Ardales, and it trades from 8am to 3pm seven days a week rather than on one market day. Eight stalls cover meat, fish, fruit, vegetables and prepared food, which makes it an everyday food shop rather than an event to time a visit around. It is listed alongside the rest of the markets in Ardales and with the town's other municipal markets.

About Ardales Municipal Market

The hours are the same every day of the week: 8am to 3pm on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Sunday trading is the unusual part, since most covered markets in Málaga province close for it, and it is worth knowing if you are in the area at the weekend.

Eight stalls is a small hall, and it is laid out for a town doing its daily shopping rather than for a crowd. Everything is indoors, so the weather makes no difference to a visit, and the market is wheelchair accessible.

Both cash and credit cards are accepted. Acceptance is not guaranteed to be uniform across eight independent stalls, so it is worth having some cash on you for a single counter that only takes it.

What to buy at Ardales Municipal Market

The counters split into five categories: meat and poultry, fish and seafood, fresh fruit, fresh vegetables and prepared food. With only eight stalls, that means one or two traders per category rather than a row of competing butchers, and the fish counter is the one worth arriving early for.

The prepared food stalls are the reason a visitor with no kitchen can still make the trip worthwhile, though the record does not list a bar or a sit-down counter here, so plan to take anything you buy away with you.

How to get to Ardales Municipal Market

The market is at C. Real, 7, 29550 Ardales, on the street running through the middle of town, so it is a short walk from anywhere in the centre once you have parked. The full postal address is useful for a satnav, since Calle Real is long and the hall sits partway along it.

Ardales is inland from the coast in Málaga province, reached by road from the capital. If you are working through the area, the other markets in the province are listed on the Málaga province page.

Where to stay in Ardales

Ardales is a small town, so your best bet is to stay centrally in Town Centre, where you can easily walk to the municipal market and the surrounding streets. For a more rural feel, the area around Ardales Countryside has some good rural accommodation options, putting you close to both the market and the nearby Caminito del Rey.

What time does Ardales Municipal Market open?

Ardales Municipal Market opens at 8am and trades until 3pm, seven days a week including Sunday. The hours are identical every day, so there is no single market day to plan around. All eight stalls are under cover, which means the times hold whatever the weather is doing outside.

Where is Ardales Municipal Market?

Ardales Municipal Market is at C. Real, 7, 29550 Ardales, in Málaga province, on the street that runs through the centre of the town. The hall is indoors and wheelchair accessible, and it sits close enough to the rest of the centre that most people reach it on foot.

What is sold at Ardales Municipal Market?

Ardales Municipal Market sells meat and poultry, fish and seafood, fresh fruit, fresh vegetables and prepared food across its eight stalls. That covers a full day's shopping rather than a specialist trip, and the same mix is there every day of the week, because the market trades Monday to Sunday on the same hours.

Does Ardales Municipal Market take cards?

Yes, Ardales Municipal Market accepts both cash and credit cards. Acceptance can still vary from one of the eight independent stalls to the next, so carry some cash for a smaller purchase. The market is also wheelchair accessible, and it opens from 8am to 3pm every day of the week.