San Pedro Alcántara Municipal Market

Monday to Friday the hall runs a six-hour day, 8am to 2pm. On Saturday it closes at noon, two hours earlier, so a late Saturday morning leaves very little of it. Sunday it does not open at all.

Twenty-five stalls is a working town market rather than a large city hall, and the whole of it is indoors and under cover. It is recorded as wheelchair accessible, which is a real reason to choose it over an open-air alternative. Stalls take cash and mobile payments; card payment is not among the market's recorded options, so bring euros. The market's phone number is +34 609 052 678.

Six food categories are represented across the 25 stalls: fish and seafood, meat and poultry, fresh fruit, fresh vegetables, cheese and dairy, and bread and bakery goods. There is no clothing and no household goods recorded here, so everything under the roof is an ingredient.

Fish and seafood counters are the section a visiting cook is most likely to come for on this stretch of coast, and the bakery is the obvious last stop on the way out.

Staying close to the centre of San Pedro Alcántara puts you within easy walking distance of the municipal market and the main shopping street. Try Centro for the most convenient base, or look at options along Avenida Marqués del Duero if you want to be on the town's main avenue.

If you prefer staying near the beach, the coastal strip is a short ride from the market, and you'll find plenty of apartments and hotels along San Pedro de Alcántara Beachfront that work well as a base for exploring both the town and the coast.

The market's address is Calle Caravaca, 1, 29670 San Pedro Alcántara, in the province of Málaga. Because it is an indoor hall, the trading floor is under cover from the door onwards. San Pedro Alcántara's street markets are listed separately if you are looking for the open-air kind, and the rest of the province is on the Málaga markets page.