Markets in Zarautz

Staying in Town Centre puts you within easy walking distance of the market areas and the long sandy beach. The town is compact, so you won't need a car to get around once you're here.

For a comfortable base, Hotel Zarautz is a solid central option, and Beachfront has several smaller guesthouses and hotels if you want to wake up close to the water. Book early in summer, as this is a popular surf town and places fill up fast.

Every published market in Zarautz is a street market, so everything here trades outdoors rather than under a hall roof. The biggest of the three is the Medieval Fair Zarautz, at 90 stalls, and it is weighted towards handicrafts and clothing rather than groceries. The other two are smaller and split between organic food and clothing, which means a Friday visit and a Saturday visit give you genuinely different stalls.

Across the three, the produce on sale covers fresh fruit, fresh vegetables, cheese and dairy, bread and bakery goods and certified organic products, alongside clothing, footwear and leather goods and handmade crafts. Carry cash: on small Gipuzkoa street markets, card acceptance varies from one trader to the next.

The Gipuzkoa markets page covers the rest of the province, including nearby Donostia-San Sebastián. The Zarautz town council publishes local event and market information at zarautz.eus, which is the place to check for fair weeks and public-holiday changes.

Zarautz street markets trade on Fridays and Saturdays. One of the town's three markets runs on each of those two days, and the third does not carry a confirmed day, so check that one before making a special trip for it. All three set up outdoors in the town rather than in a covered hall.

Markets in Zarautz usually open at 10am and finish at 2pm, which is the standard pattern across the town's three street markets. Arrive by midday and you will have the run of the stalls with the traders still fully set up; by 2pm most of them are packing away for the day.

The Medieval Fair Zarautz is the largest market in Zarautz, with 90 stalls. It is built around handicrafts and clothing rather than groceries, and the medieval theme sets it apart from the town's two smaller street markets, one of which concentrates on organic food and the other on clothing and footwear.

No, none of the three markets in Zarautz is a covered municipal market hall. All of them are outdoor street markets. If you want an indoor food market on this stretch of coast, look at the other towns on the Gipuzkoa province page.

Stalls in Zarautz sell fresh fruit and vegetables, cheese and dairy, bread and bakery goods and certified organic produce, alongside handicrafts, clothing and footwear and leather. The organic market is the one to aim for if you are shopping to eat, while the 90-stall medieval fair is the better bet for crafts and gifts.