Markets in Arrecife

Staying in City Centre puts you within easy walking distance of the main markets and the seafront promenade. The Hotel Lancelot is a solid, well-located option right by the water, and the Hotel Arrecife Gran Hotel & Spa offers a more comfortable base if you want extra facilities after a day of exploring.

If you prefer a quieter spot, La Marina is a good shout, with easy access to the harbour area and the town centre. Wherever you stay, Arrecife is compact enough that most markets are never far away.

The Arrecife Local Street Market is the city's outdoor market, with around 30 stalls setting up from 9am on Saturdays. Stalls focus on clothing, footwear and jewellery, giving it a practical rather than a craft character, and traders take cash, contactless and mobile payments. It is a morning market, so come early rather than after lunch.

For a broader market experience on the island, nearby Teguise runs one of the largest Sunday markets in the Canary Islands, and Haría holds a popular Saturday craft market. Both are easy day trips from Arrecife. You can find further information about getting around the island on the Lanzarote tourism website.

Grande Chinese Market is the city's indoor municipal market, on C. Paraguay just back from the seafront, and it opens Monday to Saturday from 9am to 2pm. It carries clothing and textiles, footwear and leather goods, jewellery, handicrafts, books and magazines, which is the widest spread of the two markets here.

Because it is covered, it trades regardless of the wind coming off the harbour, and it is the fallback on any day other than Saturday when the street market is not out. The building is wheelchair accessible, and stalls take cash, contactless and mobile payments.

The Arrecife Local Street Market runs on Saturdays, setting up from 9am, and the city's indoor municipal market, Grande Chinese Market, opens Monday to Saturday from 9am to 2pm. Saturday is the only day of the week both are trading, and neither one opens on a Sunday.

Markets in Arrecife open at 9am. Grande Chinese Market trades from 9am to 2pm, Monday to Saturday, and the Arrecife Local Street Market sets up from 9am on Saturday. Both are morning markets, so a visit before lunch is a safer plan than an afternoon one.

No, neither of Arrecife's two markets opens on a Sunday. Grande Chinese Market trades Monday to Saturday, 9am to 2pm, and the street market runs on Saturdays only. For a Sunday market on Lanzarote you would need to travel inland to Teguise, an easy day trip from Arrecife.

The Arrecife Local Street Market's 30 stalls sell clothing and textiles, footwear and leather goods, and jewellery, rather than food. The indoor Grande Chinese Market adds handicrafts, books and magazines to that mix. Both are wheelchair accessible and stalls take cash, contactless and mobile payments.