Markets in Badalona

Badalona has nine markets: four covered municipal halls and five street markets, all within the city itself. The largest street market, Montigalà Market, runs to 150 stalls, while the biggest of the covered halls, Bufalà Market, has 25. Between them they trade on every day of the week.

Badalona's markets most commonly open at 07:00 and close at 14:00, the covered halls and the street markets alike. Individual times vary, so check a market's own page before setting out. The last hour is the quietest, with fish and produce stalls often sold out or packing down before closing.

Yes, Badalona has at least one market open on every day of the week. Four or five of the nine trade from Monday to Saturday, with Tuesday the busiest at five, and Sunday drops to a single market. Most run 07:00 to 14:00, so a morning visit is the safe plan.

Fresh fruit and vegetables are on sale across Badalona's markets, in the four covered municipal halls from Monday to Saturday and at whichever of the five street markets is running that morning. The same stalls sell meat and poultry, fish and seafood, cheese and dairy, and bread, usually between 07:00 and 14:00.

Yes, five of Badalona's nine markets trade on a Saturday, the same number as on Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday. That is a mix of covered municipal halls and street markets, most of them working from 07:00 to 14:00. Sunday is the day to watch, when only one market opens.

Badalona's markets are signposted as mercats in Catalan and mercados in Spanish, with the open-air ones known as mercadillos. French visitors searching for a marché in Badalona are looking for the same nine markets covered here, five of them street markets and four covered municipal halls.