Markets in Cornellà de Llobregat

Cornellà sits right on the edge of Barcelona, so staying in the City Centre puts you within walking distance of several of the six markets.

If you want more choice, the nearby L'Hospitalet de Llobregat area has a wider range of hotels at reasonable prices, and you are a short ride from Cornellà's market days from there.

Five of the six markets are street markets, and they are what gives the city its variety. Between them you'll find clothing and footwear stalls, fresh fruit and vegetables, flowers and plants, handicrafts and jewellery, and a second-hand market for pre-owned clothing, books and antiques. They set up across different neighbourhoods rather than in one square, so which one you visit depends as much on where you are staying as on the day. Each trades weekly on its own fixed day, so you can string two together on a Thursday or a Sunday.

There is one municipal market in the city, and it is the place to head for produce grown on the doorstep. Cornellà borders the Baix Llobregat agricultural park, and growers from the park bring fruit, vegetables, honey, olive oil and certified organic produce in on Sundays, which is why it is the market people mean when they ask about a farmers market here. It is covered, so wet weather does not stop it. The regional tourism board has more on the park itself at Turisme Baix Llobregat.

Thursday is the busiest day, with two markets trading, and Sunday matches it with another two. Tuesday and Saturday each have one, while Monday, Wednesday and Friday have nothing scheduled. The usual hours are 10:00 to 14:00, and produce sellers thin out towards the end of the morning, so go early if fruit and vegetables are what you came for.

Most markets in Cornellà de Llobregat open at 10:00 and pack up at 14:00, so a morning visit is the only one that works. Thursday and Sunday each have two markets trading and Tuesday and Saturday one apiece, and produce stalls tend to sell down well before the closing hour.

Yes, Cornellà de Llobregat's municipal market is the city's farmers market, trading on Sundays with growers from the neighbouring Baix Llobregat agricultural park. They bring fruit, vegetables, local honey, olive oil and certified organic produce, and the hall is covered, so rain does not stop it.

Thursday is the busiest market day in Cornellà de Llobregat, with two of the city's six markets trading, and Sunday matches it with another two. Tuesday and Saturday have one each, and nothing is scheduled on Monday, Wednesday or Friday, so those three days are the ones not to plan a trip around.

Fresh fruit and vegetables turn up at several of Cornellà de Llobregat's street markets, but the farm-direct option is the covered municipal market on Sundays, where Baix Llobregat growers sell local honey, olive oil and certified organic produce alongside the fruit and veg. Most stalls trade 10:00 to 14:00.

Cornellà de Llobregat has six markets, five street markets and one municipal market, all inside the same municipality in Barcelona province. They cover four days of the week, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday, and the largest of them is the Marsans weekly market with 75 stalls.