Markets in Mataró

Staying in City Centre puts you within easy walking distance of the main markets and the seafront. The central streets have a good mix of hotels and apartments to suit different budgets.

If you prefer a bit more comfort, Hotel Colón Mataró is a solid choice and well placed for exploring the city on foot. Booking somewhere central means you can head out early to catch the best of the morning market stalls without any fuss.

The five street markets are weekly, outdoor, and they vary enormously in size. Pla d'en Boet Market is the largest market in the city by some distance, with 150 stalls covering clothing, footwear, fresh fruit, fresh vegetables, and fish and seafood.

Two of the five have a speciality. The Escorxador weekly market puts its 25 stalls behind organic produce, local honey, and nuts and dried fruits, and the Tereses Square market sticks to clothing and footwear across 15 stalls. The Cerdanyola and Cirera Molins markets are general neighbourhood fixtures, selling fruit, vegetables, meat, bread and pastries, and clothing.

You can find current market schedules on the Visit Mataró tourism website.

The four municipal markets are neighbourhood halls rather than one central building, and each carries the same everyday range of fresh vegetables, fruit, meat, fish, and cheese and dairy. Three of them, Cuba Square, Gran Square and Cerdanyola, run 25 indoor stalls apiece, while stall numbers at Puríssima Concepció have not been confirmed.

Gran Square Market is known locally as El Rengle and occupies a Catalan Modernist building where the stalls face outward onto the street. Cuba Square Market adds tastings and cooking workshops to its trading week, giving it a community role beyond the daily shop.

Saturday is the main market day in Mataró, with eight of the city's nine markets trading. Thursday is the next busiest at five, and Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday each have four open. Monday is the quiet day, when only one market in the city trades.

No, none of Mataró's nine markets trade on a Sunday. Saturday is the day to plan around instead, when eight of them open, including the 150-stall Pla d'en Boet street market and the covered municipal halls. Most close by 2pm, so the morning is the window.

Markets in Mataró usually open at 8am and close at 2pm. That applies both to the municipal halls, which trade most weekday mornings, and to the weekly street markets, which pack up at the same hour. Nothing here runs into the afternoon, so go before midday.

Across Mataró's nine markets you'll find fresh fruit and vegetables, fish and seafood, meat and poultry, bread and bakery, cheese and dairy, nuts and dried fruits, local honey, spices and herbs, prepared foods and organic produce. The street markets add clothing, textiles, footwear and leather goods.