Markets in Vic

Staying in the Ciutat Vella puts you a few minutes' walk from the main market square. The Hotel Montserrat Vic and Parador de Vic-Sau are both solid options, offering comfortable bases without straying far from the action.

If you prefer something quieter, the area around Eixample gives you easy access to the centre while keeping you away from early-morning market noise. Wherever you stay, Vic is compact enough that nothing feels out of reach on foot.

The general market, which runs on Tuesdays and Saturdays, is the big one, with around 100 stalls of fresh fruit and vegetables, meat and poultry, flowers and plants, clothing and footwear. It is a practical weekly shop for people who live here rather than a tourist set piece, and it is worth arriving before midday, when the produce traders still have a full counter.

The other five are specialists, and they are what give the city an unusual amount of market for its size: antiques and secondhand stalls, handicrafts, painting and drawing, a record fair, and a Sunday market mixing produce with crafts and clothing.

Saturday is much the busiest day in Vic, with five markets trading. Tuesday has one, the 100-stall general market, and Sunday has one. Nothing runs on a Monday, Wednesday, Thursday or Friday. Opening times are consistent across all six, with stalls out by 9am and most packed away by 2pm, so a morning is enough to cover more than one of them on foot.

Vic's street markets trade on Tuesday, Saturday and Sunday. Saturday is by far the busiest, with five of the city's six markets running, while Tuesday and Sunday each have one. The 100-stall general market is the one that covers both Tuesday and Saturday, and most stalls are packed away by 2pm.

Yes, Vic has one street market on a Sunday, a mixed market selling fresh fruit and vegetables, clothing and handicrafts. Sunday is the quietest of the city's three trading days: the other five markets, including the 100-stall general market, run on Tuesday and Saturday instead.

Vic has six markets, all of them outdoor street markets. There is no covered municipal market hall in the city, so every trader sets up in the open. The largest is the Vic Tuesday & Saturday Market at around 100 stalls, and the other five are smaller specialist markets.

Markets in Vic open at 9am and finish at about 2pm. That pattern holds across all six of the city's street markets, so arrive before midday for the fullest choice of stalls. Fresh produce, meat and flower traders in particular start packing down well before the close.

Stalls in Vic sell fresh fruit and vegetables, meat and poultry, flowers and plants, clothing and textiles, footwear and leather, jewellery, handicrafts and antiques. The 100-stall Tuesday and Saturday market carries the broadest mix, while each of the five smaller markets concentrates on one category, from secondhand goods to records.