Campanario Food Market

Campanario Food Market (Mercado de Abastos Campanario) is the indoor municipal market on Calle Parador in Campanario, a town in the La Serena area of Badajoz province, Extremadura. Twenty stalls trade here from 9am to 2pm, Monday to Saturday, and the whole building is wheelchair accessible, which makes it the easiest place in town to do a full food shop in one stop.

About Campanario Food Market

This is a working produce market rather than a sightseeing stop. Trade runs six mornings a week and by 2pm the shutters are down. Sunday it stays shut, so a weekend visitor gets the Saturday session or nothing.

Twenty stalls is few enough that you can walk the whole floor in a couple of minutes and compare the counters before you commit. Everything is under one roof, which keeps an Extremadura summer morning outside.

What to buy at Campanario Food Market

Five product lines cover an everyday shop: fresh fruit, fresh vegetables, meat and poultry, fish and seafood, and bread and bakery goods.

The fish and seafood counter is the one worth reaching early, since Campanario sits well inland and what arrives is what there is. Meat and poultry is the other draw over a supermarket run. Both cash and cards are accepted, though coins are still handy for a loaf or a bag of fruit.

How to get to Campanario Food Market

The address is C. Parador, 2, 06460 Campanario. The town is compact enough that the market is a short walk from most of it, and arriving by car is realistic for anyone coming from elsewhere in this spread-out part of Badajoz province. Aim for 9am to midday.

To see what else trades locally, compare the other municipal markets in Campanario and the street markets in Campanario, which run on their own days.

Where to stay in Campanario

Campanario is small, so a room in the town centre puts Calle Parador within a few minutes' walk and gets you to the market before the 2pm close without needing the car. If you are working through several markets across La Serena, Castuera is the more practical base.

What are the opening hours of Campanario Food Market?

Campanario Food Market opens Monday to Saturday from 9am to 2pm and is closed all day Sunday. There is no afternoon session, so every counter is a morning proposition. Saturday is the last trading day of the week, and the market does not open again until Monday morning at 9am.

What can you buy at Campanario Food Market?

Campanario Food Market's 20 stalls sell fresh fruit, fresh vegetables, meat and poultry, fish and seafood, and bread and bakery goods, which covers a full weekly food shop. With only 20 counters the whole floor takes a couple of minutes to walk, so you can compare produce before buying.

Can you pay by card at Campanario Food Market?

Yes, Campanario Food Market takes both cash and credit cards. Coins are still worth carrying for a loaf at the bakery or a bag of fruit. The market's 20 stalls trade from 9am to 2pm, Monday to Saturday, on Calle Parador, so card or not, you need to get there in the morning.

Is Campanario Food Market wheelchair accessible?

Yes, Campanario Food Market is wheelchair accessible. The building is entirely indoors, so all 20 stalls are reached under cover rather than across open ground, whatever the weather. It is on Calle Parador in the centre of Campanario and opens Monday to Saturday, 9am to 2pm.