Markets in Malpica

Malpica is a small fishing town, so your best bet is staying close to the waterfront or the old centre, where you can walk to the market and explore the harbour on foot. Try Town Centre for easy access to everything, or look for a rural guesthouse just outside town if you prefer a quieter base.

For a comfortable stay with good local character, Harbour Area puts you right in the heart of things, with the fish market and local shops just minutes away.

The Malpica Maritime Market is an outdoor street market that runs Thursday to Sunday, from late morning into the evening, and brings a different character to the town's market scene. Stalls here focus on handicrafts and prepared foods alongside fresh fruit and vegetables, making it a good stop for browsing local crafts as well as picking up produce. The number of stalls is not fixed, so the scale can vary week to week.

If you're travelling along the coast, the A Coruña province markets page covers the wider region. Nearby towns including Carballo and Ponteceso also have markets worth combining with a visit to Malpica.

Malpica Market is the town's main indoor hall, located on Rúa Patria Galega, open Monday to Saturday from 9am to 2pm with around 10 stalls. The range here is practical and locally sourced: fresh vegetables, fish and seafood brought in from the nearby port, meat and poultry, and Galician cheese and dairy. It's a compact market, but the quality reflects Malpica's status as a working harbour town. For more on what the municipality offers, visit the Concello de Malpica website.

Malpica has markets running most days of the week. Malpica Market, the indoor municipal hall, opens Monday to Saturday from 9am to 2pm, while the outdoor Malpica Maritime Market runs Thursday to Sunday. Thursday, Friday and Saturday are when both are open at once.

Yes, the Malpica Maritime Market trades on a Sunday. It's the only one of the town's two markets open that day, since the indoor Malpica Market closes for the week on Saturday.

Malpica Market, the town's indoor municipal hall on Rúa Patria Galega, has around 10 stalls. It sells fresh vegetables, fish and seafood, meat and poultry, and Galician cheese and dairy, sourced from the surrounding harbour town.

Between them, Malpica's two markets cover fresh vegetables, fish and seafood, meat and poultry, cheese and dairy, prepared foods, fresh fruit and handicrafts. The indoor Malpica Market handles the fresh produce and seafood, while the outdoor Maritime Market adds handicrafts and prepared foods.