Markets in Valencian Community

Saturday is the busiest market day in the Valencian Community, with 275 of the 596 markets trading. Thursday and Friday follow on 218 each, then Wednesday on 196, Tuesday on 177 and Monday on 164. Sunday is the quietest of the seven, with 146 markets trading across the three provinces.

Markets in the Valencian Community most commonly open at 09:00 and close at 14:00, so the morning is the window to plan around. Street markets in particular are packed away by early afternoon, and with 490 of the region's 596 markets being street markets, arriving after two often means an empty square.

Farmers' markets in the Valencian Community are the weekly mercadillos, and 490 of the region's 596 markets are that type, each setting up on one named day in a square or along a street. The coast carries them densely for its size: Denia has 10, Santa Pola and Villajoyosa 9 each, and Xàbia, Calpe and Orihuela 7 apiece.

The Valencian Community has 596 markets listed here across 164 towns and cities, of which 490 are street markets and 106 are municipal market buildings. Valencia province holds 276 of them, Alicante 242 and Castellón 78. Valencia city alone has 45, more than any other town in the region.

Almost certainly. Every day has markets trading somewhere across the three provinces, from 146 on a Sunday up to 275 on a Saturday. Whether one particular market is open today depends on its own trading day, which is given on its page.

Yes, Alicante province has 242 of the Valencian Community's 596 markets, more than Castellón's 78 and just below Valencia province's 276. Within the province, the city of Alicante itself accounts for 23 and Elche for 22, the two largest markets any single town holds outside Valencia city.