Markets in El Campello

Staying near the water puts you within walking distance of most of the markets. Try El Campello Town Centre for the most convenient base, or look along El Campello Seafront if you want the sea on your doorstep. You won't need a car once you have checked in.

El Campello Sunday Market on Avinguda Ausiàs March is the biggest in town, with 60 outdoor stalls selling fresh fruit and vegetables, flowers and plants, clothing and footwear. It is the easiest to reach for anyone arriving on the TRAM line from Alicante.

The other three are smaller and more specialised. The El Campello Municipal Street Market runs 40 stalls of clothing, footwear and handicrafts in the town centre, the El Campello Port Street Market fills Carrer de les Drassanes near the fishing harbour with 30 stalls of clothing, jewellery, footwear and handicrafts, and the Sustainable Christmas Market is a seasonal handicrafts and prepared-foods market.

Pla Barraques Market is the town's only covered market, a weekly hall of 25 indoor stalls selling fresh fruit and vegetables, meat and poultry, prepared foods and clothing. It is the practical stop when the weather is against you.

Something trades on four days of the week here. Sunday is busiest by a distance, with four of the five markets open; Wednesday and Saturday each have two, and Friday has one. Monday, Tuesday and Thursday have nothing. The town's market and commerce department publishes changes during local fiestas and public holidays. Villajoyosa and Sant Joan d'Alacant are both a short TRAM ride away, and the rest of the Alicante province page covers the wider Costa Blanca.

Yes, two of El Campello's five markets trade on a Wednesday, one of them the 40-stall Municipal Street Market in the town centre. Wednesday and Saturday are the town's second-busiest market days, behind Sunday, and both keep the usual 9am to 2pm hours, so treat a Wednesday visit as a morning one.

Yes, El Campello Sunday Market sets up on Avinguda Ausiàs March with 60 stalls, the largest in the town, selling fresh fruit and vegetables, flowers and plants, clothing and footwear. It is one of four El Campello markets trading on a Sunday, which makes Sunday the best single day to come.

Markets in El Campello open at 9am and close at 2pm, the usual pattern across all five, the four street markets and the covered Pla Barraques hall. There is no afternoon trading in the town, so arrive before midday; by one o'clock the outdoor traders are starting to pack away.

El Campello's markets sell fresh fruit and vegetables, meat and poultry, prepared foods, flowers and plants, clothing and textiles, footwear and leather, jewellery and handicrafts. The covered Pla Barraques hall carries most of the food side, while the four street markets lean towards clothing, footwear and handicrafts.