6 markets tracked in Sant Joan d'Alacant.
Sant Joan d'Alacant, still widely called San Juan in Spanish, has six weekly street markets and no municipal market hall, so the mercadillos are where the town does its shopping. It sits just north of Alicante on the Costa Blanca, and between them the six cover fresh fruit and vegetables, clothing, footwear, handicrafts, flowers, organic produce, jewellery and antiques.
Sant Joan d'Alacant is a small town, so your best bet is to stay in the Town Centre, within walking distance of the local markets and the main amenities.
If you prefer to base yourself nearby, Alicante City Centre is a practical choice, with transport links that make day trips into town straightforward and a wider choice of places to eat.
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All six are open-air street markets, spread between the town centre, the Muchavista seafront and Benimagrell. The biggest is the Santa Faz street market at 40 stalls, mixing produce pitches with rails of clothing and footwear, which is the standard Alicante mercadillo pattern.
What sets the town apart is how much of the trade is not food. Two of the six deal in organic produce, one of those pairing it with secondhand clothing, and another is an antiques and vintage rastro. Stalls take cash as a rule, and sellers pack up at the posted closing time, so the first hour is worth the effort.
The town sits between Alicante and El Campello, and the tram linking the two stops here, so you can reach the markets without a car. Muchavista is the easiest to combine with a morning on the beach. Official dates and pitch information are published on the Sant Joan d'Alacant tourism website, and the rest of the province is listed on the Alicante page.
Thursday morning street market on Avenida Elda in Sant Joan d'Alacant, with clothing, footwear, handicrafts, books and plants. Cash only, parking available.
Clothing & Textiles · Handicrafts · Footwear & Leather · Books & Magazines · Flowers & Plants
Runs every Sunday from 9am to 2pm at Plaza de España. This organic-focused market brings local producers and fresh goods to Sant Joan d'Alacant.
Organic Products
Weekly Saturday market with around 30 stalls selling fresh produce and clothing on Carrer del Mercat in Sant Joan d'Alacant.
Fresh Fruits · Fresh Vegetables · Clothing & Textiles
Runs every Sunday from 8am to 3pm in Sant Joan d'Alacant. Browse vintage clothing, textiles, and antiques at this outdoor second-hand market.
Clothing & Textiles · Antiques
Runs every Sunday from 9am to 2pm outside the Casa de Cultura, with stalls given over to organic products and vintage clothing.
Organic Products · Clothing & Textiles
Weekly Sunday market with around 40 stalls selling clothing, footwear, handicrafts and jewellery on Avenida de Alicante.
Clothing & Textiles · Footwear & Leather · Handicrafts · Books & Magazines · Jewelry
Sunday is the busiest day by a wide margin, with four of the six markets trading. Thursday and Saturday each have one, and Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday have none, which is worth checking before you plan a trip. The usual hours are 08:00 to 14:00, and mid-morning is the peak, when the produce stalls are still well stocked and the clothing rails have not been picked over.
Sunday is the main market day in Sant Joan d'Alacant, with four of the town's six street markets running, most of them from 08:00 to 14:00. One market trades on Thursday and one on Saturday, and nothing runs from Monday to Wednesday or on Friday.
Markets in Sant Joan d'Alacant open at 08:00 as a rule and close at 14:00. Come before midday for the best of the fruit and vegetable stalls, since traders pack up promptly at the posted closing time and the produce goes early.
Yes, one of the six markets in Sant Joan d'Alacant trades on Saturday, usually from 08:00 to 14:00. Saturday is the quietest trading day of the week here, so if your dates are flexible, Sunday gives you four markets to choose from across the town centre, Muchavista and Benimagrell.
Yes, one of Sant Joan d'Alacant's six street markets is an antiques and vintage rastro, with books and magazines and collectables alongside the stalls. Antiques are one of ten product categories on sale across the town's markets, which also cover jewellery, handicrafts, flowers and organic produce.
No, Sant Joan d'Alacant has no covered municipal market hall. All six of the town's markets are open-air street markets running from around 08:00 to 14:00, so shade and shelter depend on the stallholders' awnings and on whichever square or street the market sets up in.
