Mercovasa Market

Mercovasa Market (Mercovasa Mercapuig) is an outdoor market on Camí de la Mar in El Puig de Santa Maria, and it keeps hours that catch people out. It runs Monday from 4am to 7am, then Tuesday to Friday from 11.30am to 4.30pm, and not at all on Saturday or Sunday. Fruit and vegetables, fish, meat, cheese and bread are what the stalls cover. It is one of several street markets in El Puig de Santa Maria.

What you'll find at Mercovasa Market

The stalls run to six categories: fresh fruit, fresh vegetables, meat and poultry, fish and seafood, cheese and dairy, and bread and bakery. That is enough for a full shop rather than a single errand.

The Monday session is the one to plan around. It closes at 7am, so anything you want that day has to be bought before most of the town is up. From Tuesday onwards the market trades across the middle of the day instead, from 11.30am until it packs away at 4.30pm.

How to get to Mercovasa Market

The market sets up at Camí de la Mar, 24, 46540 El Puig de Santa Maria, in Valencia province. Check the official page before you travel, since it carries any change to the days above.

Where to stay in El Puig de Santa Maria

El Puig de Santa Maria is a small town, so staying near town centre puts you within easy reach of the Mercovasa Market and the local amenities around it. If you want a wider choice of hotels and somewhere to eat afterwards, Valencia city centre is around 20 kilometres south and well connected by train, which gets you here comfortably for the 11.30am opening, if not the 4am one.

What day is Mercovasa Market?

Mercovasa Market runs five days a week in El Puig de Santa Maria, Monday to Friday, and does not open on Saturday or Sunday. Monday is the odd one out, a short session from 4am to 7am, while Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday all run from 11.30am to 4.30pm.

What time does Mercovasa Market open?

Mercovasa Market opens at 4am on Monday and closes again at 7am, a three-hour early session. Tuesday to Friday it opens much later, at 11.30am, and trades until 4.30pm. There is no weekend trading at Camí de la Mar, so Friday afternoon is the last of the week.

What can you buy at Mercovasa Market?

Mercovasa Market sells fresh fruit and vegetables, meat and poultry, fish and seafood, cheese and dairy, and bread and bakery goods. It is an outdoor market, so what is on the stalls on any given day depends on the traders who set up, and the Monday session is over by 7am.