Markets in Gandia

Gandia has a market on every day except Sunday, and Saturday is the biggest, with four of its six markets trading. Tuesday, Thursday and Friday each have three, and Monday and Wednesday two. The largest street market carries around 45 stalls; Prado Market, the covered one, trades weekly with 25.

Markets in Gandia usually open at 9am and close at around 2pm, which is the commonest pattern across all six. That applies to the street markets and to the covered Prado Market alike, so plan a market visit for the morning. Traders on the outdoor markets often begin dismantling stalls before the closing hour.

Gandia sells its farm produce through its street markets and the covered Prado Market rather than through a separate farmers market. Fresh fruit, vegetables, meat and poultry, fish and seafood, and cheese and dairy are all on the stalls, with the strongest food selection indoors at Prado Market's 25 counters.

Yes, a street market runs weekly in the Grau de Gandia port district, with 15 outdoor stalls given over mainly to clothing and handicrafts. It sits near the beach rather than in the old town, which makes it the easy option if you are staying at Gandia Playa, and it keeps to the same 9am to 2pm morning as the rest of the town's markets.

Gandia's six markets sell fresh fruit and vegetables, fish and seafood, meat and poultry, cheese and dairy, and bread and bakery on the food side, and clothing and textiles, footwear and leather, jewellery, antiques, handicrafts, flowers and plants and prepared foods on the rest. The covered market leans food, the street markets lean clothing and crafts.