Street Markets in Ontinyent

Across the three markets you'll find clothing and textiles, footwear and leather, fresh vegetables, flowers and plants, handicrafts, jewellery, antiques and prepared foods. The Monday market is the biggest of the three at 206 stalls and carries the full spread. The Sunday pair are smaller and more specialised, one of them a medieval market where the handicrafts and antiques stalls do the work rather than a weekly produce run. Fresh vegetables are the only fresh food category recorded across the three, so treat a visit here as a clothing, household and craft trip with produce alongside, not a full grocery shop.

The usual hours are 9am to 2pm, and traders start packing down before the close, so aim to be there in the first two hours. Bring cash, since card acceptance varies from one stall to the next. Monday is the quietest day by count, with a single market trading against two on Sunday, but that one market sets out 206 stalls and takes over more street than either Sunday gathering.

The markets set up in and around the centre of town, so basing yourself in the town centre puts all three within walking distance and spares you the question of where to park on a Monday morning, when 206 stalls take over the streets. For a specific booking, Hotel Núria keeps you close in. With a 9am start and a 2pm finish, staying in town is what makes an unhurried browse practical; arriving from further afield means the stalls are already thinning by the time you park.