Local Street Markets
Street Markets: Save money and enjoy the experience
If you are looking to make your holiday money go a little further or just like to sample the atmosphere of a typical Spanish market then you will be spoilt for choice.
In the Orihuela area there is at least one market to be found everyday at one place or another.
If you like your fruit and vegetables then the markets will give you a chance to use that little bit of holiday Spanish or the universal language of pointing. With fruit you will often have the opportunity to sample before you buy which all adds to the occasion.
The markets generally sell everything from clothes, leather coats, shoes, bags, toys, books, paintings, ornaments, flowers and more. On a hot summers day the food and drinks stalls are a welcome site and most markets will have the freshly cooked chickens roasting on a spit making it almost impossible to resist.
Always worth a visit and have a go a haggling as everyone is looking to make a sale.
One word of warning which is basically common sense and this relates to pick pockets. The markets will be busy and crowded and they provide an ideal venue for the opportunist thief so keep you wallets in front pockets and bags to the front and just be vigilant!
A list of the markets is shown below.
Monday
Santa Pola, San Pedro del Pinatar
Tuesday
Orihuela, Benijofar, San Fulgencio
Wednesday
Algorfa, guardamar, la Mata, San Miguel de Salinas
Thursday
Rojales, Bigastro, San Javier, Urb La Marina
Friday
Dolores, Torrevieja (am) Los Montesinos (PM) Pilar de la Horadada (eve) Daya Vieja (am) Albatera
Saturday
Playa Flamenca, Santa Pola, Almoradi
Sunday
Campo de Guardamar, Algorfa, Urb La Marina, Zozo (near Quesada) Albatera
