Mallorca · markets
A market every morning, if you know the day
Every town on the island has its morning, and the day matters more than the town — turn up at Sineú on a Thursday and there is nothing there. Here is which market runs when, which are worth the drive, and which are twenty stalls of phone cases.
Start here
Which day are you free?
Markets are mornings, roughly 8 or 9 until 1 or 2. Nothing worth seeing happens in the afternoon. Add any of them to your planner and we will build the rest of that day around it — the drive, the hour to arrive, and somewhere to eat when it winds down.
- Monday
Manacor
Also Calvià, Caimari, Lloret and Montuïri.
- Tuesday
Alcúdia · Artà
Also Porreres, Campanet and Santa Margalida.
- Wednesday
Sineú · Santanyí
The best day of the week for markets. Also Andratx, Capdepera, Deià, Selva, Sa Pobla and Port de Pollença.
- Thursday
Inca · Campos
Inca is the largest on the island. Also Consell, Ses Salines and S’Arenal.
- Friday
Binissalem · Llucmajor
The quietest market day. Also Algaida, Can Picafort and Son Servera.
- Saturday
Sóller · Santanyí · Alaró
Also Artà, Campos, Bunyola, Esporles and the Son Fusteret flea market in Palma.
- Sunday
Pollença · Consell · Santa Maria
The busiest day. Also Alcúdia, Felanitx, Valldemossa, Muro, Sa Pobla and Inca.
The ones worth planning around
Sixteen markets, honestly rated
There is a market somewhere every morning, but they are not equal. These are the ones we would actually build a day around, with the day each one runs and what you are getting.
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The big one
Sineu
Es Pla · inland · Wednesday
Trading since 1306 and still the only market on the island that sells livestock alongside the produce. The most atmospheric market in Mallorca and not a sarong in sight.
Wednesday mornings only, roughly 9 to 2. Go early — it winds down by one and the parking goes first.
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Worth the drive
Santanyí
Migjorn · southeast · Wednesday & Saturday
The one people come back for. Enormous fabric and linen selection, sandstone streets, and a square worth sitting in afterwards.
Twice a week, mornings only. Saturday is busier; Wednesday is the calmer version of the same market.
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Worth the drive
Sóller
Serra de Tramuntana · northwest · Saturday
Fills Plaça Constitució under the modernist church every Saturday morning. Small, local, and the best excuse to take the wooden train over the mountains.
Saturday mornings. Come by the Palma–Sóller train or the tram from the port rather than driving into the town.
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The big one
Pollença
North · Sunday
Around three hundred stalls filling Plaça Major and the streets off it, with the Calvari steps above. The busiest Sunday market on the island.
Sunday mornings. Park on the edge and walk in — the centre is closed and the nearby streets fill fast.
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Easy from the north
Alcúdia
North · Tuesday & Sunday
Inside and around the medieval walls of the old town. Bigger and more touristy than the inland markets, but the setting carries it.
Tuesday and Sunday mornings. The easiest market to reach if you are staying anywhere on the north coast.
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The big one
Inca
Es Pla · inland · Thursday
The largest market on Mallorca. Leather is what Inca is known for — bags, belts and shoes — alongside the usual produce and household stalls.
Thursday mornings. Large enough that you should decide what you came for before you arrive.
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For a rummage
Consell flea market
Es Raiguer · inland · Sunday
A genuine flea market rather than a produce market — furniture, tools, records, junk and the occasional real find, in a yard off the main road.
Sunday mornings, and it starts early. Cash, and be prepared to dig.
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Local favourite
Santa Maria del Camí
Es Raiguer · inland · Sunday
A proper village Sunday market along the main street, wine country all around it, and cafés that stay busy long after the stalls come down.
Sunday mornings. Easy to combine with a bodega visit in Binissalem the same day.
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Local favourite
Artà
Llevant · northeast · Tuesday & Saturday
A hill town market with a fortified sanctuary above it. Local produce, leather and baskets, and far fewer coaches than the north-coast markets.
Tuesday and Saturday mornings. Worth pairing with the walk up to Sant Salvador.
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Local favourite
Felanitx
Migjorn · southeast · Sunday
A working country market in a wine and pottery town, with the sandstone church steps as its backdrop.
Sunday mornings. Quieter than Pollença and closer if you are staying in the southeast.
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Local favourite
Campos
Migjorn · south · Thursday & Saturday
Farmland market for the south of the island — vegetables, cheese and the local ensaïmadas, with almost no tourism about it.
Thursday and Saturday mornings. Twenty minutes from Es Trenc if you are heading to the beach after.
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Small but pretty
Valldemossa
Serra de Tramuntana · northwest · Sunday
Small, and the village does most of the work — stone streets, Chopin’s monastery and the mountains behind.
Sunday mornings. Go for the village as much as the market, and go early for parking.
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Small but pretty
Alaró
Es Raiguer · inland · Saturday
A modest Saturday morning market in a village most visitors drive past, under the castle crag.
Saturday mornings. The castle walk from here is one of the best on the island.
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Starts the week
Manacor
Llevant · east · Monday
The island’s Monday market and a large one — the practical, unglamorous kind, in Mallorca’s second city.
Monday mornings. Useful if you arrive at the weekend and want a market before Wednesday.
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Every day
Mercat de l’Olivar, Palma
Palma · Monday to Saturday
Palma’s covered food market — fish, meat, fruit, and a first floor where you can have what you just looked at cooked for you.
Monday to Saturday, mornings into early afternoon. Closed Sunday.
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Every day
Santa Catalina, Palma
Palma · Monday to Saturday
The neighbourhood market Palma actually uses, ringed by the bars that made Santa Catalina what it is.
Monday to Saturday, mornings. The barrio around it is worth the afternoon on its own.
Doing them properly
Four things that make the difference
- Timing
Go early, not late
Stalls are up by eight or nine and packing down from one. Arriving at noon means the produce has gone and you are parking a mile out.
- Parking
Park on the edge and walk
Market towns close their centres. Aim for the outskirts and walk five minutes rather than circling the square.
- Money
Take cash
Some stalls take cards. Plenty do not, and the village markets are largely cash. There is rarely a machine on the square.
- What to buy
Food, leather, linen
Sobrassada, olives, almonds and cheese are worth carrying home. Inca for leather, Santanyí for cloth. The phone cases and sunglasses are the same in every town.