Where Palma shops, snacks and lunches: the markets worth your morning.
Food markets, farmers markets and covered halls: where Palma shops, snacks and lunches.
Mercat de l'Olivar is Palma's main covered market off Plaça d'Espanya, with fish, meat and produce below and a gastronomic floor of bars above.
Go forFresh fish, Market tapas, Sobrassada
TipThe gastronomic floor upstairs runs bars, restaurants and ready meals until 16:00, after the fish counters have wound down.
Mercat de Santa Catalina is Palma's best-known food market, a hall in the old fishing district where produce stalls sit beside wine and tapas counters.
Go forTapas and wine, Fresh fish, Cheese
TipGo before 11:00 for the market proper. From noon it turns into a wine-and-tapas crowd.
Mercat de Pere Garau is Palma's working neighbourhood market, an indoor hall with outdoor stalls three days a week and live seafood tanks inside.
Go forLive seafood, Latin American produce, Cheap lunch
TipOutdoor stalls run Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. Saturday is the biggest of the three.
Mercat de Llevant is a small municipal market on Carrer de Manuel Azaña in Palma, serving the eastern neighbourhoods with produce, butchers and bakers.
Go forProduce, Butchers, Bread
TipA local market with no tourist trade at all. Mornings only, and it shuts at 14:30.
The Mercat Agroecològic sets up on Plaça del Bisbe Berenguer de Palou in Palma twice a week, selling certified organic produce from island growers.
Go forOrganic produce, Island growers, Seasonal fruit
TipTuesday and Saturday mornings only. This is where Palma's organic growers sell direct.
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