Markets
ALTEA MAIN MARKET
Its unavoidable for visitors walking round the commercial centre of the town to visit Altea’s municipal market, it is open daily and it’s the place where local residents as well as tourists buy their daily shopping, fresh fish and meat, fruit and vegetables, bakery products like the great smelling croissants and the fresh baked bread still hot from the oven, men and women sit to have a coffee and talk at the mini bar in the market, there is also a fresh flower stall.
OLD TOWN SUMMER NIGHT MARKET
In summer time, you will find on the old town main square, just in the Altea church square a night stree market where you can find a variety of hand made jewels, and hand made crafts can make a perfect present from your stay in Altea
ALTEA STREET MARKET
And an event
that cannot be missed is Altea’s street market held every Tuesday all
year round, it is held in two different places. In c/Filarmónica from
8.00am to 2.00pm, located in the commercial centre, 200m from the town
hall and Central Square, here you will find stalls selling fruit and
vegetables, plants and flowers. The street market in Altea also has
typical and traditional products on offer. Both residents and tourists
do their shopping here, they meet to chat and exchange ideas, creating a very special, magical atmosphere.
The other area where you will find the stalls selling clothes is in the Garganes area, in the Camino Del Algar,
some 500m from the Town Hall and Main Square. Every Tuesday tourists
from the surrounding villages arrive and Altea becomes a town bustling
with life; even more than normal. It is well worth a visit to the street
market in Altea!
