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market in January in Spain

Gusto

What’s on the market in January (and what it reveals about the season in Spain)

The market in January looks smaller in Spain than it really is. Not because there is less on offer, but because nothing shouts. The colours are softer, the piles lower, the repetition greater. You see the same shapes, the same products, the same order. A quick glance suggests there’s little to buy. Stay a moment longer, and you realise the market is doing something other than selling. Less choice, more […]

today01/12/2026

Gusto

Sunday market secrets on the Costa del Sol

The markets of the Costa Blanca are familiar ground by now. The Saturday bustle in Jávea, the Mercat del Riurau in Jesús Pobre, or the stalls in the Jalón Valley — I’ve written about them before. But what about further south? When I visited Lucas for a weekend at his finca just outside Málaga, I got the chance to experience it for myself. A Sunday market on the Costa del […]

today09/29/2025

dorpsmarkt groenten

Viva Cultura

The pride of the village market – and why a courgette actually gets respect here

Last week, as I strolled through the village market in Teulada, I saw it happen: an older woman with a cloth bag and a critical eye held up a courgette as if she were inspecting a diamond. She turned it in the light, gave it a gentle squeeze, sniffed it, and finally nodded approvingly at the market vendor. He smiled. “Muy buena esta semana”, he said. And she paid — […]

today06/05/2025

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