Gran Canaria markets: which day each one opens
If you are in Gran Canaria today, Sunday 18 October, you are in luck: today is the day of Gáldar's farmers' market, which runs every two weeks. But there is something on almost every day of the week on the island, and the weekends are especially busy. According to the island's tourism website, outside the capital the farmers' markets open mainly at the weekend, and they are mainly in the midland and mountain towns.
We have already done the same for Tenerife: Farmers' markets in Tenerife: which day each one opens. There we also explained the difference between a farmers' market, a flea market and a municipal market hall, and what to keep in mind when you go to a market. Here we focus on the days in Gran Canaria.
Day by day
We are deliberately not giving exact opening hours here: for several markets even the official sources disagree, and the hours change between summer and winter. Check the town council's website before you set off.
Monday: Vecindario, food market.
Tuesday: Arguineguín, municipal market along Avenida Manuel Álamo Suárez.
Wednesday: Vecindario, on the plot next to the Recinto Ferial. The Maspalomas market in Parque Europeo, Playa del Inglés (see below).
Thursday: Gáldar, municipal market on Plaza de Santiago. The old town of Agüimes.
Friday: Puerto de Mogán. The farmers' markets in San Mateo, Santa Brígida and Guía are also open from Friday to Sunday.
Saturday: The Maspalomas market in Parque Europeo. The old town of Telde. San Mateo, Santa Brígida, Guía.
Sunday: Teror, the San Lorenzo farmers' market in Las Palmas, the Vegueta craft market, the Las Palmas and Maspalomas flea markets, Jinámar, the old town of Santa Lucía, San Mateo, Santa Brígida, Guía. Every two weeks, the Gáldar and San Fernando farmers' markets; on the first Sunday of the month, Tejeda.
The best known
Vega de San Mateo. The Mercado Agrícola y Artesanal is one of the best known and busiest markets on the island, the main weekend draw in the town, with around 105 stalls in two halls and an outdoor area. It started in 1980 at the request of local farmers who wanted to sell without middlemen. It is best known for its aromatic herbs and medicinal plants and for its handmade mojos, jams and liqueurs, and you will also find honey, eggs, organic produce and Canarian wine. The market's page.
Teror. The Sunday market sets up around the Basílica del Pino and Plaza de Sintes, and according to the town council it is one of the oldest travelling markets on the island, with two centuries of history. The most popular items are the Canarian chorizo sausages and morcilla (blood sausage) from the local butchers, but there are also sweets, cheese, bread, religious items, clothing and crafts, and on Sundays the shops in the town centre are open too. The market's page. We have a separate article on Teror and the Pino festival: The Virgen del Pino in Teror.
Santa Brígida. The municipal market today has 34 stalls selling local produce: cheese, honey, sweets, bread. According to the locals, on Fridays and Saturdays it is mostly people from the area who shop there, while on Sundays the visitors come mainly from other towns. The market's page.
Gáldar. The Mercado Agrícola takes place every two weeks, always on a Sunday, on Plaza de Santiago, and everything is sold directly by the people who grow or make it: seasonal fruit and vegetables, artisan cheese, honey, bread and sweets from Gran Canaria. According to the town council, the next dates are 18 October, 1 November and 15 November.
Guía. The farmers' market is open on Friday, Saturday and Sunday, and it is known for its cheeses, especially Queso Flor de Guía. Nearby, the Casa del Queso de Guía is also worth a stop.
Puerto de Mogán. The Friday market has around 500 stalls on the Castillete square and along Avenida de Los Marreros, with clothing, shoes, crafts and food as well. The market's page.
Tejeda. The farmers' and craft market is held on the first Sunday of the month, with products grown and made in the town.
Las Palmas: markets in the capital
San Lorenzo farmers' market: on Sundays, in the open air, with 26 stalls and the growers' own produce (fruit, vegetables, cheese, honey, seeds, herbs, bread). You can get there on Guaguas Municipales bus line 46. The page. Note: this is the San Lorenzo in Gran Canaria, not the market of the same name in Arona, Tenerife.
Vegueta craft market: on Sundays on Plaza del Pilar Nuevo, behind the cathedral: pottery, costume jewellery, leather goods, traditional pastries, openwork and embroidery, flowers, baskets and woodcarving.
Flea market (rastro): on Sundays in Parque Blanco, along the Ramblas Alcalde Juan Rodríguez Doreste.
Market halls: the capital has four traditional market halls, with fruit, vegetables, fish, meat, cheese, flowers, wine and local pastries. The Mercado de Vegueta, the Mercado Central and the Mercado de Altavista are open Monday to Saturday, as are the food stalls of the Mercado del Puerto; its gastro stalls keep varying hours.
Where the venue or the day has changed
These traps are easy to fall into, because older guidebooks and websites still describe how things used to be:
The Maspalomas market is not in San Fernando. The Wednesday and Saturday market moved temporarily to Playa del Inglés, to Parque Europeo, in 2022 because of building works, and in March 2026 the town council confirmed that it can stay there.
San Fernando's farmers' market is every two weeks, on a Sunday, and since July 2024 it has been held in the yard of the covered sports court at Colegio Marcial Franco, next to the Maspalomas stadium.
On Sundays the Mercado de Vegueta is closed. If you head to Vegueta on a Sunday looking for a market, what you will find is the craft market behind the cathedral.
Gáldar has two different markets on the same square: the municipal market on Thursdays, and the farmers' market every two weeks on a Sunday.
The Maspalomas flea market has been held temporarily in the car park of the Ciudad Deportiva de Maspalomas since November 2022, on Sundays. The page.
Valleseco's organic market, EcoValles, is being renovated: according to the town's tourism website, the café terrace is open, but the fruit, vegetable and bakery stalls are closed.
For a few smaller towns only older official information is available (for Agüimes, for example, from 2020), so it is especially worth checking there before you go.
Getting there
The easiest way to reach most of the mountain markets is by car, but you can also get there by bus; we have written about getting around without a car here: The Canary Islands without a car. You will find the island's other markets among our listings, and we have written about the island's sights here: What to see in Gran Canaria.
Sources: Gran Canaria's tourism portal (grancanaria.com), the Ruta de Mercados y Mercadillos and the individual market pages; the websites of the town councils of Vega de San Mateo, Teror, Santa Brígida, Gáldar, Mogán, San Bartolomé de Tirajana (maspalomas.com), Santa Lucía de Tirajana, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Telde, Agüimes, Tejeda and Valleseco; mercadodeguia.es; Canarias7 (2026).
Cover photo (cropped): the farmers' market in Vega de San Mateo. Santamarcanda, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.