Mallorca's markets: a market for every day

There's a market almost every morning in Mallorca: each town has its day, and the ritual is always the same —stalls of fruit and veg, cured sausage and farmhouse cheese, clothes, flowers and crafts— in the old-town square. Here's the whole week, day by day, so you know which town to head for today.

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There's no single Mallorca market: there's a different one almost every day, and the trick is choosing well by where you are and what you're after. The inland ones (Sineu, Inca, Sencelles) are the most authentic, with livestock and farm produce; the coastal ones (Alcúdia, Cala Rajada, Santa Ponça) mix crafts and souvenirs for visitors. Almost all are morning affairs, from dawn to early afternoon.

The week, market by market. Monday: Manacor, Calvià, Lloret, Montuïri. Tuesday: Alcúdia, Artà, Porto Cristo, Porreres. Wednesday: Sineu —the most traditional, with live animals—, Andratx, Capdepera, Santanyí, Colònia de Sant Jordi. Thursday: Inca —the island's biggest—, Campos, Ses Salines. Friday: Binissalem, Algaida, Can Picafort, Son Servera, Llucmajor. Saturday: Sóller, Santanyí, Cala Rajada, Alaró, Santa Eugènia. Sunday: Pollença, Alcúdia, Santa María del Camí, Valldemossa, Felanitx.

And in Palma, a market every day. The capital has its permanent covered markets, open most mornings of the week: the Mercat de l'Olivar (the big one by the plaça), the Mercat de Santa Catalina (the fashionable one, with tapas bars) and the Mercat de Pere Garau (the most local and authentic). On Saturday mornings there's also an organic market at Plaça dels Patins.

To do it right: go early (the best stalls and the parking fill before mid-morning), bring cash and your own bag, and park at the edge of town to walk in. In summer, if the heat gets to you, aim for the coastal night markets. And always check Thril for what's on today: days can shift around fiestas and public holidays.