• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to footer
LOCAL GUIDE GRAN CANARIA

LOCAL GUIDE GRAN CANARIA

Todo sobre Gran Canaria / Everything about Gran Canaria

  • THINGS TO DO
    • ACTIVITIES
      • BOAT HIRE
      • DIVING & SNORKEL
      • KAYAKING
      • SURFING
    • EXCURSIONS
    • LAS PALMAS DE GC CITY
    • BEACHES
    • VILLAGES
    • LEISURE
    • SHOPPING
  • PLACES TO EAT
    • LOCAL FOOD
    • SPANISH FOOD
    • BREAKFAST
    • PREMIUM RESTAURANTS
    • HEALTHY FOOD
    • INTERNATIONAL
  • TRAVEL GUIDES
    • CUSTOMIZED GUIDE
    • FULL GUIDE
    • GRAN CANARIA / 7-14 DAYS
    • GRAN CANARIA / 2-5 DAYS
    • RESTAURANTS
    • BEACHES
    • STAG DO / HEN PARTY
  • ROUTES
    • HIKING
    • TRAIL RUNNING
    • BIKE ROUTES
      • ENDURO TRACKS
      • GRAVEL & MTB TRACKS
      • LAS PALMAS BY BIKE TRACK
    • MOTORBIKE
  • STAY
    • CITY HOTELS
    • FAMILY HOTELS
    • ADULTS ONLY
    • 5-STAR HOTLES
    • 4-STAR HOTELS
    • RURAL HOTELS
    • RURAL HOUSES
    • CAVE HOUSES
    • VILLAS
    • PET-FRIENDLY
  • BLOG & INFO
    • BLOG
    • DISCOUNTS
      • 5% TRAVEL INSURANCE
      • 5% FERRIES
    • TIPS
    • TRANSPORT
      • HIRE A CAR
      • AIRPORT TRANSFER
      • GET AROUND GRAN CANARIA
      • VISIT ANOTHER ISLAND
    • VIDEOS
  • + DESTINATIONS
    • CANADA
    • COSTA RICA
    • ISRAEL AND JORDAN
    • JAPAN
    • ROUTE 66
    • NEW YORK
    • CANARY ISLANDS
      • EL HIERRO
      • TENERIFE
    • BELGIUM
    • SENEGAL
  • Español

Vegueta market, discover here the local fruit and vegetables

29/05/2022 Por Local Guide Gran Canaria Leave a Comment

One of the best things to do in Las Palmas city is to visit the traditional Vegueta market. It is a local food. It is not a market as such where you can usually buy other things such as clothes, local crafts and souvenits. However, here you can see the local side of a market and get to know the fruits, vegetables, spices, herbs, cheeses, meat and fish of Gran Canaria. In addition, there are also products from other Canary Islands and parts of Spain.

Interior mercado de Vegueta
Vegueta market

Get to know Vegueta market

Below we show you and discover some of the positions that you will find here.

✔ Fruit and vegetables stall

As you can see, there is a lot of fruit and vegetables variety. If you want to eat something healthy during your visit to Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, they also sell cut fruit and natural juices. Or you could also try the Canarian bananas. They are so tasty!

Fruit and vegetable stall at Vegueta market

✔ Cheese and eggs stall

In the next photo we see another market stall. It is one in which they exclusively sell eggs from happy hens and local cheeses.

Quesos y huevos camperos
Cheeses and eggs

✔ Spices and grain stall

At this stall spices, grain, flours and pasta in bulk are sold. Say no to plastic!

Especias en mercado de Vegueta
Especias en mercado de Vegueta

✔ Herbs stall

This stall is very well known in the market, since it is the only one where you will find all the herbs you are looking for. Basil, rosemary, laurel, oregano, mint…

Puesto de hierbas
Puesto de hierbas

✔ Meat stall

In the following image we have the sweet typical morcilla (blood sausage) of the Canary Islands. Unlike in the Peninsula, in the Canary Islands it is sweet and they usually put whole almonds inside it. You can not stop trying it on the grill at any local food restaurant.

Morcilla canaria
Sweet blood sausage

✔ Fish stall

You can not miss the sale of fresh fish in the Vegueta Market. There are different places where you can see the seafood of the Canary Islands and the near coasts of West Africa.

Pescadería mercado de Vegueta
Fish stall in Vegueta market

✔ Iberian ham stall

In the Vegueta Market you can also have an aperitif. There is a stand selling freshly cut Iberian ham. If you have not tried this Spanish delicacy yet, the best is the one of “bellota” (acorn). This means that the Iberian pig is fed with this fruit.

Cortador de jamón
Ham cutter

Opening hours Vegueta market

The Vegueta Market is open every day except Sundays and bank holidays. They open from Monday to Thursday from 06:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays it is also open from 06:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Finally, if you are walking through the old town of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria finding the market has no loss. It is a quite large orange building in Mendizábal Street, 1. We leave you the telephone in case you would like to contact them for any question: +34928334129.

Vegueta market facade
Vegueta market facade

Places to visit in Vegueta

In the following video we mention all the things to do in Vegueta where we include some images of the market. You can subscribe to our channel here.

Is this the first time you read us? Did you know that we have prepared some Local Guides of Gran Canaria for you? You can see them by clicking on the following image.

guias de gran canaria

Filed Under: LAS PALMAS DE GRAN CANARIA CITY, MARKETS, SHOPPING, THINGS TO DO

Reader Interactions

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Footer

Legal disclaimer and contact:

  • Contact
  • Cookies policy
  • Privacy policy
  • Terms & conditions

Follow us:

  • youtube
  • tiktok
  • instagram
  • facebook

Newsletter Telegram:

  • telegram

Subscribe to our epic newsletter:

We do not send spam. Read here our privacy policy.

Check your inbox or spam folder to confirm your subscription to our newsletter and start receiving our news about Gran Canaria :)

Copyright © 2023 · Local Guide Gran Canaria · All rights reserved.

We use cookies to offer you the best experience on our website. You can read more about the cookies we use or disable them in the settings.

 

Privacy policy

This website uses cookies so that we can offer you the best possible user experience. Cookie information is stored in your browser and performs functions such as recognizing you when you return to our website or helping our team understand which sections of the website you find most interesting and useful.

You can check here our privacy policy and cookies policy.

Strictly necessary cookies

Strictly Necessary Cookies must always be enabled so that we can save your cookie setting preferences.

These cookies are:

User Log in

Cookie acceptance

Comments

Security

If you disable this cookie we will not be able to save your preferences. This means that every time you visit this website you will have to activate or deactivate cookies again.

Third party cookies or analytics

This website uses Google Analytics and Facebook Pixel to collect anonymous information such as the number of visitors to the site, or the most popular pages.

Leaving this cookie active allows us to improve our website.

Please enable strictly necessary cookies first so we can save your preferences!

Additional cookies or advertising

This website uses the following additional cookies:

Google AdSense

Please enable strictly necessary cookies first so we can save your preferences!

Cookies policy

More information about our privacy policy and cookie policy.