Barcelona has 12 regular flea, antiques and makers' markets, and all but two are free to enter. The big one, Encants, opens four days a week with a public auction at 8 am; Sunday brings the Sant Antoni book market and the Plaça Reial coin market; Thursday is antiques day at the Cathedral; and the monthly Flea Market Barcelona editions move around the city. This guide lists each market with days, hours, address and what it sells — checked against the organisers and the city's own listings — on one map, in the ticket format we use in the Barcelona ArtWalk app.
Every Barcelona flea market on one map
Map: the 12 regular Barcelona markets, numbered like the cards below
The big one: Encants Barcelona
Encants Barcelona
Europe's oldest flea market, with roots around 1300 and a mirrored canopy since 2013: 301 shops and stalls of antiques, vintage clothing, furniture, records, tools and glorious junk at Glòries. The public auction on Monday, Wednesday and Friday mornings from 8 to 9 am is the real event — whole lots go to the highest bidder before the stalls open.
Sunday markets in Barcelona
Mercat Dominical de Sant Antoni
Every Sunday morning the streets around the Sant Antoni market hall fill with almost 100 stalls of second-hand books, comics, magazines, trading cards, postcards, stamps, coins, films and video games — paper and media only. The city calls it one of Europe's largest second-hand book markets; it moved here in 1937.
Mercat de Numismàtica i Filatèlia on Plaça Reial
The stamp-and-coin market has met under the arcades of Plaça Reial for more than a century, since the 1920s: around 50 collectors, these days mostly coins and banknotes, with a few stamp stalls, cava plaques, pins and old beer mats. Gaudí's lamp posts stand in the middle of the square.
Thursday and weekend antiques
Mercat Gòtic antiques market at the Cathedral
The brocanters' market in front of the Cathedral, founded in 1977 by the dealers of Carrer de la Palla: 28 stalls of antiques, jewellery, watches, ceramics, prints and curiosities most Thursdays of the year. In December it moves around the corner to Plaça de Ramon Berenguer to make room for the Santa Llúcia Christmas fair.
Port Antic antiques fair at Portal de la Pau
The small weekend antiques fair on the quay by the Columbus monument, going for more than 20 years: around 20 stalls of coins, minerals, old books, toys, militaria, cameras, vinyl and stamps. A quick browse on the way from La Rambla to the beach.
Painters' and makers' markets, every weekend
Mostra d'Art on Plaça de Sant Josep Oriol
Every weekend of the year 40 licensed painters hang their work on the square behind Santa Maria del Pi: oils, watercolours, drawings and prints sold by the artists themselves, buskers in between. The association has been here for about 35 years.
Fira d'Artesania d'Allada Vermell
Every Saturday and Sunday of the year the little pedestrian street in El Born fills with the stalls of the young artisans' association: jewellery, bags, ceramics, prints and clothes made by the people selling them. Ten minutes from the Picasso Museum.
Fira d'Artesans at Palau de Mar
The craft fair on the Moll del Dipòsit in front of the Palau de Mar: handmade clothing, jewellery, ceramics, wood and espadrilles from local makers, with the marina behind the stalls. Weekends and holidays from September to June, and daily in July and August.
Monthly editions: Flea Market Barcelona, Port Flea and Palo Market
Flea Market Barcelona on Plaça de Blanquerna
The original monthly flea market, founded in 2007 under the slogan 'one man's garbage is another man's gold': private sellers with clothes, records, books, cameras and oddities on a Raval square between La Rambla and the Drassanes. The same team runs the themed editions below.
Port Flea on the Moll de Mestral
The newest edition from Flea Market Barcelona, launched in November 2025 on the quay of the Port Olímpic: around 100 stalls of vintage, vinyl and second-hand, fully outdoors, with the boats as backdrop. Its sister editions Gran Flea (Estació del Nord) and Flea World (Museu Marítim) charge €2–4 and gather 100–140 stalls a few times a year.
Palo Market Fest in Poblenou
Not second-hand but the city's best-known design market: independent fashion, jewellery, homewares, food trucks and live music in the gardens of the old Palo Alto factory, one weekend a month in two sessions. Tickets go on sale online the Monday before; under-12s free.
The day trip: Mercantic
Mercantic — the antiques village in Sant Cugat
A whole village of antique dealers, restorers and the El Siglo bookshop on a former ceramics factory site since 1992, about 15,000 square metres of it: 100-plus permanent dealers all week and an open-air flea market of around 50 stalls in the courtyard on Sundays, when there is a small entry fee. The day trip for serious rummagers.
Annual fairs and other markets worth knowing
Three more are worth a calendar note. The Fira del Llibre d'Ocasió Antic i Modern, founded in 1952 (its 75th edition was in 2026) and billed as the oldest fair of its kind in Europe, lines Passeig de Gràcia with around 30 booksellers for two and a half weeks every autumn, from mid-October to 1 November, 10 am–8:30 pm daily, free. Lost & Found Market, an independent private-sellers-only market since 2007, lands twice a year on Plaça del Mar in Barceloneta (11 am–8 pm, free; the next edition is announced on its site). And the Mercat de la Terra, Slow Food's farmers' market under the three chimneys on Avinguda del Paral·lel, runs every Saturday morning from 9 am except in August — not a flea market, but the best Saturday breakfast on this list.
Which Barcelona market should you go to?
- For a real flea market: Encants on a Saturday (no auction, but the full market), or the monthly Flea Market Barcelona on Plaça de Blanquerna for private sellers.
- For the auction: Encants on Monday, Wednesday or Friday at 8 am — bring cash and decide fast.
- For books and paper: Sant Antoni on Sunday morning, then the Plaça Reial coin market before it closes at 2 pm.
- For antiques: Thursday at the Cathedral, the weekend fair at Portal de la Pau, or the day trip to Mercantic.
- For gifts made by the maker: Allada Vermell in El Born and the Palau de Mar fair on the port.
- For design, food trucks and music: Palo Market Fest, one weekend a month.
Good to know before you go
- Most markets are free; Palo Market Fest (€6.50) and Mercantic on Sunday mornings are the exceptions, and the Gran Flea and Flea World editions charge €2–4.
- Sunday markets close early — Plaça Reial at 2 pm, Sant Antoni at 3 pm, Mercantic at 3 pm — so start there and end at the weekend fairs that run to 8 pm.
- August thins the calendar: the Mercat Gòtic, Mercat de la Terra and Mercantic pause; Encants and the port fairs keep going.
- Flea Market Barcelona dates shift month to month — confirm the Sunday on their Instagram before you go.
What is the best flea market in Barcelona?
Encants Barcelona at Glòries is the biggest and oldest, with 301 stalls four days a week and a public auction on Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 8 am. For private sellers and vintage, the monthly Flea Market Barcelona editions and Lost & Found Market are the ones locals go to.
Which Barcelona flea markets are open on Sunday?
The Sant Antoni book market (8 am–3 pm), the Plaça Reial coin-and-stamp market (10 am–2 pm), the Port Antic antiques fair, the Mostra d'Art painters' market, the Allada Vermell and Palau de Mar craft fairs, Mercantic's courtyard flea market in Sant Cugat (10 am–3 pm), and once a month Flea Market Barcelona and Port Flea. Encants is closed on Sundays.
When is Encants Barcelona open?
Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday from 9 am to 8 pm. The public auction runs Monday, Wednesday and Friday from 8 to 9 am. Entry is free.
Is there an antiques market in Barcelona?
Yes: the Mercat Gòtic in front of the Cathedral on Thursdays (10 am–8 pm), the Port Antic fair at Portal de la Pau on weekends, and Mercantic in Sant Cugat, 25 minutes away by FGC, with more than 100 dealers.
Do Barcelona flea markets charge entry?
Most are free. Palo Market Fest charges €6.50, Mercantic charges a small fee on Sunday mornings, and the ticketed Flea Market Barcelona editions (Gran Flea, Flea World) cost €2–4.
How to plan a market weekend in Barcelona
- Sunday morning: Sant Antoni at 9 am → walk 15 minutes to Plaça Reial before 2 pm → lunch in the Gòtic → painters on Sant Josep Oriol.
- Saturday: Mercat de la Terra for breakfast → Encants from 11 am → Allada Vermell and the Born in the afternoon.
- Once a month: check the Flea Market Barcelona and Palo Market dates in the Barcelona ArtWalk feed, and see our what's on this weekend post for the rest of the day.
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