Main Square Market

Vic has been a market town since the Middle Ages, and it still is: on Tuesdays and Saturdays, the Main Square, arcaded all the way round, fills with stalls. It is the best way to see the square full of life and to buy cured meats from the Plana de Vic, cheeses and farm produce.

What it is

According to Vic Turisme, there has been a market on the site of the Main Square, the old Mercadal, since the 9th century, long before the buildings that surround it today were put up. The weekly market occupies the square and spreads along the Rambla del Carme and the Rambla del Passeig. In the square the stalls for farm produce, flowers, crafts and poultry are concentrated; on the ramblas there are also clothes and accessories.

It is the city's everyday shopping market, not a fair set up for visitors. It is best to look around unhurriedly, ask at the stalls and bring your own bag if you plan to take home cured meats or vegetables.

When to go

Come in the morning. Vic Turisme does not publish hours for the weekly market; the stalls go up early and in the afternoon the square is empty again, so do not leave it until after lunch.

If you go on a Sunday, the market is not in the Main Square but on the Passeig de la Generalitat, from 9:00 to 14:00, with fruit, vegetables, food and some textiles.

Throughout the year there are two big events. The Mercat del Ram, held every year before Easter, adds farm produce, a gastronomic area and livestock exhibitions. The Mercat Medieval coincides with the Immaculate Conception long weekend, in early December, and turns the centre into a medieval town; in recent editions it has topped 100,000 visitors. On those days access and traffic change: check beforehand with the Tourist Office.

How to organise it

Park outside the old town and come in on foot; if you arrive by train, the Vic station, with the R3 from Barcelona, is a few minutes' walk away. An hour and a half is enough to go round the stalls and have something under the arcades.

From the square, the whole centre is close: the walk around the square and old town, the Sant Pere cathedral, with a guided visit on Saturdays at 11:30 until 28 November 2026, and the Episcopal Museum. For lunch, El Jardinet is a few steps from the Main Square.