# Mercat de La Vila Canteen Market en Villajoyosa · Villajoyosa Fuente: https://www.geocalia.com/en/spain/valencian-community/villajoyosa/where-to-eat/mercat-de-la-vila-canteen · Revisado: 2026-11-13 - Precio: € The central market's canteen cooks what you buy at the stalls, and several serve portions of salted goods, boiled shellfish or cheeses · Monday to Saturday mornings. At the Mercat de La Vila, the meal starts at the stall. You buy some blood sausages or some little prawns, take them to the market canteen and there they prepare them on the spot. It is the most direct way to eat Villajoyosa's produce without sitting down in a restaurant, and it only works in the morning: the market is open Monday to Saturday from 7:30 to 14:00. How you eat here There are two ways. The first is the canteen's: you choose at the fish, meat or cured-meat stalls what you fancy and the canteen cooks it to eat there. The second is that of the stalls themselves, some of which have adapted to the fashion for gourmet markets and serve small portions of what they sell to eat on site: salted goods, cheeses, boiled shellfish or cured meats. You can combine the two and put together a grazing brunch. What to buy for the canteen The market has stalls for vegetables, fish, meat, salted goods, tinned goods, bread, pastries, charcuterie and pickles, as well as wines, special beers, vermouths, oils and honey. For the canteen, the natural choice is fish from La Vila's fish auction, the "peix de La Vila", and shellfish; for nibbling, the salted goods, which tourism counts among the local products. Canteen prices and hours Neither the tourism website nor the market itself publishes prices for the canteen or the portions, or the exact hours it cooks; the market has no public phone number and its only website is its Instagram account, @mercatlavila. Assume the kitchen follows the market's hours and that you should arrive before midday: at 14:00 it closes and on Sunday it does not open. What you take home Besides fish and salted goods, here you will find the local products the tourist office highlights: Creu de Pedra vermouth, Mas de Sella wines, La Pileta oil, El Abuelo honey and chocolate from the town's factories. Where it is On Calle Canalejas, in the centre, on the same site where there has been a market since 1947; the current building opened in 2003. The chocolate Saturday in Villajoyosa starts here and continues at the Valor Chocolate Museum. If you want to go round the market at leisure, also see its entry as a visit. Qué pedir: buy prawns or blood sausages at the stalls and have them prepared at the canteen; house salted goods. A tener en cuenta: C/ Canalejas, no number · Monday to Saturday 7:30 to 14:00 ## Practical details - Address: C/ Canalejas, s/n, 03570 Villajoyosa, Alicante - Opening hours: Mon–Sat 07:30–14:00; Sun closed - Closed on Sundays - Cuisine: market, seafaring - House specialities: Salted goods, Boiled shellfish, Stall portions - Details checked on 13 November 2026. ## Cómo llegar y contacto - Coordenadas: 38.5077, -0.2329 ## Cerca de aquí - [Mercat de La Vila](https://www.geocalia.com/en/spain/valencian-community/villajoyosa/things-to-do/mercat-de-la-vila), a 0 m - [Chocolate and nougat industries route](https://www.geocalia.com/en/spain/valencian-community/villajoyosa/things-to-do/chocolate-nougat-route), a 145 m - [Old town, wall and colourful houses](https://www.geocalia.com/en/spain/valencian-community/villajoyosa/things-to-do/old-town-colourful-houses), a 259 m - [Vilamuseu, the museum of La Vila Joiosa](https://www.geocalia.com/en/spain/valencian-community/villajoyosa/things-to-do/vilamuseu), a 295 m - [Hotel Censal](https://www.geocalia.com/en/spain/valencian-community/villajoyosa/where-to-stay/hotel-censal), a 340 m - [Valor Chocolate Museum and factory view](https://www.geocalia.com/en/spain/valencian-community/villajoyosa/things-to-do/valor-chocolate-museum), a 499 m - [Chocolates Pérez factory and museum](https://www.geocalia.com/en/spain/valencian-community/villajoyosa/things-to-do/perez-chocolate-museum), a 512 m - [Playa Centro](https://www.geocalia.com/en/spain/valencian-community/villajoyosa/things-to-do/playa-centro), a 523 m ## Consejos ### Go before midday It closes at 14:00 and does not open on Sunday. ### Ask at the stall Before buying, ask whether the item can be cooked in the canteen. ## Preguntas frecuentes ### Is it open on Sunday? No. Monday to Saturday, 7:30 to 14:00. ### Do they cook what you buy? Yes, the canteen prepares what you buy at the stalls to eat there. ### Can I book? There is no public phone number to book. Destino: [Villajoyosa](https://www.geocalia.com/en/spain/valencian-community/villajoyosa.md)