Markets,Flea markets & Antique fairs, Central Portugal,
There are Many markets for you to visit all over Central Portugal, most villages will have a daily fixed market within a market building ,but each will host a monthly market ,people gather from all over with there many products of their region, some can be from 15 stalls on the cobbled back streets to the largest which can be well over a 100 stalls, larger markets will even BBQ pork for breakfast meals to chicken for an early lunch cooked over traditional charcoal stoves,
They range from cloths linen,shoes, leather goods, to Fresh fruit/vegetables, regional cheeses, Hams and cured meats to the traditional dried cod know as Bacalhau, a must to buy is the regional honey, they even sell it in different varieties ,orange honey, is where the Bee’s have only used pollen from the orange blossom and it has a slight hint in the flavor of the honey,
some will even have plants and livestock
Antique fairs/markets Central Portugal
Alcobaça - 3rd Saturday of the month antiques fair
Batalha, Praça Mouzinho de Alburquerque - 2nd Sunday of the month - Antiques / Crafts fair
Caldas da Rainha -Antique & Craft Market on 2nd Sunday of the month,
Marinha Grande-4th Saturday each month - Antiques & Craft fair - Parque dos Mártires do Colonialismo
monthly Antiques fair / Car boot sale in Miranda do Corvo 1st Sunday of the month
Ourém-last Saturday of the month - Antiques/crafts- Praça Mouzinho de Albuquerque