Whitewashed building with a wrought-iron staircase in the old town

Shopping & markets

Markets, wine and beautiful things

Jávea is not a town for chain stores, and that is exactly its charm. Here you shop at family businesses that have sometimes been going for fifty years, among the stalls of the mercat or at an evening market by the port.

Markets

Mercat Municipal

Mercat Municipal

Old town · Monday to Saturday

The covered market hall by the church is the belly of the town. Fresh fish from the local auction, dried and salted fish at the salazón stall, sausage, bread and vegetables from stalls passed down through the generations. Go in the morning when the produce is at its best, and finish with a coca at one of the little bars inside.

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Illustrative image: Thursday market

Thursday market

Plaça de la Constitució · Morning

Every Thursday morning, stalls selling vegetables, fruit, clothing and household goods fill the big square in the old centre. Not a tourist market but a proper town market, which is exactly what makes it fun. Combine it with a coffee on the square.

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Illustrative image: Summer evening market at the port

Summer evening market at the port

Paseo Marítimo · Late June to late August

On summer evenings, around twenty stalls with handmade jewellery, ceramics and textiles line the promenade at the port. Everything is genuinely handmade; mass-produced goods are kept out. Lovely to combine with an evening stroll and an ice cream.

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Shops worth your time

Hinédito

Hinédito

Plaza de la Iglesia · Concept store

Two floors of homeware and fashion in a fifteenth-century building right on the church square. Mediterranean interior pieces, candles and womenswear from Italian and French labels. The sort of shop you enter for a gift and leave with a bag full of things for yourself.

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Illustrative image: Bodega Miguel

Bodega Miguel

Old town · Wine, since 1972

For more than fifty years the wine shop in town, a few steps from the mercat. Big Spanish names alongside olive oil, vinegar and delicacies. The family has a story and a recommendation for every bottle.

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Illustrative image: Casa del Vino

Casa del Vino

Arenal · Wine and spirits

More than fifteen hundred wines from Spain and abroad, plus craft beers, cava and champagne. They also run tastings and courses. Conveniently placed if you are staying near the Arenal.

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Illustrative image: Bodega Jávea

Bodega Jávea

Between the old town and the port · Wine and local produce

A wine shop with a well-stocked local produce section, including olive oil from nearby mills. The place to pick up an edible souvenir that did not come from a souvenir shop.

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Illustrative image: Galerie Isabel Bilbao

Galerie Isabel Bilbao

Avenida Ausiàs March · Contemporary art

A fixture in the region since 1989, with changing exhibitions of Spanish and international contemporary artists. Free to enter and always worth the detour, even if you have no intention of buying.

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Where to go

The nicest boutiques and studios are in the little streets of the old centre, around the church square and the Plaça de la Constitució. Near the Arenal you shop along the Avenida Fontana and the promenade, and at the port you can wander the evening market on summer nights.