Mercado de San Miguel

Mercado de San Miguel

Croquettes, ham and oysters bite by bite under iron and glass

Hours

Sun-Thu 10:00-24:00; Fri, Sat and holiday eves 10:00-01:00 (official site, checked Oct 2026)

Budget

€20-40 per person

Address

Plaza de San Miguel, by Plaza Mayor's west exit

A century-old iron-and-glass market hall turned into a tapas market. Twenty-odd stalls sell ham, croquettes, oysters, paella, squid sandwiches and vermouth in small portions. You order and pay at each stall, then eat at the standing tables in the middle, so it's easy solo. In the evening it's packed shoulder to shoulder, and prices are clearly higher than in a regular bar: one visitor paid over €10 for a squid sandwich.