Wooden chalets, handmade gifts, Christmas sweets and free shows — every Christmas market on the coast, town by town, with dates and opening hours.
Season: 20 Nov 2026 – 6 Jan 2027
2 events in 1 town
City centre, Cartagena
The city's Christmas arts-and-crafts market, open 11:00–14:00 and 17:00–21:00 from mid-December to 5 January. Its square changes from year to year (Plaza Juan XXIII last season), so check the venue nearer the time.
Port seafront promenade, Cartagena
A Christmas food market on the port's seafront promenade, with free lunchtime concerts (around 13:00 on weekends and holidays), a children's area and workshops, from just before Christmas to Three Kings. Last season ran 18 December to 6 January; this year's line-up is confirmed nearer the time.
On the Costa Cálida, Cartagena leads with a Christmas craft market in the city centre and a food market with concerts on the port's seafront promenade. Every market we know of is on this page, grouped by town; the Mar Menor and Mazarrón towns usually announce theirs in late November.
Christmas markets on the Spanish coast are a little different from the northern-European kind. You'll find rows of wooden chalets, handmade gifts and decorations, but also nativity-scene (belén) figures, turrón, polvorones and other Christmas sweets, and very often a stage with free shows for the children. Most open with the town's lights switch-on in late November or early December and stay until the Three Kings on 5–6 January, though a few are weekend fairs or close before Christmas.
Two practical tips: many markets close in the middle of the day (a typical pattern is 11:00–14:00 and 17:00–21:00), and the evenings, under the lights, are when they're at their best. Entry is always free. Dates for the new season are usually announced by the town halls in November, so we've listed each market with its expected dates and update them as they're confirmed.
Most open with the town's lights switch-on, between the last week of November and the first week of December, and run until 5 or 6 January. A few are shorter — weekend fairs, or markets that close just before Christmas — so check the dates on each listing above.
They vary by town. Many close in the middle of the day, with a typical pattern of 11:00–14:00 and 17:00–21:00 or 22:00; some stay open all day. The hours we know are on each listing above.
Yes — entry to all of them is free. Shows on the market stages are usually free too; rides and ice rinks, where there are any, normally charge.
Handmade crafts, jewellery and gifts, Christmas decorations and figures for the nativity scene (belén), and seasonal sweets such as turrón, polvorones and mantecados. The larger ones add food stalls, children's activities and a stage.
List it free. Once it's checked it appears on this guide and on the town's What's On page.