Every Saturday and Sunday the covered market in Puntagorda is open. On Saturdays from 15.00 until 19.00 and on Sundays from 11.00 until 15.00 The market sells only products grown or produced on the island.There are about 40 stalls selling a wide variety of products, including:
Olives etc. Fresh (cream) cakes. Traditional Palmero biscuits and cake. A butcher, usually with pork, beef and chicken and often with goat and rabbit depending on the season. Goats Cheese. Fresh locally grown strawberries. Fresh locally grown fruit and vegetables. Plants for the garden. Sugar cane press with sugar-cane based drinks. Aloe Vera plants, creams and health drink. Puntagorda's own cigar maker is usually busy rolling cigars from La Palma tobacco. Wine from the North and West of La Palma. Fresh bread (German baker). Honey from Garafia.
The are stalls selling: Pottery, photographs and postcards, leather ware, La Palma T-shirts, baskets etc.
Note: Not all stalls are present every day.
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