El Ejido market is on the first three Wednesdays of the month
Around 10 minutes by car from Almerimar marina
To the top of the hill leaving Almerimar. Take a left on the roundabout after the motorway turn-off. Drive on down the hill and turn right on the second roundabout, about a kilometre.
Continue for another kilometre and you will see the market on your left. Plenty of parking on your right.
Roquetas market is open every Thursday morning.
Around 30 minutes by car or catch a bus at 10:30 from Mercadona, number 333 or 152. The market is located close to the Grand Plaza shopping centre. Head east on the motorway. Turn of at the junction marked ‘Roquetas’. Keep right and head down the hill. Around the first roundabout take the exit for Aquadulce. Drive for 10 minutes until you see the Grand Plaza with ‘Toys’r’Us and Leroy Merlin. Take the left on the roundabout and the market is straight ahead with parking on the right.
Vicar, probably the largest of them all is open every Sunday morning.
Around 20 minutes by car. Head east on the motorway looking for the exit to Vicar. (Not the village ‘pueblo’ but the town itself to the south.) Take the road for five minutes until you come to a main junction, turn left – you are there – look for people carrying bags. Plenty of parking on some wasteland next to the market. Okay, not always the easiest place to find, especially if you don’t know the area so here are the coordinates for your satnav or smartphone:
36º 48.08N – 2 º28.21W