Explore Flea Markets in Goa

Flea Market in Goa

For the street shoppers those who love shopping, visiting the Goa markets is like a dream come true. Arambol flea market is one of the best flea markets in Goa.

Be it chilled beer, warm chocolate waffles, junk jewelry, handcrafted art pieces, tattoos, good music, scarves, hammocks, or spices, the Goa flea markets have it all.

These flea markets in Goa remain open from November to April. The best time to visit is between Christmas and New Year.

The Arambol flea market gives you the impression to stroll across a global village.

Top 8 Flea Markets in Goa to explore

The priced items and their variety make any shopper’s dream come true on the Goa flea markets. Every street shopper lover should visit here are four flea markets in Goa:

1. Arambol Flea Market

This market exists every day. This market starts before the main parking lot at Arambol Beach. It stretches over 3 kilometers until the end of Arambol.

Arambol is the northernmost point of Goa. And over the decades has developed into a small hippy community.

The cost here is a little lower than the flea market and the night market in Anjuna on Saturday.

For many reasons Arambol flea market is one of the best markets in Goa. A few hours before sunset this market starts.

It is a beach party, not a market, where visitors bring their drums and handkerchiefs together every day to make music during sunset. Performers with their bats, hula hoops, poi, and many other props are popular now.

This market looks like it is out of a music festival. It has stuff such as handmade clothing, food, jewelry, glass pipes. This is one of the best markets in Goa.

2. Anjuna Flea Market

The vibrant Anjuna Flea Market is a paradise for lovers of style and visitors.

Some hippies in Europe began selling small items as part of a barter system in the late 1960’s, to make money.

The Anjuna Flea market offers Tibetan decorative handicraft and wooden items. It also has beautiful wall hangings, stunning sardine beach frocks. Also the decorations of Kashmiri and many more.

Whether you are searching for a fun or a necklace, there are all kinds of visitors on this Anjuna Flea market.

3. Saturday Night Market, Arpora

Take your eyes off the lively beaches of North Goa and you’ll find the Arpora Saturday evening market.

Each Saturday, from 18:00 to 12:00, the flea market will take you to the Goa dusk. After spending long hours under the sun on the beach you will enjoy this place

Here you will find various outfits, dresses, shoes and bags, crafts and jewelry, including the leather accessories.

You can shop for Pashmina shavls, spices and accessories. All this with a glass of beer or wine in your hand.

And if you’re not looking for a shopping case, you’re entertained for hours with lots of live concerts.

4. The Calangute Bazar

The Calangute Bazar is open from 6.30 to 12 p.m. on Saturdays. It is also known for the Tibetan and Cashmiri segment that is able to test its negotiating skills.

You can take crocodile and dolphin hunting in the vicinity of the Mandovi River. There are several Goan artifacts in the Kerkar Art Center, nearby.

The Calangute Bazaar has something for everyone with even astrologers and fortune tellers. The market has a range of weird metallic gems made from gold, bronze and even wood.

The Calangute Bazaar have shops selling colorful silk and cotton fabrics. These are lovely handmade items made out of raw wood, and more.

The Tibetan market, that draws attention of the art lovers. It has exquisite selection of tapestries and jewelry. It is another common destination for interest shoppers.

5. Mapusa Flea Market

Mapusa Friday market is the spot for you if you are searching for local products and goods. like the fish market of Chapora, the market of Mapusa is also the best place to visit. Mapusa’s biggest market is open every day. The special Mapusa flea market opens on Friday.

Mapusa Market is the best place where you can find everything that is Goa famous for shopping.

Fresh fish, fresh meat, earthen pots, organic food, toddy palm feni, cashew feni, Goan sausages, spices, Goan cashews are some of the things you can buy from Mapousa Market. You will find daily things and lots of food you need to run your home. It’s a day market ends as the sun sets.

The Mapusa flea market opens early in the morning and ends around 6 pm.

6. Mackies Night Market

The Night Bazaarof Mackie is not to be confused with the Saturdays Arpora Night Market. The night market in Arpora is the most popular. Mackies Night Market is the area’s original night market and is closer to the Baga river.

This market has many stalls for food, live bands and shops. Makies night market is open on Saturdays at around 6pm and ends at around 1 am. Mackies night market exists only during the main season i.e. from November to March. You can easily reach Arpora from the Baga beach or Mapusa flea market.

Mackies night market can be divided in three different sections: the first one that sells Indian clothes, the second one which sells the housing bandstand and the third one filled with stalls selling western clothes and food shacks.

7. Arambol Drum Circle and the Sunset Beach

Out of all the flea markets in Goa, Arambol drum circle market is favorite of tourists for varied reasons. The Arambol drum circle market starts few hours before sunset. Here the travelers throughout the world sell the handmade creations.

It is more than a market. The Arambol Drum Circle exists during high season.

8. Chapora Fish Market

The Chapora fish market is open everyday from 4am to 6 am and again from 4 pm to 6pm. The market is closed in rainy season. If you are a seafood lover then this is the right place for you. Here the local women offer their catch of everyday right from lobsters, prawns, mussels, crabs, kingfish and pomfret.

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