Mercado Municipal de Fraga
Fraga's covered municipal market is the beating heart of a comarca that supplies much of Spain with stone fruit, and shopping here on a busy Tuesday or Saturday morning is a masterclass in Aragonese agricultural abundance. Stalls overflow with peaches, nectarines, flat paraguayo peaches and sweet Fraga peppers that chefs in Barcelona covet.
The Fruit Capital of Aragon
The Bajo Cinca is one of Spain's most productive fruit-growing zones, and the market reflects that with a directness that supermarkets can never replicate. Vendors are often the same families who picked the fruit that morning on plots just outside town.
Look for the melocotón de Fraga — a local peach variety with deep red flesh and a honeyed intensity that is almost shocking if you are used to supermarket fruit. Late July through August is peak season.
Beyond Fruit: Charcuterie and Cheese
Alongside the produce stalls you will find a handful of vendors selling longaniza de Aragón (a paprika-laced cured sausage), local sheep's cheese from the Monegros plateau and enormous glass jars of honey from hives kept in the surrounding scrubland.
The market café attached to the building serves a no-nonsense breakfast of tostada con tomate and café con leche for under two euros — the best possible start to a morning's browsing.
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