Mercado del Sur (Mercado de El Fontán)
Gijón's Mercado del Sur — housed in a handsome early-20th-century iron-and-glass market hall — is where local cooks come every morning to buy the Asturian ingredients that make the region's food so exceptional.
What You'll Find Inside
Stalls overflow with Asturian cheeses — Cabrales, Gamonéu, Afuega'l Pitu — alongside fresh-caught fish from the nearby Puerto Deportivo, salt-cured anchovies from Cantabria and morcilla sausages made to family recipes decades old.
The fruit and vegetable stalls are a seasonal calendar in themselves: fabas (the fat white beans essential to fabada), wild mushrooms in autumn and the tiny, intensely sweet strawberries that appear in late spring.
Eating & Drinking at the Market
Several stalls double as stand-up bars where you can eat a freshly griddled bocadillo de calamares or a plate of percebes (barnacles) with a cold glass of Asturian cider before 10 am — and nobody will think this unusual.
The market's ground floor has a small café area that fills with market workers and early-rising locals; it's one of the most authentic, unhurried spots in the city for a morning coffee.
Practical Visiting Tips
Arrive between 9 am and 11 am on a weekday for the fullest stalls and the most animated atmosphere — stallholders are chatty and happy to let you taste before you buy.
The market is located in the El Natahoyo district, about a 15-minute walk or short bus ride from Cimadevilla; combine it with a visit to the nearby Laboral Ciudad de la Cultura.
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