Mercado Municipal de Ribadeo
Ribadeo's covered market on Rúa Reinante is a working, no-frills food hall where local fisherwomen sell percebes pulled from the rocks that morning, and farmers lay out Galician grelos (turnip tops), tetilla cheese and chestnut honey. It is the single best place in town to understand what actually ends up on local restaurant plates.
What to buy
The seafood stalls are the star attraction: look for nécoras (velvet swimming crabs), zamburiñas (queen scallops), and berberechos (cockles) from the Eo estuary. Prices are noticeably lower than in tourist-facing restaurants, and vendors will often let you taste before you buy.
On the produce side, seek out Galician tetilla cheese — a soft, cone-shaped cow's milk cheese with a buttery, mild flavour — alongside local honey and jars of mermelada de castaña (chestnut jam) made by smallholders from the inland hills.
When to visit
The market is at its liveliest on Tuesday and Saturday mornings from around 9 am to 1 pm when extra stalls spill onto the pavement outside and the whole neighbourhood smells of fresh fish and damp stone.
Even on quieter weekday mornings a handful of permanent stalls remain open; it is worth a quick visit simply to watch the rhythm of daily Galician life and pick up a bag of pan de maíz (cornbread) from the bakery stall near the entrance.
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