In Alcobendas, the weekly market is a Monday-morning affair for locals doing their shopping, not a tourist sight, and that is its appeal if you live or stay in the north of Madrid. Since 2018 it has filled the main car park of the Ciudad Deportiva Valdelasfuentes, a sports complex on metro line 10, with around 70 stalls. On Sundays the town has no weekly market, only a monthly one for local food producers, so a weekend visitor is better served by the Rastro in central Madrid, which runs every Sunday morning.
When and where is the Alcobendas street market? On Mondays from 9:00 to 14:00, or 8:30 to 13:30 in summer, in the car park of the Ciudad Deportiva Valdelasfuentes, with around 70 stalls. A separate producers’ market of Madrid-region food runs on the second Sunday of each month, except July and August, on Paseo de Valdelasfuentes.
- Metro: Manuel de Falla, line 10, 88 metres.
- Train: Cercanías Valdelasfuentes, line C-4, 896 metres.
- Sunday option: producers’ market, monthly.
- Antiques: go to the Rastro in Madrid instead.
What do the stalls sell?
Expect the weekly shop: fruit and vegetables, clothes and textiles, shoes, accessories, nuts, flowers and plants, homeware, hardware and stationery. In 2025 the town added nine new stalls, including a food truck, and asked for products different from those already on sale.
What may disappoint: it is a Monday-morning market, so it clashes with office hours, and it is not a place for antiques. For that, the Rastro on Sunday mornings is the trip to make. If you combine the market with sightseeing, remember that the MUNCYT and the bonsai museum close on Mondays; things to do in Alcobendas lists what stays open, and the set lunch guide covers lunch afterwards.
Which market, which day?
Alcobendas and San Sebastián de los Reyes stagger their markets through the week, so the day you can go decides which one you visit.
| Where | Market | Day and hours |
|---|---|---|
| Ciudad Deportiva Valdelasfuentes car park | Alcobendas street market | Monday, 9:00-14:00 (summer 8:30-13:30) |
| Paseo de Valdelasfuentes | Alcobendas producers’ market | Second Sunday, not July or August |
| Parque de La Marina fairground | San Sebastián de los Reyes market | Wednesday and first Sunday, 9:00-14:00 |
The Sanse market is covered in the San Sebastián de los Reyes street market guide, and the full weekly calendar for the capital is in Madrid’s street markets by day.
When is the producers’ market?
On the second Sunday of each month, except July and August, Madrid-region growers and makers sell vegetables, mountain beef, cheese and olive oil directly on Paseo de Valdelasfuentes. There is a Christmas edition too: in 2025 it was on Sunday 14 December, 10:00 to 15:00, as part of Christmas in Alcobendas.
How do you get to the market?
Metro line 10 is the easy route: change at Tres Olivos from central Madrid and get off at Manuel de Falla, which is closer to the market than any other station.
The market moved here in March 2018 from the streets of Manuel de Falla and Miguel de Cervantes, so roads no longer close every Monday. At Christmas 2025, from 8 December to 5 January, it moved temporarily to calle Miguel de Cervantes and the sports complex’s second car park, with extra stalls.
Questions about the Alcobendas street market
When is the Alcobendas street market?
Every Monday morning, 9:00 to 14:00, and 8:30 to 13:30 in summer. It sets up in the main car park of the Ciudad Deportiva Valdelasfuentes, 88 metres from Manuel de Falla station on metro line 10, with around 70 stalls.
Is there a Sunday market in Alcobendas?
Only once a month: the producers’ market runs on the second Sunday of each month, except July and August, on Paseo de Valdelasfuentes. Neighbouring San Sebastián de los Reyes holds its street market on the first Sunday of the month, and Madrid’s Rastro runs every Sunday.
Is the Alcobendas market good for antiques or second-hand finds?
Not really. It is an everyday market of fruit and vegetables, clothes, shoes, nuts, flowers, homeware and hardware. For antiques and second-hand stalls, Madrid’s Rastro on Sunday mornings is the better trip.
Go on a Monday morning for the market, or on the second Sunday for local food.