Good early! The later you go, the more people you will encounter and the crowd will be huge. Lots of great treasures. Stick to the main road unless you want garage sales items and large, unpackable antiques.

A weekend market; a very long one with many many stores but as usual, most of them selling the same items with different pricings; mostly shawls/scarfs/handicrafts. Prepare cash as not many of them accept card payment. I spent quite alot of money buying Christmas presents.. Quite worth the money for the items.

This place is phenomenal on the Sunday morning as it’s packed with markets selling all wares from clothes etc antiques. It is really massive and busy. Great buts to be found. Some places don’t take credit/debit card though , so think about taking some cash with you for purchases.

GO EARLY! They open at 9am and we planned to arrive at 9am to avoid the really big crowds! It worked! By 11 am we could barely walk and were all ready to head out! Cute market with a very local feel!

This was a fun experience! I did find that google maps were not the most efficient in directing me (there was a metro station much closer ‘La Latina’ that I could’ve used, and on first site I did think ‘is that it?!’) but I was soon in among all the lovely stalls. As expected, there is plenty of jewellery, prints and clothing on display. There was not any food, but the area has plenty of restaurants. It did get quieter after two, as the crowds at midday were quite off putting. There was also a band playing, and a girl writing poems on request so it was really an enjoyable sensory experience. Do watch out for pickpockets!

Thankfully we went for the experience, more than the shopping because I didn't see anything that I was willing to pull out the wallet for. Poor logistics have this area jam packed with people (a pick pocketer's paradise). There was music playing, so the ambience is nice, but I hate to be stuck in wall to wall people while trying to shop. Other big cities, like NYC, have much better flea markets.

go for a stroll and to people watch. huge free flea market that spans several blocks. They have about anything one would want (not a lot of food vendors though). Maybe get there early walk around then head out on your day's activities like the museum or something nearby.

Nice morning excursion to experience Madrid. We arrived mid day so crowd were high, maybe arrive earlier to avoid peak crowds. Lots of variety of items for sale.