Marsaxlokk Open Market — Attraction in Marsaxlokk

This place is a tourist trap and 99% of the stuff can only be purchased in cash. Racist and rude Maltese vendors who are giving almost rotten fish to foreigners. Nothing special with the seafood they're selling and the worst compared to the normal fish shops found anywhere in Europe.

On weekdays avoid the fruit and vegetable truck (truck name: "FRESH FRUIT AND VEGETABLES") in the early to late afternoons/early evenings (2PM - 7PM). The vendors at this truck are two very short plump Maltese men in their 50s - 60s who are very rude and RACIST to customers. They're extremely unhappy if foreigners buy from them. They are always parked across Costa Coffee. All their stuff are also overpriced which you can get at Lidl.

You're lucky if you come pass by the other veggie truck that parks from early morning til a bit past noon (7AM- 12PM/12:30PM) on weekdays and Saturdays. This guy is the only one that accepts bank transfers for payments.

If you shop on Sundays, veggies and fruits are actually the same price as Lidl and other grocery stores and a bit pricier than the ones from the veggie trucks around the island. Strawberries are sold at €5 per kilo on its season, almost double the price compared to Greens supermarket or Lidl.

Not a good place to shop anymore for locals and residents from April to September.

Fish market is open on Sundays from 8AM to 1PM. Souvenir stalls are open from Mondays - Saturdays from...

We came here for the Sunday fish market in late September. We were there for around 730am and it wasn't too busy so we could see all the fresh seafood for sale. We took a bus from Valletta, which left around 640am. It did get way more busy by 9am and was very crowded in the market area. Other than the fish, the other items in the market were cheap items from China like clothes, shoes, accessories, phone cases, etc... There wasn't much for local baking, crafts, or gifts.

We didn't spend long at the market and decided to hike to and from St Peter's Pool. We then took the bus back to Valletta around 1030am and the buses back to Valletta were already getting crowded by then. So I would plan to go and come back early.

In the town itself, did not have anything else to see as everything seemed to be closed Sunday morning. The harbour was colourful but the market was completely taking over the wharf. Saw the strangest thing... a guy taking his horse for a swim around the harbour.

WARNING: when buying things at the market, make sure you ask how much everything costs FIRST as they will try to rip you off, which...

Went on Sunday for the Market... Have to agree with some of the other reviews in here. The market is full of tat, and you can't see the views of the harbour. Bought a €3 in-car charger to help me navigate my hire car back to the hotel & a small €5 ball for the kids to play with. It's not really catering for tourists, and it's a Fish Market as well, so half of the stalls are selling FISH! Needless to say, the whole area smells of fish, and I caught my toe in a plastic back soaked in fish oil on the way out. My daughter almost put her finger in one of the crab's eyes which was the highlight of the trip. We were told the Market closed at 2pm, but more importantly most of the restaurants close at 2.30pm, if you don't have a reservation and you turn up at 1.30pm you might have to resort to going to the cafe I'm sitting in now that has a 3.5star rating and closes at 5pm. Was it worth seeing? Probably better on a non-market day? I guess if you're really bored... the views are nice, but cant be seen unless you go behind the stalls, not really any space to walk along...