La Spezia Food Market — Local services in La Spezia

BEWARE!!! Don't get cheated like I did! If they see that you're a foreigner, they may be inclined to over charge you. I was there earlier today and I purchased some tomatoes and a basket of strawberries. When it came to pay, the lady (long black hair, aged between 50-60, wearing white-framed glasses) said 8,60 euro. I thought it was a little steep, but didn't think much of it and paid. Once I got home, I looked at the bag that the tomatoes came in and there were four items listed while I had only purchased two. She clearly charged me double of what I should have paid, fabricating two of the numbers to hike up the price. Make sure you're paying for what you're getting and not more. It was only an extra 4 or so euros, but no one likes to be cheated, regardless of the amount. I can only speculate how many other customers she has cheated in this...

Disappointing. Tourist trap. If you dont speak italian fluently dont go there, especially to the stalls where the prices are not written. I had to pay 10 € for two peaches and a tiny mango when it typically costs around five euros on a market in Italy. Trying to support the local producers and getting ripped off was not nice. Plus you dont know where the fruits and vegetable are grown, you dont know if it's a family owned business or just that they buy from producers they dont know. Its just indicated "Italy" and you dont know...

Locals may take plentiful local and reasonably priced produce for granted but as a visitor, I do not. We have nothing like this at home in New York State - a farmers market open every single day, with reasonable or even cheap quality local products. Plus, the market is close to the pedestrian streets where you can stroll after doing some shopping. I would recommend to tourists and suggest to locals that they support their unusually intact and reasonably priced local...