Mercat de Sant Antoni
A beautiful, recently renovated market where you can have breakfast or lunch with kids without the usual stress. There are fruit stalls that cut up fresh fruit for you, tapas bars with high chairs, and on Sunday mornings there's a book and comics market outside. Kids enjoy wandering between the stalls.
Mercat de Sant Antoni, Carrer del Comte d'Urgell, 1, 08011 Barcelona
Carrer del Comte d'Urgell, 1, 08011 Barcelona
🚗 5 min from BCN
💡 Parent tip: Saturday morning is the sweet spot — less packed than weekday lunchtimes. The Cal Pepito stall does fresh juices that kids demolish. There are decent public toilets too (rare for a market, I know).
Mercat de Sant Antoni is one of Barcelona’s most beautiful markets following its recent renovation. For families with small children, it’s a perfect outing: fruit stalls where they’ll cut up fresh fruit for you (ideal for improvised snacks), tapas bars that have high chairs and don’t bat an eyelid when your toddler drops bread on the floor, and a relaxed atmosphere that invites wandering.
On Sunday mornings, the outdoor book and comics market adds an extra draw. While kids aged 0 to 5 won’t be reading the comics, they love browsing between the stalls.
The highlight: there are decent public toilets (something rare in a market). The Cal Pepito stall is a mandatory stop for its fresh juices.
Source: Tribu House