Nerja Market

Hola,

Here is some information about the street stalls I hope that you will find useful.

I was in Calle Chapril area on Tuesday morning when I suddenly discovered that something missing.

Walking further down the street it was empty, it hit me that the market should be here. I should have been making my way through the hustle and bustle of hundreds of people shopping.

I asked a local who told me that a discussion was held in the morning with traders and officials. The stall holders decided to protest with a strike. A lot of the stall holders are strongly against the future move to Almajara, site of the Sunday car boot sale. The stall holders have been saying that it will be the end of their business. On the morning there was no warning of the strike so you had a lot of people standing about on Calle Chapril wondering why it had gone.

Almajara is quite a distance outside the center and is also a very steep climb up hill and the elderly may not want to or be able to walk to to the new site. The site up at Almajara is said to be a lot bigger with places for the stalls marked out. This means that it will be easier to see everything.

it will not only effect the stall holders but also the bar and cafe proprietors in the area where it is situated, now Calle Chapril will be empty with a great loss to local businesses.

The site that it is situated at the moment provides good access, plenty of facilities like bars, restaurants, banks and is perfectly placed for people to discover it if they previously didn't realise it was on. I can understand why the stall holder and local market goers are resisting the move unfortunately the council are equally determined.

If anyone has any thoughts on the proposed move please leave a comment below.

Hasta luego!