Hobart Markets: Hobart, Tasmania - TAS, Australia

Hobart is widely known for its exceptional markets and tourists visiting the city often find themselves drawn to the stalls when looking for good-quality Aussie craftsmanship and unusual souvenirs.

Well worth a visit is the excellent Salamanca Market, which is based within the inner-precinct of Salamanca Plaza, just across from Parliament Square and St. David's Park, and close to Sullivans Cove. Established by locals in Hobart during the early 1970s as a friendly community project, the Salamanca Market began its life with just a dozen or so stalls and has steadily grown in size over the subsequent decades, regularly attracting enormous crowds each Saturday which now exceed 25,000 people. Interestingly, this makes it the most visited 'attraction' in the whole of Tasmania.

Salamanca Market
Address: Salamanca Place, Hobart, Tasmania (TAS), 7000, Australia AU
Tel: +61 (0)3 6230 8233
Salamanca Market is a lively, weekly flea market, held in Hobart's trendy Salamanca district and situated along the scenic waterfront, which is lined with grassy areas and large plane trees. With more than 300 stalls selling a wide variety of goods, this has become is one of Tasmania's premier tourist attractions and is operated by Hobart City Council.

Highlights at the Salamanca Market include fresh fruit and vegetables, organic produce, bread, cakes, savoury snacks, local delicacies, stylish new and vintage clothes, fashion accessories, collectors' items, local arts and crafts, flowers, plants, books, music, antiques, paintings, mirrors, Tasmanian arts, Aboriginal artefacts, ceramics and all manner of souvenirs.

Salamanca Market is the largest and most popular in Hobart and other attractions nearby include hot snacks, music, live entertainment, street cafés, galleries, speciality shops and renovated warehouses.
Open: Saturday - 08:30 to 15:00
Admission: free

Northgate Flea Market
Address: Northgate Shopping Centre, Main Road, Glenorchy, Hobart, Tasmania (TAS), 7010, Australia AU
Tel: +61 (0)3 6272 0112
Located in the car park area of the Northgate Shopping Centre, each Sunday the popular Northgate Flea Market attracts large crowds of eager bargain hunters. This interesting, undercover venue features a wide range of items such as vintage clothes, secondhand books, music, souvenirs and general bric-a-brac.
Open: Sunday - 08:30 to 15:00
Admission: free