Two markets are held, on Tuesdays and Saturdays, but the first has its roots in 1744, when King Philip V, through the mediation of an illustrious Vilagarcía, Antonio José Mendoza and Caamaño, the 3rd Marquis of Vilagarcía and Viceroy of Peru, granted a market to Franco to compensate for the continuous tax paid by the villagers for the Navy. Since then, this meeting of merchants and consumers continues to be celebrated. The meaning is different, but the essence remains. Whether it is Tuesday or Saturday, the streets adjacent to the market square are closed to traffic, covering an area of ​​several thousand square metres, and become a huge shopping centre where it is possible to find almost everything: from “boutique remains” to “shopping malls” to “shopping malls” “from shoes and clothes, as the fairs advertise, to hardware tools or the most varied fabrics, including sausages and local wines, flowers and vegetables from nearby gardens or artisan breads and desserts.

The hustle and bustle outside moves to the market square, a unique building from 1929, located at the foot of the Con river promenade and right in front of the historic-artistic complex of the Vistalegre palace and convent. Fish and seafood on one side, Galician meats on the other. and artisan sausages on the other compete with bread, cheese, honey and artisan sweets.

In an adjoining building, known as the “vegetable square”, the visitor will find another similar display, except that here the protagonists are the products. from the land. Dozens of small producers from the municipality itself and from neighbouring areas come together in an explosion of unique colours and aromas.