Checking out Salamanca Market, Hobart, Tasmania

Last updated on 13 March 2026

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When we were planning our week-long visit to Tasmania, one of the things I wanted to make sure was on the list was checking out Salamanca Market in Hobart. This is held every Saturday morning down by the waterfront in Hobart, so I made sure that we weren’t off gallivanting around the island, but that we were back in the city so we could visit it.

I’m a sucker for a good market. The same friend and I made sure we visited Queen Victoria Market in Melbourne when we visited in 2018, and also love discovering new-to-us markets whenever we go adventuring.

We planned our time in Tasmania around the market, as it’s only open on Saturdays, and managed to get a hotel in central Hobart, meaning it was just a 15min walk down to Salamanca Place. Turns out I didn’t actually take many photos, oops. But you can also check out a Reel here on Instagram.

Salamanca Market in Hobart is a great place to explore

Salamanca Market is right down by the waterfront in Hobart, Tasmania, and it started back in 1972 with just 15 stalls. These days, though, there are over 300 stalls!

We did need a bit of a game plan when it came to what we were doing and how we were going to tackle the market. Thankfully, it’s mostly just down one street – Salamanca Place – so we started at one end of the street, wandered up one side, and then swapped to the other and wandered back up the other.

The streets around Salamanca Square are beautiful, too, with these rows of 19th-century Georgian sandstone buildings, cobble paths, and of course, the waterfront with boats bobbing in the water. Honestly, with a coffee in hand and all the time in the world, what more do you want from a Saturday morning?

There was everything from fresh produce to beautiful pottery, handmade earrings and crafts to food trucks, books and bric-a-brac to buskers singing and playing music. We ended up buying a few bits and bobs along the way, and what’s cool about the market is that a lot (if not most?) of the wares you can find in the stalls are locally made or sourced.

While it wasn’t until we returned to the area after the market had finished that we discovered some restaurants, bookstores, cafes and other cute shops tucked into the alleys and other squares near Salamanca Place, so you really could spend hours down there, just enjoying the market and surrounding stores.

We were probably at the market for about an hour and a half, and when we felt like we had exhausted the market, we jumped on the Hop On Hop Off Bus and spent the rest of the day exploring Hobart and the surrounding area.

If you get the chance to be in Hobart on a Saturday, then it’s well worth visiting Salamanca Market. As I mentioned, we made sure we were in the city on the Saturday morning, and planned the rest of our trip around that.

FAQs about Salamanca Market

Where is Salamanca Market?

Salamanca Market is in downtown Hobart, by the waterfront. It takes up all of Salamanca Place and spills out on the boardwalk and into the surrounding shops and cafes, too.

What time does it open?

Salamanca Market is open on Saturdays from 8am to 3pm.

How do you get to Salamanca Market?

The public transport in Hobart seemed to be pretty good when we were there, though to be fair, we did mostly get the Airport bus and the Hop On Hop Off bus. But if you have a hotel in the centre of the city, then it’s definitely within walking distance.

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Have you visited Salamanca Market in Hobart? Pick up any goodies?