Art and Craft Fair

The stalls go up from mid-morning in Plaça del Mercat, the square beside Tortosa's old covered market down near the Ebro. It is a small, local affair rather than a big organised craft fair, run by the market traders and the town hall, so what you find shifts each time it comes around: someone painting, someone with jewellery or leatherwork, a table of ceramics or textiles.

Browsing costs nothing, and there is no pressure to buy. The pace is slow and chatty, which suits a morning when you have wandered down from the cathedral with a coffee. Have a few euros in cash, since the handmade pieces here are the sort of thing you actually take home. If you are passing through the lower Ebro valley, it is a pleasant reason to slow down for half an hour.