Salamanca Market in Hobart

Salamanca Market held on the saturday every week it is a definite must while in Hobart the bluestone lane "Salamanca Place" is shut off on each end of the street to local traffic.

People with all types of stalls concentrate here on the day including local artists, fine furniture, dairy, cheeses, leather, gourmet food, clothes, carvings, sculptures, paintings, jewllery, craft producers to sell their home grown produce and goods here. Just close to constitution dock the veiws are tremendous it's just a short stroll down to the market and the surrounding seaside docks.

Colourful characters come out in full force every Saturday, from 8:30am to 3:00pm, at Hobarts Salamanca Market.

Some of the best arts and crafts, food and flowers produced in Tasmania are displayed at Salamanca Market. It offers a shopping experience with a difference.

Salamanca Market is one of those special places where you actually meet the people who create, make or grow what they sell. You can buy anything from a handmade wooden toy to a handspun, hand-knitted sweater to a 50-year-old china plate.

The streetscape is famous for its historic Georgian warehouses, dating back to the 1830s. Many of these warehouses have been converted into galleries, theatres, cafes, craft shops and restaurants.

These were built 1839 by the legendary adventurer, sealer, and whaler James Kelly to link Salamanca Place with historic Battery Point.

The market highlights the creative skills of the local craftspeople in a atmosphere that is inspiring, innovative and entertaining. While strolling through the market take a look at Kellys Steps.


Salamanca market has some interesting people and great athmosphere on a sunny day you can enjoy some nice largers,Irish Guinness or a Killkenny at some of the local pubs along Salamanca Lane. Plenty of people from all over the world come to Hobart just to relax with the laid back Tasmania lifestyle small surrounding towns and fishing villages (seafood is fresh and insane you must try) on the weekend knowing they will have a good time at Salamanca and maybe grab that little bargain or gourmet meal.