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'El Zacatín' Craft Market
'El Zacatín' Craft Market in Bullas is a traditional street market where the visitor can find a wide range of typical products from the region.
The 'Zacatín' is one of the most important resources of the town, and a pioneering experience concerning the street markets that are held in the Region of Murcia, apart from the fact that it is the only one that keeps its activity throughout all the year.
When and where is it held?
Every month's first Sunday from 9'00 to 14'00 hours, at the Plaza Vieja and the Castle area, right in the centre of the town.
What does it offer?
There you can enjoy the exhibition and sale of products and crafts from the region, as well as a great variety of traditional activities, product elaboration and tasting, street animations, guided visits to old wine cellars, commented wine tastes of Bullas wines, etc.
In addition, every month a demonstration of an old craft or trade is carried out, recovering therefore the manual process of elaboration of the local products.
Programme
A yearly schedule is set with the programming of activities complementary to the sale and exhibition of different products:
- JANUARY
We recover the local folk music, with different groups performances, among them the 'Animeros y auroros' and the 'Rondalla' from La Copa de Bullas. - FEBRUARY
We recreate the medieval street markets, with their minstrels, their music, and the craftsmen dressed in costumes of those times. The blacksmiths will create a medieval atmosphere by forging the iron to the fire. - MARCH
We will enjoy a succulent gastronomic day: we will elaborate the traditional 'migas con tropezones' and taste pork sausages. - APRIL
We will discover the natural scents with the distillation of aromatic plants and get to know the medicinal uses of the aloe-vera. - MAY
The 'esparto' craftsmen will show the most traditional ways to elaborate the 'pleita', as well as cords and canvas shoes. - JUNE
We will have breakfast with natural products from the land, we will enjoy the qualities of ecological agriculture, we will prove liquefied fruits of the season, as well as natural honey just extracted from the beehives. - JULY
The skilled carpenters will show their ability in their trade, shaping the wood. - AUGUST
The skilful hands of the ceramists will shape and decorate the different pottery pieces. - SEPTEMBER
From the distaff to the loom, we will display demonstrations of spinning and artisan weaving. - OCTOBER
The culture of the grapevine and the elaboration of the wine play an essential role in the local culture, we are at the time of the grape harvest and we will be showed the process of elaboration of the wine, simultaneously to the tasting of our quality wines (Quality Certificate or D.O. 'Bullas') . - NOVEMBER
We will milk the goats and we will make fresh cheese, we also will taste ecological yoghourts. - DECEMBER
We will enjoy a gastronomic day with a Christmas atmosphere, we will Christmas sweets and cakes and taste typical meals, along with good wines (Quality Certificate or D.O. 'Bullas').
In addition, the Town council to Bullas provides a Tourist Information Point in the street market, where the local cultural and natural offer is divulged.
Visiting the Zacatín street market is a good way to get to know the landscapes and corners of this inland town in the Region of Murcia, as well as to taste its rich gastronomy accompanied by the quality of its wines.