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Delicatessens & speciality shops in Palma: shopping guide
If you want to buy sobrassada, cheese and olive oil to take home rather than eat them on the spot, Palma’s delicatessens and market halls have the widest choice – vacuum-packed and ready to travel.
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Delicatessens & speciality shops in Palma: shopping guide
In Palma, you buy specialities to take home mainly at the Mercat de l'Olivar, the Mercat de Santa Catalina and specialist delicatessens in the old town; many of them offer a vacuum-packing service for transport.
Mercat de l'Olivar: fish, meat and delicatessen stalls
The Mercat de l'Olivar is Palma’s largest market hall and, besides fresh produce, has numerous stalls selling sobrassada, cheese and other delicacies to take away. If you want to shop with a plan, you will find a wide choice under one roof here. Many stalls sell pre-packed goods or vacuum-pack on request.
Mercat de Santa Catalina: a smaller, more modern selection
The Mercat de Santa Catalina is smaller and more modern than the Mercat de l'Olivar, but it also has delicatessen stalls with sausage, cheese and oil. The surrounding neighbourhood is also known for small, specialist shops. If you prefer a more manageable selection, this is a good place for you.
Specialist delicatessens in the old town
Besides the market halls, Palma’s old town has individual delicatessens, some with a long tradition, that focus on particular products such as cheese, wine or olive oil. These shops are particularly suitable for targeted purchases or advice on individual products. Opening hours vary from shop to shop.
Vacuum-packing: how to make your shopping travel-ready
Many delicatessen stalls and shops offer to vacuum-pack sausage, cheese or other delicate products before purchase. This extends their shelf life and prevents leaks in your suitcase. If you want to take larger quantities, it is best to ask about this option directly at the stall.
Practical tips
- Ask about a vacuum-packing service before you buy – it protects sausage and cheese in your suitcase.
- Liquids such as oil or wine belong in your checked luggage, not in your hand luggage.
- Visit both market halls early in the day, when the choice is greatest.
- To eat on the spot rather than buy to take away, use the separate tapas guide to the market halls.
Good to know
Price ranges, opening hours and airline rules change. We only give verifiable features and orders of magnitude – check details directly with the seller or your airline before buying or flying.
Product knowledge
The specialities for this topic
Sausage & ham I.G.P. Island-wide
Sobrassada de Mallorca
Spreadable paprika sausage
Bright red, soft and spreadable cured sausage made from pork and Tap de Cortí paprika.
- Ingredients
- Pork, bacon, Tap de Cortí paprika, salt, pepper
- Diet
- contains pork · gluten-free
- Price range
- Standard products cheaper, Porc Negre considerably more expensive per kilo
- Buy
- Mercat de l'Olivar (Palma), Sineu weekly market, Inca weekly market
- Flight
- Free within the EU for personal use – spreadable, so only up to 100 g in hand luggage; vacuum-pack larger pieces for your suitcase.
Last checked: August 2026
Cheese Centre of the island / Inca
Formatge de Mallorca
Mallorcan cheese
Cow’s, sheep’s and goat’s cheese from island farms – without its own D.O.P., but with a clear profile.
- Ingredients
- Cow’s, sheep’s or goat’s milk, salt, rennet, cultures
- Diet
- vegetarian · gluten-free
- Price range
- mid-range per kilo, depending on maturity
- Buy
- Mercat de l'Olivar (Palma), Sineu weekly market
- Flight
- Hard cheese is allowed in hand luggage, soft and fresh cheese only up to 100 g; transport vacuum-packed and chilled. Within the EU there is no quantity limit for personal use.
Last checked: August 2026
Oil & salt D.O. Tramuntana / Sóller
Oli de Mallorca
Mallorcan olive oil
Extra virgin olive oil with designation of origin – often from Arbequina, Picual and Mallorquina olives.
- Ingredients
- Olives (Arbequina, Picual, Mallorquina)
- Diet
- vegan · gluten-free
- Price range
- D.O. oils cost considerably more than standard supermarket oils
- Buy
- Mercat de l'Olivar (Palma), Sóller farmers’ market
- Flight
- Liquid: in hand luggage only up to 100 ml. Pack bottles shatter-proof in your suitcase.
Last checked: August 2026
Price ranges, opening hours and airline rules change. We only give verifiable features and orders of magnitude – check details directly with the seller or your airline before buying or flying.
| Product | Hand luggage | Suitcase | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sobrassada de Mallorca | only up to 100 g | yes | Free within the EU for personal use – spreadable, so only up to 100 g in hand luggage; vacuum-pack larger pieces for your suitcase. |
| Formatge de Mallorca | yes (hard cheese) | yes | Hard cheese is allowed in hand luggage, soft and fresh cheese only up to 100 g; transport vacuum-packed and chilled. Within the EU there is no quantity limit for personal use. |
| Oli de Mallorca | no | yes | Liquid: in hand luggage only up to 100 ml. Pack bottles shatter-proof in your suitcase. |
Frequently asked questions
Can you shop in the market halls just to take things home, instead of eating on the spot?
Yes, many stalls sell pre-packed goods or vacuum-pack on request.
How does this page differ from a tapas guide to the same market halls?
This page focuses on shopping to take away; for eating directly at the market stalls there is the separate food guide to the market halls.
Where can you get vacuum-packed sobrassada in Palma?
At many delicatessen stalls in the Mercat de l'Olivar and in specialist shops in the old town.
More topics
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Sobrassada
Bright red, spicy, soft and spreadable and steeped in Balearic tradition: Sobrassada de Mallorca is a sausage culture with protected origin. Find out how to recognise genuine top quality.
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Taking specialities home
Ensaïmada boxes under your arm, sobrassada in your suitcase and olive oil in your luggage: so that your culinary souvenir shopping does not end at the security check, we explain the official flight and customs rules.
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Delicacies at weekly markets
Every day of the week, a village somewhere in Mallorca has its market day – if you know where to go, you will find sobrassada, cheese and vegetables straight from the producer instead of from the supermarket shelf.
Related
- Market halls & weekly markets Mercat de l'Olivar and Mercat de Santa Catalina for eating tapas.
- Restaurants in Palma Eating on the spot instead of shopping to take away.
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Image credits: Sobrassada de Mallorca: Photo Juan Emilio Prades Bel, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons