Mercato del Carmine

The Carmine Market, in Lucca

The Carmine Market is a covered market of Lucca, located in a historic building, a former Carmelite convent. The Lucca audio-guided tour stops here to evoke this gourmet place of life, a showcase of Tuscan flavours.

The covered market of the former convent

The Mercato del Carmine is a historic building of the Piazza del Carmine, whose history dates back nearly a thousand years. From the fourteenth century, the place hosted a Carmelite convent, which occupied it for nearly six centuries, before the complex was deconsecrated. The building was then transformed into a covered market, a function it keeps today. Under its vaults, the stalls offer the fresh products and the specialities of the Tuscan and Lucca terroir: vegetables, cheeses, charcuterie, pasta, olive oil and local sweets. A place of life and gourmandise, the Carmine Market illustrates the art of living of Lucca and the reinvention of its heritage.

What to see

Here you discover the covered market located under the vaults of the former Carmelite convent, with its stalls of fresh products and Tuscan and Lucca specialities: vegetables, cheeses, charcuterie, pasta, olive oil and sweets. The Carmine Market illustrates the art of living of Lucca. It is a gourmet stop, to be explored on foot.

Practical information

The Carmine Market lies on the Piazza del Carmine, in the heart of Lucca, reachable on foot. The covered market follows its own days and hours, which vary; it is generally lively in the morning. It is best to enquire about the hours to enjoy the stalls.

What was the building of the Carmine Market in Lucca?

A Carmelite convent that occupied the place from the fourteenth century, for nearly six centuries, before the complex was deconsecrated and transformed into a covered market, a function it keeps today.

Where is the Carmine Market?

On the Piazza del Carmine, in the heart of Lucca, in Italy.