Zaragoza Christmas Market

The Zaragoza Christmas market, the Muestra Navideña, fills the Plaza del Pilar in front of the basilica. The city council runs it as part of its Christmas programme, alongside the Belén de Judea, a life-size nativity scene with more than a hundred figures, an ice rink and a toboggan run. In 2025 the sixteenth edition brought together more than forty casetas of crafts, decorations, toys and food, from 29 November 2025 to 6 January 2026. The 2026 dates were not yet known as of 27 October 2026.

Zaragoza Christmas market dates and opening hours

The 2026 edition is still to be announced. In 2025 the Muestra Navideña ran from 29 November 2025 to 6 January 2026, and the Christmas square opened on 29 November at 6:45pm, right after the official switching on of the lights. The 2025 opening hours were 11am to 10pm, and until midnight on Saturdays and public holidays. They are still to be confirmed for 2026.

More than forty casetas in front of the Basílica del Pilar

In 2025 the Muestra Navideña brought together more than forty casetas on the Plaza del Pilar: crafts, decorations, toys, jewellery, fashion and food. The market was in its sixteenth year. A second market, the Mercado Navideño on the Plaza Aragón, run by the Asociación de Expositores, was open from 12 December 2025 to 6 January 2026.

The Belén de Judea, the ice rink and Father Christmas’s house

In front of the basilica, the Belén de Judea is a life-size nativity scene, with more than a hundred figures depicting Aragonese tradition and trades. The city council presents it as the largest life-size belén in Europe. Around it, the “Zaragoza, donde la magia sucede” programme lines up an ice rink, charged at €11 an hour in 2025, a toboggan run at €8 for three descents, carousels, Father Christmas’s house and around 80 shows and performances on stage.

How to get to the Zaragoza Christmas market

Zaragoza is the Christmas stop on the AVE high-speed line between Madrid and Barcelona: check journey times and timetables with the carriers before booking. The Plaza del Pilar is in the heart of the old town, and the second market on the Plaza Aragón is within walking distance.

The other markets in the country are listed on our page of Christmas markets in Spain.

• The Barcelona Christmas market, the Fira de Santa Llúcia, is at the other end of the AVE line, with its nativity scenes and its caganer.
• The Madrid Christmas market fills the Plaza Mayor from late November to 31 December 2026.