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Hi, can anyone tell the opening times on a Saturday and how to find it as I am not familiar with Lapta.

Thanks in anticipation.

I believe it's 9am - 1pm.

Going through Lapta heading towards Karsiyaka, take the turning immediately past the LA hotel on your left. Take the next left and follow the road round. You will see the market car park on your left hand side, just past the entrance to Chateau Lambousa.

Thanks for the info

Apart from the home made food and a few good stalls at the front of the market................you can get better stuff out of a skip.

One bloke last week had an old shoe on his table. Just one. Plus a few broken electrical items.

I think some sort of quality control monitoring would help!

Hedge-fund wrote:.
One bloke last week had an old shoe on his table. Just one. Plus a few broken electrical items.

Sorry, I initially laughed I'm afraid to say, thinking 'that's Cyprus'. Then on reflection, it would be funny if it wasn't a sad reflection on life for some in the TRNC.

He didn't look down on his luck as such.

He had an old tall kettle as well which wasn't too bad. I asked him how much and was quoted TLR250. I laughed and asked again in Turkish - on realising I was not a mug punter tourist he said "Special price 150".

There does need to be a little quality control or it will descend into a flea market along the lines of the boot sale.

There was a bloke (dressed in 'middle eastern sort of dress" on the back stalls about 4 weeks ago and had what appeared to be an old brass samovar and I would loved to have had it, but I had this feeling that it was one of those modern "distressed" copies and hadn't the guts to buy it. Haven't seen him since. The rest of his stuff was to me complete rubbish and yet there were still one or two people pulling it all apart to see what there was.

He must think there is someone mug enough (rich foreigner I guess) to buy what he has for sale or does he think someone will feel sorry for him and just buy something they will just throw away? I expect 'market forces' to come into play eventually and it wont be worth the investment or effort for him (do they pay any fee for a stall?).

Come on, these are all negative comments, Lambousa Market is a well established market enjoyed by many for coffee meetings, shopping, etc, Shell232 only wanted directions, someone has given these, so enjoy your visit Shell!

@ hedge fund-I will have you know that I have a legless friend who is keen on fixing broken electrical items and he found that stall catered for his needs perfectly.

When I say legless,I didn't mean he was drunk.

Mind you,despite having one leg,he drinks a fair bit.

So,I suppose he is doubly legless,but then that would mean he has no legs at all.

I suppose legless can mean missing one or both legs,or drunk.

I'm confused now.

Could not agree with you more Barbieb, these negative comments are beyond me. If you don't like it don't go and just answer the question that was asked.

This market has been going strong for ages whilst others have come and gone, so it must be doing something right.

Quality control, don't make me laugh - have you ever been to a boot sale in UK? There is absolute rubbish there as well as good so no different to Chateau Lambousa.

What's that old saying - one mans rubbish is another mans treasure - or something like that!

It's an ideal place to meet up with friends, buy some fresh bread, pastries, cakes, books, jewellery, clothes, bargains to be had on charity stalls etc etc.

Shell232 do not be put off by these negative comments, go and see for yourself and make your own judgements

PS if you only had one leg you would be happy to buy one shoe

Philoz wrote:@ hedge fund-I will have you know that I have a legless friend who is keen on fixing broken electrical items and he found that stall catered for his needs perfectly.

When I say legless,I didn't mean he was drunk.

Mind you,despite having one leg,he drinks a fair bit.

So,I suppose he is doubly legless,but then that would mean he has no legs at all.

I suppose legless can mean missing one or both legs,or drunk.

I'm confused now.

Have you beed drinking?

Perfect for your friend - a great hobby.

@hedge fund-I admit to having a couple