Anda Market Center

Overview

Anda Market Center is the public market of Anda municipality, located in Poblacion barangay. The Bohol Provincial Tourism Office classifies it under Shopping / Open Air Market, Traditional Market Area in the provincial tourist attraction inventory. Source narrative from a separate scrape describes Anda’s market as uncrowded even on Sundays — reflecting the municipality’s small population and unhurried pace.

The Anda Food Center is located at the rear of the market building, making the complex a combined commercial and food-service hub for the town. The market serves as a basic provisioning point for visitors on the cave-pool and beach circuit.

Per the Bohol Provincial Planning and Development Office (PPDO) market inventory, the market covers approximately 6,480 square meters, has 16 stalls, and runs its recorded market day on Tuesday. On that day, vendors from surrounding barangays add booths in an open lot behind the building — fresh fish, vegetables, ukay-ukay (secondhand) clothing, household goods, and homemade snacks like binangkal and budbud.

Location

Poblacion barangay, Anda municipality. The market is in the town centre, close to the Municipal Plaza and Anda Beach. The Kristori Shrine and Quinale establishments are in the immediate vicinity.

Getting There

From Tagbilaran, travel by bus or van to Jagna (approximately 2 hours), then habal-habal or van to Anda Poblacion (30–45 minutes). The market is centrally located and walkable from the public beach.

Practical Info

The market’s recorded market day (per the PPDO inventory) is Tuesday, and stall offerings include fresh fish, vegetables, ukay-ukay clothing, household items, and homemade snacks. [FACT NEEDED: specific opening/closing hours.] No entrance fee. Philippine peso currency.

What to Expect

An open-air or semi-covered traditional market serving the local population. Goods likely include fresh fish, vegetables, dry goods, and basic household items. The quiet, low-density character of Anda municipality means this is not a large or crowded market experience. A practical stop for provisions rather than a primary visitor attraction.

Notes

Source: Bohol Tourism Profile Eco Dev2025.pdf (BPTO Table 11 — Inventory of Tourist Attractions). Source profile lists this attraction by name and classification only. Additional sourcing from scraped narrative (anda-beach.md) notes the market is uncrowded on Sundays.

2026-07-28 research update: Market size (6,480 sq m), stall count (16), and market day (Tuesday) sourced from PPDO Bohol — Number, Area and Description of Markets by Municipality (accessed 2026-07-28; the table is sourced from the province’s Economy & Enterprise Profile, CY-1998, per a reply on that page — figures may be dated but this is the only official inventory found). Goods sold and market-day layout sourced from the first-hand travel account Exploring Anda, Bohol — The Lone Rider (accessed 2026-07-28): fresh fish, vegetables, ukay-ukay clothing, household items, vendors from surrounding barangays setting up in an open lot behind the market on market day. A second blog, A Guide to Bohol’s Best Local Markets — Bohol Local (accessed 2026-07-28), adds locally grown vegetables and homemade snacks (binangkal, budbud) but states the market day as Wednesday & Saturday — this directly conflicts with both the PPDO record and The Lone Rider’s account. The PPDO figure (an official provincial government source) is treated as authoritative for the “Tuesday” market-day fact used in the body; the discrepancy is flagged here in case a future pass finds a more current or corroborating source.

[FACT NEEDED: specific opening/closing hours — this round checked the Municipality of Anda official site (andabohol.gov.ph; fetch failed with an SSL handshake error), the PPDO Bohol market inventory page (has stall count/area/market-day columns but no hours column), Facebook (the official “Municipality Of Anda Bohol” page and an “Anda Public Market Day Bagsakan” video, neither surfaced hour details), and general Google Maps/TripAdvisor listing references — none returned specific operating hours. Left unresolved.]