Calape Public Market

Overview

Calape Public Market is the main traditional market serving the municipality of Calape on the northwestern coast of Bohol. Located in Barangay Sta. Cruz, it is an open-air market of the type common throughout the province — a daily or weekly trading point for local produce, seafood, and dry goods. The BPTO records it under “Open Air Market, Traditional Market Area.”

Calape’s coastal location means fresh seafood is likely a market staple, given proximity to the Bohol Strait.

The Bohol Provincial Planning and Development Office’s market inventory records a “Poblacion” public market for Calape at approximately 9,136 square metres with 33 stalls — likely this market, given the town’s public market is elsewhere described as sitting in the broader Poblacion/town-centre cluster that includes Sta. Cruz, though the exact barangay-level match is not fully confirmed. A 2025 regional travel guide describes typical offerings as fresh produce, the day’s fish catch brought in by local fishermen, local crafts and woven goods, and locally made snacks; this is a general travel-blog description rather than a market-operator source, so treat it as indicative rather than definitive.

[TO ENRICH: confirmed daily/weekly opening and closing hours]

Location

Barangay Sta. Cruz, Calape, Bohol. Sta. Cruz is a separate barangay from the Desamparo civic centre cluster, indicating the market occupies a distinct part of town.

Getting There

Calape is accessible from Tagbilaran by jeepney or van along the coastal road (approximately 1 hour). From Tubigon ferry port, Calape is approximately 20 to 30 minutes by road.

Practical Info

• Wednesday is documented as a Calape market day — Binogawan potters sell finished pieces there alongside their usual sales channels, per an academic study of the barangay’s pottery trade. A separate Bohol provincial government market inventory instead records Calape’s official public market day as Thursday; the two sources do not agree, and it is unconfirmed whether the market trades on multiple days or whether one source is simply outdated (the government figure derives from a 1998 economic profile)
• No admission fee for a public market
• Nearby: Binogawan Pottery, Tuba Products

What to Expect

A working local market serving the Calape community. The primary draw for visitors is local produce, fresh catch, and the chance to observe daily commerce. Binogawan Pottery, listed as a nearby entity, suggests the Calape area has local craft production that may be represented at or near the market.

Notes

• Source: BPTO Table 11 — Inventory of Tourist Attractions
• BPTO classification: “Shopping” / “Open Air Market, Traditional Market Area”
• Note: Binogawan Pottery and Tuba Products are listed as nearby entities, indicating possible craft and local drink vendors in the area
• Wednesday market-day reference: POTTERY MAKING AS A COMMUNITY IDENTITY: CERAMIC PRODUCTION AND DISTRIBUTION IN BINOGAWAN, CALAPE, BOHOL, accessed 2026-07-17.
• Stall count, market area, and Thursday market-day figures: Number, Area and Description of Markets by Municipality – PPDO BOHOL, accessed 2026-07-28. Table lists Calape’s public market under location “Poblacion” (9,136 sqm, 33 stalls, market day Thursday), sourced by PPDO to an “Economy & Enterprise Profile, CY-1998.” Conflicts with the Wednesday reference above; not resolved which is current/accurate, or whether both days apply. Note also that per Calape on Wikipedia, accessed 2026-07-28, the barangay officially designated “(Poblacion)” is Desamparados, not Sta. Cruz — so the PPDO row may nominally describe a Desamparados-area market rather than the Sta. Cruz market this entity documents; other sources (e.g. a PNB ATM listing) place “Calape Public Market” in both “Santa Cruz” and “Poblacion Calape” in the same listing, suggesting local usage treats the two as the same town-centre cluster, but this is not a confirmed match.
• General product-mix description (fresh produce, fish catch, local crafts/woven goods, snacks): Discover Calape Bohol’s hidden gems on your visit, RichestPH, accessed 2026-07-28. This is a general travel blog, not a market-operator or government source — used only as an indicative description of typical market offerings, not as a verified product list.
• Operating hours (opening/closing times) — still unresolved as of 2026-07-28. Tried: web search for “Calape Public Market” + hours/schedule; checked Bohol PPDO market inventory (lists market day but not daily hours); checked calape.ph and calapebohol.com (official municipal sites — market page has only a one-line generic blurb, no hours); checked all-opening-hours.ph (lists hours for other Calape businesses — milk tea shop, K-mart, laundry — but not the public market itself); checked poidata.io business-data aggregator (has a “Calape Public Market” listing with a 4.0 rating and 471 reviews but hours are paywalled/not shown in the free preview); no Facebook page or Google Maps hours listing surfaced in search results. A future pass could try calling the Municipal Agriculture’s Office (MAO) contact listed on calape.ph, or pulling the Google Maps listing directly (Place ID not yet identified).