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Market · Upolu · Apia

Pre-dawn auction at Apia Wharf where local boats land yellowfin tuna, mahimahi and reef fish straight off the line. Ice-glazed slabs are slapped onto wooden tables, prices argued in Samoan, and the whole thing wraps before mid-morning. Best from 5–7am, especially Saturdays. A reminder that Apia is still very much a working harbour town.

Market · Upolu · Apia

Stub seeded from samoapocketguide.com SPG audit (2026-05). Last Friday of each month, Apia waterfront. Needs enrichment.

Market · Upolu · Apia

The freshest fruit and vegetable market in Apia, on Fugalei Street — locals shop here for taro, breadfruit, papaya, koko Samoa, fish and fresh-cut flowers. Now open 24 hours, 7 days a week (alcohol prohibited on site); mornings are busiest, when fresh produce arrives from villages across Upolu.

Market · $$ · Upolu · Mulifanua

Long-standing gift shop / general store near Mulifanua wharf — antiques, clothing, basics, snacks. Open 24 hours per their Google listing.

Market · Upolu · Apia

Apia's main handicrafts-and-food market, rebuilt on its original Savalalo waterfront site and reopened on 16 March 2026, nearly a decade after the old market was destroyed by fire in 2016. The indoor hall is lined with booths selling Samoan handicrafts — carved wooden ornaments, woven pandanus fine mats, printed lavalava, island shirts, traditional and contemporary jewellery, siapo cloth and kilikiti bats. A dedicated food court serves local fast food and Samoan dishes (oka, sapasui, palusami, umu plates) with a children's playground alongside. It is Samoa's first solar-powered government building. Right behind it on the waterfront sits the Savalalo bus station — where you can catch Samoa's colourful wooden buses — with the Apia Fish Market opposite.