Open-air markets France

Smaller in size than the large Sunday market on Boulevard Raspail, the Batignolles organic market brings together some of the finest organic farmers in the Paris region. You can fill your shopping bag with bread, pastries, cheeses and other dairy products, fruit and vegetables, meat, poultry, fish... Stop off at Philippe Grégoire, cheese maker, Michel Renard, market gardener, and Laure and Mathieu Thiriet, butchers. A few steps away, some nice cafés open their arms to you for a break on the terrace. A real moment of relaxation to start the weekend well. Although it is very busy, this market is not overrun by crowds.

On Thursday mornings, greengrocers, butchers, shellfish, olive and other succulent products are sold in the Cours Mirabeau. That same day the flower market is next door, quai Victor Hugo, with plants and cut flowers. Non-food products are sold on the Promenade des Barques and Cours Mirabeau on Thursday and Sunday mornings. On Tuesday mornings, the "fripe" and Saturday mornings the organic market offering meats, breads, poultry, honeys, cheeses, wines, fruits and vegetables are held Cours Mirabeau. Do not miss: the big festive market in August in the heart of the city.

A beautiful market that dates back to 1933! Quality and freshness are the order of the day. We prefer it to the neighbouring supermarket for Sunday meals. In a smiling and friendly atmosphere, you can enjoy the smell of fruits, vegetables, Indian and Japanese recipes, but also the lively atmosphere of the place. In winter, one rushes back home to cook and in summer, why not go and sit in the neighbouring Prébendes garden to taste what one has just bought? A nice stop for the inhabitants of the neighbourhood!

A bit of a bohemian market? No doubt, but it's for a good cause: defending local producers of organic produce! The L'esparcette association founded this market thirty years ago, when it was the first organic market in France. The products on offer are inspected and certified, to guarantee you a healthy diet. Nearly thirty producers are represented: fruit, vegetables, cheese, bakery, meat and fish, honey, wine, lentils, flowers... Please note that during the Christmas festivities, the market will be moved a few meters to rue d'Alsace-Lorraine.

Every Sunday, the market of Chevigny St Sauveur takes place from 7 am to 1 pm on the car park of the Ogive. The atmosphere is good-natured and very pleasant. You will find stalls selling local cheeses, vegetables, fruits but also meats and even roasted chicken! Not forgetting the refreshment stall, which is run every Sunday by a different Chevignoise association, which is responsible for making the atmosphere festive and joyful. An event that has won over its clientele.

Located in the south of Rennes, this market is certainly one of the most popular and busiest, along with that of Les Lices. In addition to food, it sells clothes and a host of manufactured goods. 217 regular traders and a few transients (who draw lots for their place that morning) flock here, serving regulars who often have their circuit well in mind. You'll find such excellent products as Bocel vegetables, Ma Fromagerie fine cheeses, Fagots et Froments organic sourdough breads, Félix coffees... But also flowers and plants. A word of advice: bring a good shopping cart to fill up on victuals, and come early to avoid strollers.

The market is held on the Place Porta, right in the heart of the village of Sartène. Here, year-round, you'll find the playful pastimes of children, the traditional pacing of the elders, and the famous terrace feasts of locals and visitors alike. It's in this authentic, friendly setting, nestled in the heart of the most Corsican of Corsican towns, that this market for local produce and textiles takes place every Saturday morning. A great opportunity to get to know the region better! From mid-June to the end of August, these eagerly awaited gatherings are also held on Tuesdays and Thursdays.

Every Sunday morning, Brest residents go to the Saint-Louis market, rain or shine! It crosses the rue de Siam and a part of the rue de Lyon: it is the market of the city center and it has its fans. You will find products from local producers around the Saint-Louis church (fruits, organic vegetables, roasted chicken), but also stalls of spices, clothes and flowers. For your meal, the choice is large with Breton dishes, delicatessen or the numerous Brazilian, Asian and even Reunionese food-trucks!

Probably one of the smallest markets in Brest, but surely the most charming! Right in the heart of the village of Saint-Marc, you'd think you were in a village square. Here, you'll quickly find your feet and your habits, greeted by shopkeepers, each more friendly than the last. Market gardeners (many of them organic), cheesemongers, delicatessens and butchers, fishmongers, as well as bread, pastries and olives: there's really nothing missing from this little market! Away from the crowds, you'll appreciate the peacefulness of this Tuesday rendezvous, which ends with pleasure on the terrace of the local café or at Dj Bilig's crêperie, which we love!

This small city centre market is located a few steps from the tourist office. You can forget for a few moments the hubbub of the traffic, between buses and cars that join or leave the city center, to concentrate on the stalls and the products offered. The shops are few and far between, but they will be happy to help you choose what you can eat throughout the week. They offer the essentials for good food: fruit and vegetables, butchery, cheese, and even organic bread.

Probably the biggest market in Touraine! On Thursdays there are a little less merchants and a reasonable number of people, but on Sundays it's a different matter: hundreds of onlookers and local residents come to do their food shopping there. There are also some clothes and various objects. It is not uncommon to see a street musician settling here. A cheerful mix of people. Going to the Velpeau market on Sunday mornings, alone or with the family, is a must in the life of Touraine.

Installed for many years in the Sanitas district, this market allows you to stock up on a variety of products at very good prices! Clothes and manufactured products are sold alongside flowers, and a whole range of fruit, vegetables and traditional or exotic foodstuffs. Spices, aromatic herbs, olives, mint... You can travel to the Orient while browsing the aisles. As a bonus, a great atmosphere. To embellish your kitchen and give your dishes a touch of the Orient at a low price, here is an address to note in your smart book.

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The Cahors market has been taking place at the foot of the sublime Saint-Etienne cathedral for 700 years and in all weathers! When you arrive, you will see the multicolored stalls filled with delicacies, from traditional merchants (butchers, pork butchers, greengrocers, fishmongers...) to local producers (Rocamadour cheese, duck producers and Cahors wines....). But above all, it is the atmosphere of the South that prevails: family, friendly and authentic, you will have the opportunity to exchange with the producers to learn more about their products!

Rive-de-Gier welcomes one of the largest markets, the first of the agglomeration and the second in the department! Concrete walks were removed during the work in 2007. The new coating, pedestrian crossings and the Haspel footbridge, the new paved canal street and water jets, helped revitalize the site. Every Tuesday and Friday you can walk through the aisles filled with fruit and vegetable stalls, various food products and textiles.

In the heart of the Vallon, just 20 minutes from Rodez, a small village also organizes its night market of local producers! An event that has become very popular over the years, where locals and visitors come together for a convivial evening of local produce and festive music. Fill your baskets, but above all enjoy the local produce served directly to your plate by the producers on large tables.

Friday mornings are a hive of activity on Rue Nationale, the artery running through the town from one end to the other. Merchants take over the street, and you'll find everything from local produce and clothing to upholsterers, plants, carpets and mattresses... In summer, the market expands, joined by street hawkers to meet tourist demand. On Sunday mornings, local producers take over the cathedral square. These include the famous Lectoure melon. The flea market and garage sale calendar is online.

At the foot of the cathedral and around the "Halle aux Herbes", one of the most beautiful markets of the department gives you an appointment on Saturday morning. Producers from all over the region come to share the fruit of their labor and their know-how. Scents, colors and flavors never fail to seduce those who come to stroll there. On Thursday mornings, it is at the Halle Verdier and on the banks of the Gers that you should go. On Tuesday mornings, the small market of Garros animates the Place de la Fontaine with its organic producers, also present on Wednesday afternoon.

Every Monday morning, the central square of Mauvezin is transformed. Its large and superb 14th century market hall and the arcades welcome the merchants. This is an opportunity for the faithful regulars or passing shoppers to fill their baskets with good products. It is also the opportunity to discover the city in a lively and commercial atmosphere which makes it all the more warm. This brings us back to the time when supermarkets did not exist and when these open-air gatherings were an essential part of the social link.

There are two weekly markets in the shade of the large plane trees in the heart of Nogaro: the small food market on Wednesday mornings, where regular customers come to buy fruit, vegetables, cheese and meat, and the traditional Saturday market, where food products are joined by many other items: clothes, local specialities... In a beautiful atmosphere, you'll have the opportunity to stroll between the stalls to stock up or find a few souvenirs to take home.

At the Valence-sur-Baïse market, you can choose, negotiate and buy the best of Gers flavors in a friendly atmosphere. In addition to fresh fruit and vegetables, you'll find all kinds of quality local produce. Pastries, breads, preserves, wines and a wide range of cheeses are displayed on the colorful stalls of producers and merchants. From April to October, the market goes even longer, with 100% organic producers on hand from 5pm to 8pm.

The Arnaud-Bernard district is a working-class part of the city that has timidly begun its transformation towards diversity. Its main square is home to two open-air markets. One is held on Thursdays, exclusively for second-hand booksellers. The other takes place on Saturday mornings. You won't find any exotic products here: this is a market that relies exclusively on small-scale producers. It's an opportunity to quickly find local produce, some of it organic. It's an interesting complement to the Cristal market, which is just a few dozen meters away on the boulevards and features fruit and vegetables from the Grand Marché.

This pleasant neighborhood market, a few steps from the Montparnasse tower and close to the Place de Catalogne, is small since it only covers two aisles. But it offers everything you need to fill your pantry/fridge and eat healthy and organic. You will find merchants of the four seasons, as well as cheesemongers, butchers, fishmongers, caterers (who also offer bread and pastries), grocery stores, wine shops... Rigorous professionals ready to inform you about the origin of their products. Here we play the transparency! You will appreciate finding a wide range of vegetables full of resources: sweet potatoes, Japanese mushrooms..

Come to Ambert on Thursday mornings for the market! A useful outing idea that will allow you to buy local products that you will hardly have the opportunity to find elsewhere. Quality products, guaranteed local production, exchanges with passionate craftsmen and producers: the Ambert market is an opportunity to make good and beautiful purchases, as well as crisp and friendly meetings. You will find cold meats, mountain honey, blueberries, fresh produce, clothes and of course the Ambert cheese.

The market, which takes place in Place du Commerce, in the centre of the village of Saint-Mars-la-Jaille is both a place where we do its races and a very typical place of animation, in this country strongly rooted in its land. You will meet behind their stalls a complete range of producers in the region, in the area of fruit and vegetables, meat, dairy products and cheeses, fish, pancakes and cakes, cold meats and others.

Isn't it nice to stroll between the stalls of fresh vegetables and fruits, the smells of spices, the tasting of cheeses and delicatessen proposed by the local producers and the products of art crafts? Market days in Port-la-Nouvelle liven up the city all year round, and even more so in summer! For lunch, you can take advantage of the market to find a capon or a poularde from the Lauraguais, a good cassoulet from Castelnaudary, beautiful oysters, fish and shellfish straight from the port, or sweet delicacies from the four corners of the Aude.

Various appointments punctuate the market calendar in Treignac. During July and August the local producers' market is held: every^4th Monday of the month, a dozen local producers are waiting for you to taste the simple pleasures of summer evenings in this pretty town. Ask about the date of the festive night...

The market stalls of Montauban are overflowing with fresh products full of flavors and sunshine. You can come and enjoy them all year long, on Wednesdays at Place Lalaque on the left bank of the Tarn, and on Saturdays in the heart of Montauban. You will find between 160 and 190 exhibitors with a South-Western accent and a good mood: market gardeners, wine growers, cheese makers, fishmongers, pork butchers and other traders of food, bazaar and textile, lithotherapy, essential oils or second-hand goods... There is something for everyone!

The Dunkirk market is held twice a week, on Saturdays and Wednesdays. The market, which has moved several times, is mainly located on the Place du Général de Gaulle, the Rue des Soeurs-Blanches and the Cours François-Bart. It has between 130 and 160 stalls (depending on the season) on Saturdays (and about 60 stalls on Wednesday mornings), and offers all types of shops and especially small producers. At the time of the carnival, several stands propose all that it is necessary to renovate its clet' che (disguise) or to compose its panoply.

Under the magnificent 15th century covered market hall of the village, the summer market on Wednesdays at the end of the day brings together local producers and food lovers who come to eat there. Let yourself be tempted by the fattened duck produced in Meymac, the jams and blueberries from Jassoneix or the trout from the Millevaches plateau. Tables, benches and barbecues are at your disposal to consume market products on the spot so that you can spend a pleasant evening with friends or family.

The summer market of Montrol-Senart is a good opportunity to complete the visit of the village in a friendly way. At the initiative of the "Los Moteraus" association, local producers are found to welcome the inhabitants and visitors and offer their meat, vegetables, snails, cheese and homemade pastries. In the centre of the stalls, large tables are installed, crockery and barbecue are made available. The musical atmosphere is often an appointment.

In 1755, the Intendant de Tourny decided to establish a branch of the Grand-Marché on the Place du Parlement. It was named the Royal Market. It was then moved to the Quai des Salinières and finally moved to the Place Saint-Michel in 1960. Today, some 160 traders are spread out on the Place du Bourg and on the Quai des Salinières, offering mainly foodstuffs, but also various items for the home, cosmetics, shoes and clothing. Ideal to buy in quantity, because there are often interesting offers.

Close to the town center, in the attractive, family-friendly neighborhood of the same name, the semi-covered Victor Hugo market is a popular institution, a meeting place for the stalls of 80 merchants, craftsmen and producers.

Diversified, affordable and on a human scale, it is enthroned in the heart of the square, around which cafés, a school and small local shops extend the intergenerational dynamic of the place.

Throughout the seasons, you'll find fresh, quality produce and passionate merchants who invite you to indulge in gastronomy.

This tiny market has more than one trump card in its bag. First of all, it's 100% organic. It has been in place for about ten years and brings together 15/20 producers and traders. There are of course fruit and vegetable producers, but also butchers, pork butchers, fishmongers, cow and goat cheese producers, bakers, not forgetting winemakers and other local craftsmen making jams or herbal teas... As a bonus, a sweet smell of pancakes and take-away cakes floats in the air... Then, this small market is installed on the car park of the port of Trentemoult. That is to say at the entrance of a "postcard" village which is characterised by its pretty colourful houses and its banks of the Loire. Finally because the atmosphere is good-natured. Attended by Trentemousins and onlookers, one feels good there. One comes there on foot or by bike along the river or by Navibus if one lives on the other bank. We make a stop at the Café of the nearby port to drink a small coffee. We walk along the Quai Boissard to admire Roman Signer's Pendulum, a contemporary work of art created as part of the Voyage à Nantes (2009). In short, we take the time to stroll on a Saturday morning.

The Sainte-Thérèse Nouvelle Ville neighborhood also has its own Sunday market! Ideally located (Sainte-Thérèse church on one side, La Cigale bar on the other), we love the atmosphere of this trendy market. Here, there are no less than thirty stalls, where merchants and local producers present numerous seasonal products. Fish, fruits and vegetables, cheeses, honey... Guaranteed success for the roasted chickens! But also olives and a touch of Italy with focaccia and pizza. A warm and family atmosphere is guaranteed!

Victimof its tourist, cultural and economic success, the town of Eauze has seen its traditional Thursday morning market grow so much in the summer that it has decided to set up an additional market. Every Sunday morning in July and August, Eauze welcomes local producers and artisans for a catch-up session. Close to the Saint-Luperc cathedral, a good twenty local producers gather on the beautiful Place d'Armagnac, with its medieval vaulted arcades and pleasant cafés sometimes enlivened by local bandas.

Shoppers will discover a selection of artisanal products and fresh items from local producers. It is not very big but you can find the essentials. As in all the small markets, there is a good atmosphere where all the generations mix. Further down, the banks are frequented by fishermen, hikers, jousters in the summer, and boat rowers. So, after shopping at the market, why not continue south of the bridge to stroll along the large car park where sometimes there are fun activities?

This is the not-to-be-missed event for lovers of old books, comics, magazines and all kinds of books. Located on the large sunny square of the Palais de Justice, this market gathers about twenty booksellers and secondhand booksellers who offer at low prices old, rare or out of print books but also more contemporary works so that everyone can find his happiness. On the stands, you will also find postcards, prints, engravings and old posters. Come and find a nugget or stroll around and soak up its soft artistic atmosphere.

How, you might ask, yet another market on the Saleya course? Well yes, after the famous day markets, here comes the night market, instead of the other two! Organized only during the mild summer evenings, this craft market is the ideal place to admire the jewellery, pottery and paintings made with passion by craftsmen from Nice. Before a romantic meal or in the middle of two drinks with friends, there is always a good reason to stroll around this beautiful market, simply because the nocturnal atmosphere of the Saleya course has absolutely nothing to do with what you can know about the place during the day... We say no more and let you discover it!

The weekly market of Forcalquier is one of the most famous markets of the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence. Its origins date back to the Middle Ages. Every Monday, it brings together several thousand people who come to enjoy the presence of 200 exhibitors. In the summer, it grows by 50 merchants. A real institution! On the stalls: fruits and vegetables, seafood, butchery, organic and natural products, local producers and craftsmen and artists (terracotta, fabrics ...) but also clothing, furniture, toys ... A meeting place not to be missed.

Every summer, this 100% organic market is held in the park of the Musée des Métiers du Bois. It seduces by the variety and quality of the food supplied by local producers: dairy products, tasty breads, fresh vegetables, Vosges meat, aromatic plants and condiments, Alsatian wines and craft beers. But also fruit juices, honeys and jams, soaps and cosmetics, basketry, floral arrangements, wooden decorative objects... We appreciate the always very nice welcome of the exhibitors and the friendly atmosphere that reigns on this market!

Open-air markets take place all year round in the communes of the Hérault, notably in Mireval. Twice a week, on Tuesdays and Fridays, local producers and merchants from all walks of life come to present their goods. Food, flowers, textiles: the stalls are varied. It is a pleasure to browse among these passionate people, to learn about the typical varieties of the region, to ask for advice for a recipe or a seasoning. It is also a great way to discover the local life.