Markets Rennes

France's second-largest market celebrates its 400th anniversary in 2022. Our smart tip: start your visit at the lower end of Place des Lices to stock up on fruit and vegetables, then head for the West Hall, where you'll find artisanal pasta and butchers. Then stop by the food trucks for the inevitable galette saucisse. Head for the East Hall, with its bakers, honey, jam and herbal tea producers. Visit the fish market, stop off at the coffee roaster before strolling through the flower market. An unmissable concentration of local produce!

La Criée - Marché Central has been welcoming shopkeepers since 1923, and now boasts 28. Here you'll find expert culinary advice, fresh produce of the highest quality: fruit, vegetables, farm butter, cheese, fish and meat... As well as delicatessen dishes, groceries, fine breads, wines and even exotic dishes. On the first Sunday of every month, La Criée hosts the Marché à Manger, a Breton-style food market.

Around 1900, every Wednesday morning, local farmers would come and sell their victuals on Place Saint-Germain. The tradition lives on. Today, this food market on a human scale brings together around ten traders. Visitors come to stock up on fruit and vegetables, fresh fish, seafood, cheeses, meats and charcuterie... and, of course, the inevitable crêpes, galettes and local delicacies. After eight years on the other side of the footbridge, Place Toussaint, this market has returned to its home port, the beautifully renovated Place Saint-Germain. Free of its palisades and now pedestrianized, it brings a breath of fresh air to the area around the church.