Markets Midi-Toulousain

Two weekly markets, a must in the heart of this small medieval town. You will find the colors and smells of the country, but also all the richness of tradition and fresh quality products. For the past few years, the medieval market has included a banquet, dancing, music and surprises throughout the day in a friendly family atmosphere. These markets are real showcases of the region and are a feast for the eyes! Fill your basket with cheeses, hams from here, all these gastronomic nuggets.

The covered market of the Place Nationale is a market of retailers where you will find what you need to fill your basket: butchers, pork butchers, poulterers, fishmongers, cheesemongers, caterers, greengrocers and florists. A real economic "lung" but also a must for all Montalbanais, connoisseurs of taste! You will find on one of the most beautiful covered market places in the south of France a concentration of know-how with the ambassadors of the soil. The basket cannot remain empty because the specialities remain unavoidable.

In the heart of Lourdes, Les Halles offers an immersion in local gastronomy, with the finest Pyrenean produce and expert advice from producers. On Thursdays and Saturdays, an outdoor market extends the offer. This large market offers a veritable palette of colors and flavors, with stalls of local cheeses, Bigorre black pork charcuterie, traditional pastries and fresh fruit and vegetables. The merchants' Pyrenean accents, bright colors and mouth-watering flavors promise an unforgettable gourmet experience in Lourdes.

Unavoidable, the market of Luz-Saint-Sauveur is a place of life where everyone appreciates the good products of the stalls. On Mondays, market day, the alleys around the fortified square are at their liveliest. You will find here fruits and vegetables, stalls with the famous madiran and pacherenc wines, cakes, but also caterers, cheeses, olives... The Friday summer market is a meeting with the producers and craftsmen of the valley.

Every Saturday morning, under and around the market hall on Place Gambetta, the Beaumont-de-Lomagne market takes place, just as it did when the bastide was founded. You can find local producers from the Lomagne region as well as from Tarn-et-Garonne. Primeurs, butchers, poulterers, cheesemakers, various craftsmen, clothes, florists...

During the summer months, in July and August, the shopkeepers' association "Vis ta Lomagne" offers gourmet markets from 7pm onwards to help you discover their products in a folkloric and regional atmosphere.

On Wednesday mornings, on the Place de l'Hôtel-de-Ville, the atmosphere is one of bargaining and good food bargains. A must for local producers, this market is a beautiful showcase of local produce where fruits, vegetables, pastries, cheeses and cold cuts quickly fill the basket. Resellers are also present, as well as various hawkers offering clothes and fashion accessories. In summer, musical animations animate the market, which moves to the edge of the lake during the festival Jazz in Marciac.

Every Thursday and Saturday morning, producers, traders and shoppers set up shop in the Saint-Clar market hall. People come from the surrounding hamlets and villages to stock up on fresh produce: vegetables, fruit, poultry... In summer, the procession of hawkers joins the battalion of producers. They liven up the village center in a cheerful, friendly atmosphere. The market is in full swing during the garlic festival in early August. Producers of Lomagne white garlic show off their braids of garlic heads, to take home as souvenirs.

Monday and Saturday.

The market is held twice a week. The Rue des Thermes is pedestrianized on Wednesday mornings in Barbotan, while the Place de l'Eglise is taken over by producers on Friday mornings in Cazaubon. An open-air market, it's mainly devoted to food, but you'll also come across a few producers of armagnac and micro-production beers. The region's flagship products abound on the stalls, including the inevitable foie gras, but also delicious organic farmhouse cheeses. Lovers of fine produce won't want to miss these events!

For more than 10 centuries, the farmers of Revel have been setting up their stalls in the beautiful Revel market hall to sell their local products directly: charcuterie, fruit and vegetables, meat from the Lauragais farms... There are nearly 300 of them! And in the great tradition of the southwest, from November to March, the market becomes "fat". That is to say that you will find plump geese and ducks to prepare your confits and cassoulets! Don't miss to visit it, this market is classified among the 100 most beautiful markets of France.

Two markets animate the city of Muret. The most important one occupies the whole city center on Saturday morning. It brings together more than one hundred and twenty merchants and producers from all over the Muret area, to the delight of visitors, as you can find all the local products. Various parking lots allow you to park your car. The smart idea: a shuttle can also take you there if you are not motorized. More modest, the second market remains nevertheless lively since it welcomes about sixty merchants in the square Maïmat, on Tuesday morning.

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.

In Gimont, come and enjoy the "Grasse Matinée" on Sunday mornings at the Halle au Gras! Between October and March, amateurs and professionals gather around carcasses displayed on long tables, cleaned but whole, with the exception of the liver, which is sold separately. The products are inspected by the veterinary services. The market, which complies with current sanitary standards, starts with a whistle, and the most seasoned bidders snap up the finest products. Toulouse restaurateurs flock to this first-rate source.

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.

In the heart of Albi, a few meters from the cathedral, the market will delight your eyes and your taste buds. Local producers and shopkeepers are gathered in one place to welcome you and offer you the best products of the region. You will find many shops: bakeries and pastry shops, canneries, delicatessens and butchers, delicatessens, wine producers, cheese makers, creameries, fishmongers, caterers and oyster producers, roasters and greengrocers... What a treat!

This store offers direct sales of high quality farm products in a space where you can do your shopping as if you were going directly to the farm. On the stalls, fruits and vegetables from the field, meat and poultry, cheese and wine. With its organic or sustainable products, the site reinvents the market. The canned goods are rigorously selected and we will explain to you how each speciality is made. The fish preserves come from a small Basque company: tuna, sardines and chipirons are to die for.

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!

If it dominates the Midour valley, the small village of Aignan is also at the top of the list for gourmet events. With its many farms, organic produce, merchants and proximity to the Saint-Mont hillsides, the village has everything that's good about the area. On Monday mornings, you can discover all the regional specialities in the village square. Cheeses, pastries, fruit and vegetables, preserves, foie gras, meats, wines and armagnac: this fine showcase of the Gers region's bon-vivre and gastronomic savoir-faire is a must.

Every Friday morning, on the Place du Griffoul and Place de la Libération, Gaillac locals and tourists meet up. Every Tuesday evening, from 4pm to 7:30pm, the Noctambio market with its organic produce arrives at Place du Griffoul. You'll find seasonal local produce bearing the Organic Farming and/or Nature & Progrès labels. Finally, Sunday mornings are the perfect time to discover the small, traditional market. In addition to the three weekly markets, there are also occasional markets, especially in summer, and night markets organized by local traders.

Every Friday morning, the traditional market takes place in and around the Riscle market hall, featuring local producers. Don't look for an old market hall in the central square, as in many Gers villages. Here, it's a 1950s building at the entrance to the town. You'll find a wide range of specialities from South-Western farms, fruit and vegetables, as well as a fishmonger and even a delicatessen. Small in size, but big in quality, this gourmet rendezvous sets the pace for life in the town.

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.

The market of Lafrançaise is held every week on Wednesday morning. It welcomes an average of 25 exhibitors on this occasion. When the good weather arrives, from spring to autumn, a second market is held on Sunday mornings. Also note, throughout the year, a night market is held in the village hall of Piquecos, on the second Friday of each month from 7pm, with the sale of local products and the possibility of eating on site. You will find your happiness within these local markets.

One of the most beautiful markets in Ariège takes place in Mirepoix. In the heart of this sublime medieval village, it animates the morning of Monday of the inhabitants and visitors come from the canton, the department, the bordering regions and even of the foreigner, in a hurry to fill their basket of products of the soil, fruits, vegetables, meats, fishes, spices, textile, jewels, objects of craft industry... in a convivial and coloured environment. You can also meet on Thursdays under the covered market hall for another small market, open only to producers and food trades.

In winter, Mazamet hosts a marché au gras in its covered market hall. Here you'll find products from your favorite palmipeds (ducks and geese): foie gras, magret, confit... The local farmers' market takes place in July and August. You'll find local producers, gourmet plates of farm produce, demonstrations by craftspeople and great tastings, all set to music and with games for children!

The Eauze fat market is held every Sunday morning in the Belle-Marie market hall, right next to the Nimeño II bullring. Don't miss out on the best products, which sell out in the blink of an eye: the market starts with the bell at 10 a.m. sharp! As well as a meat poultry market, it's a great opportunity to discover local produce, in the extraordinary atmosphere typical of the halles au gras du Gers. You can also enjoy a hearty Gascony breakfast. There's also a large Christmas market on the Sunday before the Nativity.

The Caussade fat market brings together all lovers of local products. Exposed on large tables, many products are ready to be cooked: ducks and Muscovy ducks, geese, fresh foie gras, whole carcasses or without the liver... We also offer to the buyers a service of cutting during all the duration of the market, and if you want to meet the producers, they welcome you at the farm by appointment. You will also find nearby the open-air market with many fresh, local and quality products.

Visiting Toulouse and not passing by the inevitable Victor Hugo market? It's impossible! The oldest covered market in France is one of the most emblematic places of life in the pink city. Since 1896, it has been welcoming gourmets in its convivial hall, which brings together about sixty merchants. All the local products are offered on the first floor by butchers, poulterers, delicatessens, caterers, wine merchants, cheesemongers, bakers, fishmongers... that you can find directly in your plate, in the restaurants on the second floor!

Every year in September, the village of Saint-Felix-Lauragais invites you to visit it for a famous event: the pottery market. About twenty very inspired craftsmen, most of them Occitan, exhibit their work. Discover the richness of an art that is part of a regional tradition where clay is present everywhere: crystallized stoneware, jewelry, Bizen stoneware in the Japanese style, glazed earthenware with red enamel, sculptures... You will also attend demonstrations with the possibility of registering for initiation workshops.

Traditional market and live poultry every Thursday in the square and under the market hall. Mazères still has a 13th century church with choir paintings and a beautiful market hall dating from 1846. Three kilometres to the south-east of Mazères was the abbey of Boulbonne, founded in 1129 and so famous in the Cathar era that it was considered the Saint-Denis of the Counts of Foix, in reference to the glorious basilica of Saint-Denis. Boulbonne was an intense centre of cultural, religious, political and economic life.

Marché couvert de l'Albinque: open Tuesday to Sunday, 7 a.m. to 1 p.m

Food market: held in Place Jean-Jaurès on Tuesdays and Thursdays to Saturdays from 7 a.m. to 1 p.m., and in Place de Lameilhé on Wednesday mornings.

Marché biologique: this organic market takes place on Place Pierre-Fabre on Thursdays from 3pm to 7:30pm.

Marché au gras : this market is a showcase for regional know-how, with stalls featuring duck and foie gras. It takes place on Saturday mornings from 7am to 1pm on the Quai Tourcaudière (mid-November to mid-April).

At this traditional market, you'll find all the products emblematic of the Monts de Lacaune terroir: local charcuterie, fresh cheeses, farm produce... Produced locally, often by families, they're all authentic. Follow in the footsteps of the thousands of gourmets who stop by every year, and discover the stalls filled with homemade jams, fruit and vegetables, porcini mushrooms and chestnuts - everything you need to indulge your appetite. So don't hesitate, grab your shopping bag and go get your delicacies.

The Vic-en-Bigorre market is one of the most popular in the department! Labeled a Marché de Pays, it invites you to experience the region's magnificent market hall. The market is brimming with local treasures, featuring delicacies such as Pyrenean pies, black pork charcuterie, pata negra, as well as fruit, vegetables, honey and meats from the Pyrenees. The merchants are numerous and varied. The market is a superb showcase for the Pyrenees, offering a unique experience on every visit.

Every Wednesday, the market enlivens the Place du Château, extending into the surrounding streets and the Halle aux Légumes. Bringing together local and neighboring producers, the market grows in scope in summer, with over 100 stalls offering a variety of goods: local produce, handicrafts and more. Despite lower attendance in winter, the municipal team strives to maintain its dynamism, strategically connecting various key points in the village. A true beating heart of the town, this market is a place to discover local produce and crafts.

The market of Saint-Girons offers a real cultural and generational mix that has been taking place in Ariège for decades. Between living local traditions, carried by centuries of know-how, and mountain productions, you will be immersed in an authentic mountain village life. This meeting of the high greed brings together local producers, locals and visitors in search of rouzolle, mounjetado, Bethmale cheese or apple or blueberry croustades. Enough to fill your basket with good delicacies!

In addition to its three covered markets, Toulouse has many open-air food markets. The most central is the Cristal market. But you may be more attracted by the "village" atmosphere of the Saint-Aubin market on Sunday mornings, surrounded by good restaurants where you can enjoy a good meal! All week long, neighborhood markets take place in Place Dupuy, Place Saint-Georges, Place Job, Place du Salin, Square Charles de Gaulles (organic)... Consult the website of the city hall of Toulouse to know which one is the closest to your residence.

The Condom market is held below Place Saint-Pierre in the pretty covered market hall. Twice a week, local producers take over the stalls to offer Condom residents a fine selection of typical products: fruit and vegetables, poultry, preserves... The market is essentially a food market. In summer, of course, you'll find more shoppers, and more stalls of local producers welcoming you in good spirits. It's best to come early for a wide choice. The market is also held on Sunday mornings on boulevard Saint-Jacques.

Open air market in the heart of the village is always the meeting between local producers and consumers. It is a showcase of local know-how with fresh products but it is also a weekly appointment for the Nègrepelissiens. Market that dates back to Philippe Le Bel since 1286, one of the oldest markets in the area with also the autumn fair and the squash festival in early October. The star of this day is the pumpkin which is declined in pumpkins.