Covered markets and market halls Midi-Toulousain

In addition to the open-air market for early fruits and vegetables, cheese, meat, bread, clothing and utensils, there is a famous "marché au gras" (fat market) held under the market hall, where sales are regulated to ensure quality, freshness and hygiene. The term "au gras" includes the carcass market and the market for fresh whole goose or duck livers. The "carcass" market offers goose and duck products for your confits, duck breasts and aiguillettes. Cutting service available.

The "belly of Toulouse"! Several famous Toulouse brands have their dressing rooms here: Betty or Deux Chavanne cheese dairies, La Marée Toulousaine and its tasty delicatessen preparations, Garcia or Copains comme cochons delicatessen, Marty or Besnier butcher's shops, La Parmentière delicatessen or the gourmet Délices de l'Inde delicatessen? You will also find bakers, wine merchants, tripiers and bars, for an impromptu aperitif. At lunchtime, go to the mezzanine where there are five restaurants. Night parties are regularly organised: a festive atmosphere is guaranteed!

We date the origin of this market to the end of the 19th century! Of the three covered markets in Toulouse, it is the only one to have preserved a market hall in keeping with the original spirit. Around thirty traders await you in pretty stalls and a village spirit: butchers, creamers, fishmongers, caterers, butchers... so many passionate craftsmen and producers, ready to advise you, plus a small bar for a break. Outside, you can enjoy the fresh produce. On Monday, the day off, the market hall is not totally inactive as it houses a bookstore market under its awnings.

Located in one of the most charming districts of the pink city, the Carmes market welcomes fifty traders in bright and pleasant booths. Many restaurants in Toulouse buy fresh vegetables there. Cheeses, bakery products, meats and fishes are waiting for you! But if you don't feel like cooking, the Carmes market, as well as its surroundings, also offer very pleasant tables for lunch!

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.

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!

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.

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!

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.

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.