Open-air markets Midi-Toulousain

Every Saturday morning, L'Isle-Jourdain closes its alleyways to traffic and transforms its town center into an open-air market. An ode to the land and countryside, visitors, Lislois and holidaymakers alike enjoy strolling through to meet the countless duck producers and market gardeners from the surrounding area, as well as numerous cheesemakers, patissiers and other 130 craftsmen and producers. Well-stocked, it's best to come early to this market to get the best of what's on offer.

The Saint-Aubin market is the place to be on Sunday mornings in Toulouse to fill your basket. In a friendly and sometimes festive atmosphere, you can stroll along the stalls around the Saint-Aubin Church. Fruits, vegetables, meats, cheeses, French and international dishes... Organic and local producers come from all over the region to offer you the best culinary specialties of the area. You will also find creative craftsmen, book stands, jewelry, there is something for everyone!

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.

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.

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!

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.

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.

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.

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.