Markets
Local Markets
No visit is complete without going to a local market! Each town has its own. At the markets you will find the freshest fruits and vegetables as well as baked goods, olives, seafood and meats. And each market has at least one or two chicken rotisseries where the chicken fat drips on to a mountain of potatoes below!
Most markets also have sections where textiles (including Provence table cloths and bedspreads), clothing and household goods are sold.
Antique markets are everywhere. There are different grade of them A "Vide Grenier" (empty attic) is a flea market where people form a village will empty out their houses of unwanted stuff. A "Brocante" is a simple market with goods offered mostly by dealers. And a 'Marché des Antiquités" tends to have high-quality antiques.
Beaucaire:
Food: Thursday and Sunday mornings in the Place Georges Clemenceau, the square in front of the Hôtel de Ville, less than five minutes walk. Bread, olives, fruit and vegetables, cheeses, fish etc.
Thursday and Sunday mornings on the Cours Gambetta, under the trees along the Canal. Clothes, textiles and household goods.
Marché de Brocante - Antique/Flea market. Wednesday mornings in the summer in the Champ de Foire Area. Go to the Casino across the street and turn left.
Not to be missed! Beaux Quais de Vendredi. Every Friday night in July and August, the Quais along the Canal are transformed into a party, with stalls of arts and crafts, wandering clowns, performers and musicians and different music events every week at various cafes.
Tarascon (short walk across the bridge)
Tuesday mornings. Quite large. Food, textiles,clothes and some arts and crafts.
Arles
Wednesday and Saturday mornings. VERY large (especially on Saturday). Don't miss it! Food, textiles,clothes and arts and crafts.
And click here for a great list of markets throughout Provence.
And click here for a great list of markets throughout Languedoc.
No visit is complete without going to a local market! Each town has its own. At the markets you will find the freshest fruits and vegetables as well as baked goods, olives, seafood and meats. And each market has at least one or two chicken rotisseries where the chicken fat drips on to a mountain of potatoes below!
Most markets also have sections where textiles (including Provence table cloths and bedspreads), clothing and household goods are sold.
Antique markets are everywhere. There are different grade of them A "Vide Grenier" (empty attic) is a flea market where people form a village will empty out their houses of unwanted stuff. A "Brocante" is a simple market with goods offered mostly by dealers. And a 'Marché des Antiquités" tends to have high-quality antiques.
Beaucaire:
Food: Thursday and Sunday mornings in the Place Georges Clemenceau, the square in front of the Hôtel de Ville, less than five minutes walk. Bread, olives, fruit and vegetables, cheeses, fish etc.
Thursday and Sunday mornings on the Cours Gambetta, under the trees along the Canal. Clothes, textiles and household goods.
Marché de Brocante - Antique/Flea market. Wednesday mornings in the summer in the Champ de Foire Area. Go to the Casino across the street and turn left.
Not to be missed! Beaux Quais de Vendredi. Every Friday night in July and August, the Quais along the Canal are transformed into a party, with stalls of arts and crafts, wandering clowns, performers and musicians and different music events every week at various cafes.
Tarascon (short walk across the bridge)
Tuesday mornings. Quite large. Food, textiles,clothes and some arts and crafts.
Arles
Wednesday and Saturday mornings. VERY large (especially on Saturday). Don't miss it! Food, textiles,clothes and arts and crafts.
And click here for a great list of markets throughout Provence.
And click here for a great list of markets throughout Languedoc.