LOCAL MARKETS

With few exceptions, outdoor markets in Provence happen in the morning, ending around noon or 1 p.m. Some markets are year-round while others shut down in the winter. It's always best to check with the local tourist office before heading out. Three of the largest, most-popular markets are Isle sur la Sorgue (Sunday), St. Remy (Wednesday) and Arles (Saturday). Some towns (such as Aix and Antibes) have multiple market days; see the notes at the bottom of this list.

Sunday
Aigues Mortes

Aix (used books, first Sunday of each month).
Ansouis

Avignon Flea Market (Places des Carmes)

Beaucaire
Bouc Bel Air

Carpentras (brocante/antiques)
Chateaurenard
Ciotat (La)

Coustellet Farmers Market (April to December). A smaller version is held on Wednesday  evenings, June to August, 5 pm to 7:30,

Isle sur la Sorgue (very large)
Jonquieres

Mornas (flea market)
Rochefort du Gard
Saint Cyr Sur Mer
Saint Martin de Brasque
Saint Saturnin les Avignon

Salon (antiques market the first Sunday of the month)

Sarrians

Uzes (flea market)

Vaison la Romaine (July/August)
Vitrolles

Monday
Alès
Bedarrides

Bedoin

Bollene
Boulbon

Cadenet

Cavaillon
Fontvieille (and Friday)
Forcalquier

L'Isle sur la Sorgue (evening farm market, May to Sept)

Lauris
Luynes
Mazan

Nice (antique market, Cours Saleya, until 6 p.m. See below)
Nimes (no food)
Piolenc
Saint Didier
Saint Etienne du Gres
Saints Marie de la Mer

Tuesday
Aigues Mortes

Aix (Big Market, Flower Market, Farm Market. For details, see below.) 

Alleins
Apt (June to October)
Aubagne

Avignon Flea Market (Place Pie)
Bandol

Beaumes-de-Venise
Cabannes
Caderousse

Caromb
Ciotat (La)
Cotignac
Coustellet

Cucuron
Eguilles
Eyguieres
Gordes
Jonquières

Lacoste
La Palud
La Tour d'Aigues
Le Grau du Roi
Lorgues

Mondragon
Montfavet
Montfrin
Mormoiron
Nimes

Piolenc
Rognonas
Roquemaure

Saint Saturnin les Apt
St. Tropez

Tarascon
Vedene

Vaison la Romaine

Vitrolles

Wednesday
Allauch
Aigues Mortes
Aix
Aramon
Arles (The Wednesday market is smaller than the Saturday one. Plus, there's an antiques,   market/brocante the 1st Wednesday of every month)
Avignon
Bagnols sur Ceze
Beaucaire (brocante in the parking lot near the river)
Buis les Baronnies
Cassis
Chateauneuf de Gadagne
Collias

Coustellet  A smaller version of the popular summer Sunday Farmers Market is held here on  Wednesday evenings in Summer (June to August) from 5 pm to 7:30 pm.

Cucuron Night Market (Wednesday nights, July and August)
Digne les Bains
Entraigues sur Sorgue
Gap
Gardanne
Gargas
Gourdargues
Jonquieres
Le Beaucet
Le Thor
Malaucene
Merindol
Molleges
Monteux
Mouries
Nimes
Orgon

Pertuis
Peyrolles
Port Saint Louis
Puymeras
Remuzat
Riez

Uzes (Farmers Market)
Salon
Sanary sur Mer

Sault
St. Remy (very large)

Serignan du Comtat
Uzes
Valreas
Vauvert

Velleron
Villes sur Auzon
Violes

Thursday

Aix (see below)
Anduze

Antibes (brocante 8 am to 7 p.m., Place Jacques Audiberti)
Aubagne
Aureille

Avignon Flea Market (Place Pie)
Beaucaire
Cairanne
Caumont sur Durance
Cavaillon Farmers Market (5 to 7 pm, uusually until mid October)
Cereste
Gardanne
La Roque dÁnteron
Le Grau du Roi
Le Lavandou
Le Pontet
Les Beaumettes
L'Isle sur la Sorgue (small market; the biggie is Sunday)
Maillane
Maussane les Alpilles
Menerbes
Noves
Nyons

Orange
Pujaut
Reillane
Robion
Rochegude

Roussillon
Senas
St. Gilles
Vacqueyras
Villelaure
Villeneuve lez Avignon

Friday
Barbentane
Barjac
Bonnieux

Carpentras

Carpentras Truffle Market (November through March)
Cassis
Chateauneuf du Papes
Courthezon
Eygalieres

Eyragues

Fontvieille (and Monday)

Graveson
Lourmarin
Mallemort
Moustiers Ste. Marie
Nimes
Pertuis
Pierelatte
Remoulins
St. Martin de Crau

St. Maxime
St. Quentin-la-Potèrie
Suze la Rousse
Venasque (Farm market every Friday in summer from 5 pm to 8 pm)

Saturday

Antibes (brocante 8 am to 7 p.m., Place Jacques Audiberti)

Apt

Aix (see below)

Arles (very large)
Aubagne
Aubignan

Avignon Flower Market (Place des Carmes, Saturday)

Avignon Crafts Market (Ave. du 7eme Genie)
Bollene
Brignole
Cabannes
Dignes les Bain
Draguignan
Grillon
Lambesc
Le Barroux
Miramas
Monteux

Oppede-le-Vieux

Pernes-les-Fontaines

Pertuis

Richerenches Truffle Market (November through March)
Sainte Cécile les Vignes.
St. Tropez

Uzes

Vaison la Romaine

Villneuve les Avignon (large flea market/brocante)

*AIX Aix has some form of market every day but the three main/best ones are Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday.  The first is a very large general market which spreads across Place des Precheurs, Place de la Madeleine,  the Quartiers d'Encagnane and Jas de Bouffan. The second is a Flower Market on the Place Hotel de Ville. The third is a brocante on the Place Verdun near the Palais de Justice. Note, there's also a daily farm market in Aix, on the Place Richelme near the City Hall. To learn more about the markets of Aix, click here. 

*Also, the covered Les Halles food market in Avignon is open daily except Monday. It has roughly 40 stalls and closes around 1 p.m.

*Vedene has an evening farmers' market, starting at 6 p.m., every day except Sunday.

*Velleron has a wonderful farmer's market, from 6 to 8 pm, every day in summer. In winter, days and hours vary.

*For the market schedule in Nice, click here.

*Market schedule in Antibes:  Marché Provençal (covered market) is Sept-May: Tue-Sun mornings and every morning in summer (on the Cours Massena, in front of the Mairie). The artisanal Provençal covered market is Sun afternoons. The clothing market (Foire) is Thursday on the Rue Fontvieille, behind the post office. The Brocante is Thursday and Saturday all day on the Place Jacques Audiberti, between the Porte Marine and the Place Massena.