Markets
French Markets
One of the most popular activities for visitors to France is experiencing the local market in a nearby town. All areas have a local market, usually held in the same location every week for many centuries, and Excideuil and the surrounding area is no different.
French markets have great produce to tempt you. There are reputedly more than 10,000 traditional markets in France, so you should have no difficulty finding one, however below we have listed some of those near to us.
In France, shopping for dinner in the open air and not by supermarket aisle, is simply the norm. The vendors arrive early in the morning to set up their stalls and lay out their goods, and the customers arrive in throngs, baskets and market sacks across their arms. By mid-afternoon, the market has closed for another day.
A French Market is as much a social event as a shopping trip and it somehow epitomises much of what goes to create the unique character of France – the lack of haste, the gentle friendliness of the people who live here and, above all, an abundance of great fresh produce.
You really should make an effort to visit a market or two during your stay, it will be an experience that you won’t forget.
Market
Monday Markets in the Dordogne
Lacapelle Biron: evenings – general market.
Les Eyzies de Tayac: mornings – general market.
Sainte Alvère: mornings – general market.
Sainte Alvère: mid June to mid September – market sells local produce.
Sainte Alvère: December to February – Truffle market.
Tocane St Apre: morning market in the centre of town – general goods and food.
Tuesday Markets in the Dordogne
Brantôme: mid June to mid September mornings – fresh farm produce.
Castillonnès: mornings – general market.
Eymet: evening market during July and August.
Le Bugue-sur-Vézère: mornings – fresh regional produce.
Mareuil-sur-Belle: mornings – fresh food.
Riberac: May to September morning market at Place de la Liberté – fresh farm produce.
Saint-Amand-de-Coly: July and August evenings from 18:00 – local farm produce.
Saint-Aulaye: last Tuesday of the month.
Wednesday Markets in the Dordogne
Belvès: July and August evenings around the hall – local farm produce.
Bergerac: mornings at Place du Marché Couvert – fruits and vegetables.
Montignac: mornings – local produce, fruit and vegetables.
Perigueux: mornings at Place du Coderc, Place de la Clautre, Place de la Mairie – fresh farm produce.
Perigueux: all day market at Place Bugeaud and Place Francheville – arts and crafts and fabrics.
Perigueux: mid November to mid March, mornings at Place St Louis – marché au gras (duck and goose produce) and truffles.
Sarlat: mornings at Place de la Liberté and streets around – fresh regional produce.
Thursday Markets in the Dordogne
Excideuil: mornings – large general market.
Eymet: mornings – general market. This market has been running regularly since 1270.
Saint Astier: mornings – general market held year round.
Saint-Aulaye: mornings – fish market.
Terrasson: mornings – marché au gras (duck and goose produce) and truffles.
Friday Markets in the Dordogne
Brantôme: mornings – general market.
Brantôme: July and August, farmer’s market selling local specialties.
Brantôme: December to February, mornings – truffle market.
Brantôme: November to mid December – morning nut market.
La Roque-Gageac: June to September mornings on the main square – local farm produce.
Riberac: mornings, throughout the city centre – general market. The biggest market of the Perigord.
Riberac: mid November to mid March, mornings in the Salle Polyvalente – marché au gras (duck and goose produce).
Riberac: Autumn in Place André-Pradeau – morning nut market.
Days
Saturday Markets in the Dordogne
Belvès: mornings, around the hall – general market.
Bergerac: mornings at the Place du Marché Couvert – fruits and vegetables.
Le Bugue-sur-Vézère: mornings – fresh regional produce.
Montignac: mornings – fresh produce smaller than the main Wednesday market.
Monpazier: mornings – fresh produce.
Mussidan: mornings – fresh farm produce.
Nontron: second Saturday of July, evening in Place Alfred Agard – African market.
Perigueux: mid-November to mid-March, mornings at Place St Louis – marché au gras (duck and goose produce) and truffles.
Perigueux: mornings at Place du Coderc, Place de la Clautre, Place de la Mairie – fresh farm produce.
Riberac: third Saturday of August, all day – antiques market.
Sarlat: all day market in Place de la Grande Rigaudie and Place Boissarie – fresh regional produce (and in winter only marché au gras and truffles). A highlight of the markets in the Dordogne.
Saint-Aulaye: mornings – fresh farm produce.
Villefranche-du-Perigord: September and October mornings in Place de Villefranche – chestnut market.
Sunday Markets in the Dordogne
Eymet: occasional morning artist market.
Issigeac: mornings – general market.
Riberac: May to September, mornings at Place du Relais – fresh farm produce.
Rouffignac St-Cernin de Reilhac: mornings – local produce, fish, fruit and vegetable, flowers, also clothes and a Chinese food stall.
Saint-Cyprien: mornings in summer.
Special Markets in the Dordogne
Audrix: evening market July and August – local farm produce.
Brantôme: July and August – fresh farm produce.
Issigeac: first weekend of May – flower market.
Mussidan: July and August, daily except Monday, under the hall – fresh farm produce.
Riberac: July and August – arts and crafts evening markets.
Rouffignac St-Cernin de Reilhac: Wednesday evenings from 18:00 from July to beginning August at Place du marché.
Saint-Aulaye: second weekend of August in the evening – wine, cheese and regional produce fair.
Thiviers: third weekend of August – wine and food fair.
Villefranche-du-Perigord: June to October – cepes (wild mushroom) market. Note: (market days depend on there being enough mushrooms !!