tomboy

I'm aware Sarlat, Dinan & Periguex are Saturday (?), St Remy and Rocamadour Wednesday (?).
Other towns in Normandy, Burgundy, Dordogne?

tomboy

Also Loire Valley?

sheila

You're kidding, right?

I can tell you about the places local to me; and the first thing I do when I arrive anywhere is get the leaflet from the Tourist Office with all the market days listed. But memorising them?

However, France does it for you.

http://www.francemag.com/frmag/conte...ault.asp?id=15

Michael

Patricia Wells' <i>Food Lover's Guide to France</i> lists market days in major towns.

StCirq

In the Dordogne:

Sarlat has a market Wednesday, too(smaller than the Saturday one).
Le Bugue has its big one Tuesday and small one Saturday.
Lalinde is Thursday. I think Domme ha a small one Thursday, too.
Montignac is Friday.

There are a zillion others. As for the rest of France, make that mega-zillions. Check when you get there.

hanl

The only constant seems to be that markets are never held on a Monday.

PamSF

You are in luck. San Remy market day is Wednesday.

TopMan

With the greatest of respect, how many market days do you have to attend before you get tired of feeling up the peppers and tomatoes? Sorry..couldn't resist..have a great trip....it sounds a heck of a lot better than trying to be a hotel snob!

Gretchen

To answer your perceived facetious question--I NEVER get tired of looking at the French markets. They are just a total delight and always a major part of our trip.

ron

Never on Monday, you say, Hanl? Try Tr&eacute;gastel on the C&ocirc;tes-d'Armor, Brittany.

hanl

I stand corrected Ron. I've never come across a Monday market but there do seem to be a few, especially in the tourist season.

I'd beware of fish at a Monday market as it's unlikely to be fresh (the fishing boats don't usually go out on Sundays).

JulieVikmanis

Sheila, thanks for that site. what a nifty thing.
Notice, however, that one of my favorite markets in Paris isn't on it--Barbes Market just below Sacre Couer hill. Does anyone know if it has another name?

hanl

Julie, are you referring to the market on Boulevard de la Chappelle? It stretches along beneath the above-ground metro line from the Barbes-Rochechouart intersection to la Chappelle.

StCirq

There used to be a Monday market in Les Eyzies, but it seems nobody came to it, so they abandoned it. I think the French in general, at least in the provinces, don't think of Monday as a day to do errands.