Where Avignon shops, snacks and lunches: the markets worth your morning.
Food markets, farmers markets and covered halls: where Avignon shops, snacks and lunches.
Les Halles d'Avignon is the covered market on Place Pie, with about 40 traders beneath Patrick Blanc's vertical garden, open Tuesday to Sunday mornings.
Go forCheese, Seafood, Bread, Fruit and vegetables, Provençal produce
TipThe Vaucluse tourist board lists 06:00 to 15:00 on Fridays and weekends for 27 July to 31 December 2026, with special hours at year end.
Marché du Centre-Ville fills Avignon on Saturday mornings from Place des Carmes to Place Pie, with some fifteen stalls added on Place Saint-Jean-le-Vieux.
Go forFruit and vegetables, Flowers, Provençal produce
TipThe flower market on Place des Carmes shares the same Saturday morning, so start there and walk towards the Halles.
Marché Chabran sets up every Saturday morning in the prefecture's Jardin Chabran on Boulevard Limbert in Avignon, and trades from 08:00 until 13:00.
Go forFruit and vegetables, Provençal produce
TipIt trades at the same hours as the city-centre market, both closing at 13:00, so pick one or hop between them before noon.
Marché Monclar takes over Place de la Méditerranée in Avignon's Monclar district on Tuesday and Friday mornings, trading from 08:00 to 13:00.
Go forFruit and vegetables, Provençal produce
TipA smaller Wednesday market at Square Indochine, 20 Avenue Monclar, runs from 17:00 to 19:00 in the same district.
Marché de Fontcouverte lines Avenue de Fontcouverte in Avignon every Sunday morning, the former Saint-Chamand market, served by a free city shuttle.
Go forFruit and vegetables, Provençal produce
TipThe stalls run from the roundabout of Avenue des Cinq Cantons to the lake, and the city's free shuttle links Saint-Chamand to the market.
Marché des producteurs de Montfavet gathers local growers on Place de l'Église in the Montfavet district of Avignon every Friday evening, from 16:30 to 19:00.
Go forProducers, Fruit and vegetables
TipMontfavet also holds a Tuesday morning market on the same square, from 08:00 to 13:00, so the two are easy to confuse.
Marché des producteurs des allées de l'Oulle sets up in Avignon every Monday evening from 17:00 to 19:00, a seasonal growers' market that runs to 25 October.
Go forProducers, Fruit and vegetables
TipThis is an evening market that fits after a day of sightseeing; the Grand Avignon listing gives 25 October as the last date this season.
