Les ArceauxTue and Sat 07:00-13:30
The Marché des Arceaux lines Montpellier's Saint-Clément aqueduct on Tuesday and Saturday, up to 80 producers selling organic vegetables, cheese and flowers.
Tip: This is where the city's chefs shop; arrive by 09:00 on Saturday before the best producer stalls sell through.
AntigoneSunday mornings
The Marché Paysan d'Antigone brings Hérault farmers into Montpellier on Sunday mornings, a producers' association trading on Place du Nombre d'Or since 1991.
Tip: Producers only, no resellers: oyster farmers, breeders and winemakers sell their own goods, so ask about the farm.
Port MarianneBrocante Tue-Sun 10:00-19:00; restaurants daily 12:00-14:30 and 20:00-23:30
The Marché du Lez stacks food trucks, restaurants, a brocante and craft studios along Avenue Raymond Dugrand in Montpellier, the city's weekend food village.
Tip: Come for the street-food village at lunch, stay for Muchacha and the Halles du Lez counters after dark.
Beaux-ArtsMon-Sat 07:00-13:30; closed Sunday
The Marché des Beaux-Arts is the small daily food market on its namesake square in Montpellier, a handful of stalls anchoring the village-like quarter.
Tip: Pair a morning shop with a coffee on the square; the quarter's bakeries and bistros sit within two streets.
FiguerollesTue-Sun 07:30-13:30; closed Monday
The Plan Cabanes market fills Cours Gambetta in Montpellier six mornings a week, more than twenty traders serving the Figuerolles side of the old town.
Tip: Combine it with the surrounding Cours Gambetta grocers and pastry shops for mint, olives and msemen in one sweep.
CelleneuveWed 07:00-13:30
The Marché de Celleneuve gathers 10 to 15 traders on Allée Antonin Chauliac in western Montpellier each Wednesday, a compact old-village morning market.
Tip: Wednesday only, mornings only; it suits residents more than tourists, which is exactly its charm.