Where Rennes shops, snacks and lunches: the markets worth your morning.
Food markets, farmers markets and covered halls: where Rennes shops, snacks and lunches.
The Marché des Lices has run in Rennes since 1622 and now packs close to 300 stallholders onto Place des Lices every Saturday, France's second-largest market.
Go for: Galette-saucisse, Oysters, Cider, Cheese
Tip: The galette-saucisse stands between the two halls fire up from sunrise; go before 11:00 to beat the queue that swallows the square.
The Halles Centrales put a daily covered market in the middle of Rennes, 28 fishmongers, cheesemongers, butchers and greengrocers under the Criée's 1922 roof.
Go for: Fish, Cheese, Butcher, Galette-saucisse
Tip: This is the everyday market when it is not Saturday, and Sunday 09:00 to 13:00 is the only food shopping left in the city that day; BioCrêp inside griddles a €3.50 organic galette-saucisse.
The Marché Bio on the Mail François Mitterrand is Rennes' all-organic market, a Wednesday-afternoon line of certified growers under the plane trees.
Go for: Organic produce, Bread, Cheese
Tip: It runs into the evening, so it doubles as an after-work shop; arrive from 17:00 when every stall is set up.
The Place Hoche market gives Rennes a Thursday-afternoon producers' stop between the university and the Thabor, small stalls in student territory.
Go for: Producers, Cheese, Vegetables
Tip: Combine it with the 16h30 patisserie and Rue Hoche's food strip two minutes away.
The Sainte-Thérèse market fills Place du Souvenir in south Rennes on Wednesday mornings, one of the city's biggest after the Lices, strong on organic growers.
Go for: Vegetables, Apples, Apple juice
Tip: Look for the apple growers; this market is known for orchard fruit and pressed juice from the Rennes basin.
The Saint-Germain market sets up by the church square in central Rennes on Wednesday mornings, a compact food market steps from the Vilaine and République.
Go for: Produce, Flowers
Tip: The smallest central market; use it for a quick shop rather than a browse, then coffee on the nearby quays.
The Maurepas market runs Tuesday mornings on Place Lucie et Raymond Aubrac in north-east Rennes, a neighbourhood market on the B metro line.
Go for: Produce, World groceries
Tip: Metro line B stops at Gros-Chêne right by the square, making this the easiest non-central market to reach.
The Villejean market takes over Rue de Bourgogne in north-west Rennes on Friday mornings, serving the university quarter with low-priced produce stalls.
Go for: Produce, World groceries
Tip: One of the cheapest markets in Rennes; come late morning for end-of-market bargaining.
The Poterie market runs Friday afternoons on Place du Ronceray at the end of metro line A in Rennes, a food market timed for the after-work crowd.
Go for: Produce, After-work shopping
Tip: The end of metro line A puts it fifteen minutes from the centre, so it works as a Friday after-work detour rather than a destination.
The Blosne market fills Place Jean Normand in south Rennes on Saturday mornings, the most international of the city's markets in its most diverse quarter.
Go for: World groceries, Produce
Tip: Come here for North African and Asian ingredients the central markets rarely stock, then compare it with the Lices the same morning.