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Luberon Markets There is more than one village market in the Luberon every day of the week.They range from a handful of stalls, like at Oppede-le-Vieux, to the town markets at Cavaillon, and the biggest of them on Saturday mornings in Apt, with up to 300 stalls. Market day is not just a time to buy what you need, it is also a time to observe this most French of rituals, when some of the stereotypes come alive. Markets are as popular with locals as with tourists, and most of them are year-round, adding colour and vitality to even the most wintry village. They tend to be larger in the summer. Combining a morning at the market with lunch in a favourite restaurant is a geat way to spend a half-day. What will you find at the markets: the best local, seasonal fruit and vegetables; meat, fish, bread, olives, tapenade, honey and conserves, herbs and spices, cheese, goat cheese, flowers, oils and wines, ready-to-eat rotisserie chickens, Provencal fabrics and housewares; clothes, the perfect straw hat or straw basket to take to the markets, and much else besides. A marché paysan is a farmer's market with produce sold by the farmers who grew it, and at an evening market like Velleron, picked the same day.
The markets of the Luberon: MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY * seasonal - approximately April-October Velleron has a good farmer's market (marché paysan) every evening at 6pm in summer, and 4.30pm on Tuesday, Friday and Saturday in winter. Markets tend to be in the morning, until lunchtime - around 12-12.30pm.
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