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The most beautiful markets in Brittany, day by day
The Lices market in Rennes, Talensac in Nantes, Vannes, Dinan, Quimper: the most beautiful markets in Brittany and the day to go, from Monday to Sunday.
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The market is one of the great pleasures of a stay in Brittany: oysters, galettes, salted butter, vegetables from the golden belt and fish from the auction. Here are the most beautiful, and above all the day they take place.
The weekly calendar
| Day | Markets not to miss |
|---|---|
| Monday | Auray (main market), Concarneau |
| Tuesday | Saint-Malo walled city, Paimpol, Le Croisic, Nantes (Talensac) |
| Wednesday | Vannes, Tréguier, Roscoff, Saint-Brieuc, Lorient, Carnac |
| Thursday | Dinan, Lannion, Pont-l’Abbé, Le Croisic |
| Friday | Saint-Malo walled city, Concarneau, Perros-Guirec |
| Saturday | Rennes (Lices), Vannes, Quimper, Saint-Brieuc, Lorient, Quiberon, Landerneau |
| Sunday | Cancale, Brest (Saint-Louis), Carnac, Lannion |
The Talensac market in Nantes runs from Tuesday to Sunday, and the market halls of Quimper, Auray, Vannes and Brest open almost every day.
The big city markets
The Lices market in Rennes is one of the largest in France: every Saturday morning it fills the square and the Halles Martenot. In Vannes, the Lices market spreads out at the foot of the ramparts on Wednesdays and Saturdays.
In the big cities
- MarketMarché des LicesRennes · 1 to 2 hoursOn Saturday mornings, nearly 250 producers and traders gather on Place des Lices, around the Martenot halls: the second-largest market in France.
- MarketMarché de TalensacNantes · 1 to 2 hoursIn its covered halls in the centre of Nantes, the Talensac market brings together about 150 traders from Tuesday to Sunday morning: the best-known and busiest in the city.
- MarketGrand marché de VannesVannes · 1 to 2 hoursOn Wednesdays and Saturdays from 8 am to 1.30 pm, the big Vannes market sets up on Place des Lices, in the heart of the old town and its half-timbered houses.
- MarketGrand marché du SteïrQuimper · 1 to 2 hoursOn Saturdays, the big Quimper market brings together around a hundred traders along the Steïr and around the covered market, in streets closed to traffic.
- MarketMarché Saint-MartinBrest · 1 to 2 hoursFrom Tuesday to Saturday morning, the Saint-Martin covered market, the only covered market in Brest, and its esplanade host a market in the heart of the Saint-Martin district.
- MarketHalles de MervilleLorient · 1 to 2 hoursThe Merville covered market, the gourmet heart of Lorient, is open from Tuesday to Sunday from 7 am to 1 pm, with a big open-air market around it on Wednesdays and Saturdays.
Small town markets
In the small towns, the market is the big moment of the week. Dinan’s, on Thursday, fills its medieval squares; Saint-Malo’s is held inside the walls; Cancale sells its oysters all year round at the port of La Houle.
In the small towns
- MarketGrand marché de DinanDinan · 1 to 2 hoursOn Thursdays from 8 am to 1 pm, the big Dinan market, voted the most beautiful market in Brittany in 2024, fills Place Duguesclin and Place du Champ-Clos.
- MarketMarché d’Intra-MurosSaint-Malo · 1 to 2 hoursOn Tuesdays and Fridays from 8.30 am to 1 pm, a dozen stallholders run the covered market in the Halle au Blé, in the walled privateer city.
- MarketGrand marché d’AurayAuray · 1 to 2 hoursOn Monday mornings, the big Auray market brings together 150 to 200 traders out of season and up to 400 in summer, right in the town centre: one of the big markets of Morbihan.
- MarketMarché de TréguierTréguier · 1 to 2 hoursOn Wednesday mornings, the Tréguier market fills Place du Martray, Place des Halles and the quays, at the foot of the cathedral of Saint-Tugdual.
- MarketGrand marchéPont-l'Abbé · 1 to 2 hoursOn Thursday mornings, Pont-l’Abbé hosts the biggest market in the Pays Bigouden, on Place de la République and Place Gambetta, in the heart of the Bigouden capital.
- MarketGrand marché de PaimpolPaimpol · 1 to 2 hoursOn Tuesday mornings, 119 traders run the Paimpol market, on Place du Martray, Place des Halles and Place de la Vieille-Tour, in the heart of the town.
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