Good taste ! Indoor and outdoors markets are numerous in Montpellier Méditerranée Métropole !
Indoor and outdoor markets are numerous in Montpellier Méditerranée Métropole
Good taste
The labels on the Grabels market stalls are quite surprising. “It's to differentiate the products: a green label means that I sell my products directly, orange means that it's a producer with whom I am in direct contact, and purple means that the products come from more standard, long supply chains", explains this market stall-holder. The market takes place on Saturday mornings on the esplanade of the former wine co-operative. The commune of Grabels started this type of market, which gives preference to short supply chains, in 2008.
This aim to favour local products is repeated in Clapiers on Sunday morning. In Lattes, the market also takes place on Sunday. Just next door, in Pérols, the market takes place on Saturday, with over 110 traders.
Recently expanded, the open-air market in Castelnau-le-Lez takes place on Tuesday and Saturday mornings.
In Montpellier there are around 20 markets. In the centre, the Halles Castellane, built in 1859, house around 30 traders: greengrocers, butchers, fishmongers, cheesemongers, delicatessen stalls, etc. A friendly atmosphere reigns and the whole of Montpellier comes here to shop and to mingle.
In Antigone, the Halles Jacques Coeur, open all day, also group together around 30 traders, while on Sunday morning a farmers’ market is held on Avenue Champlain. The biggest organic market takes place in the Arceaux on Tuesday and Saturday morning. Under the aqueduct, traders and producers come together to offer you tasty products. In the Paillade district, the whole neighbourhood comes to the Halles des Quatre Saisons. Food, clothes, fabrics, hardware, etc. are on display. In the centre of Figuerolles, Plan Cabanes market takes place every day from Tuesday to Sunday, in an authentically popular atmosphere.
TRENDY AND GOURMET
Marché du Lez is a creative hotspot, with antiques’ sellers, caterers, a farmers’ market on Saturday mornings, a well-being section, a DJ school and start-up companies. Located in former industrial and farming premises on the banks of the Lez since 2016, next to the Port-Marianne district, this area has been designed for sociability and enjoyment.
“We often organise events, pop-up markets, jazz concerts, private evenings. It's free and open to all”, specifies Camille Cattan, organiser.
Caterers propose fresh and seasonal products: Le Terminal#1, run by famous chefs Jacques and Laurent Pourcel, La Baraquette, which offers gourmet food from the market and is also a grocery store, and lastly La Cachette, which opens onto the River Lez and concocts Mediterranean food over a traditional wood fire.
As for the antiques’ market, a 500 m2 space is given over to the passion of bargaining. This antiques’ market is open 6 days a week, from 10am to 7pm.
On Friday nights in summer, singing and dancing takes place, with antiques’ sellers, producers and traders from Marché du Lez.
The tourist office welcomes you from
10 a.m. to 1 p.m. and from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. Monday to Saturday,
10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sunday and public holiday
Our tourist information offices
Lattes : +33 (0)7 72 43 65 08
Villeneuve-lès- Maguelone : 07 87 25 67 45
Castries : +33 (0)4 67 52 04 24
