To Market, To Market....
Get thee to as many markets as you can-- not only
for the glorious displays and the pleasures of the French culinary culture. But to actually buy fresh fruits, vegetables, cheeses, olives, meats, jams, wines, etc. etc.
Each market is unique-- some larger, some smaller, some with goods unavailable anywhere else, and each located in its own lovely environment.
The markets most commonly visited by our guests are in Cahors (Saturday and Wednesday mornings), Limogne (Sunday morning), Villefranche de Rouergue (Thursday morning). In July and August, there are also markets in Tour de Faure (right across the bridge) and in the village itself.
By the way, the cheese varieties can be a bit overwhelming-- yet even when we pick randomly, we've not been disappointed. And keep an eye out for the goat cheese seller, a very special treat.
Here are a few of the other regional markets (a bit farther away):
Sarlat – Saturday
San Antonin Noble Val - Sunday
Cajarc -Saturday afternoon (a very nice, smaller market only 25 minutes away--
especially for folks staying two weeks or more who've already visited
the great Cahors market)
Click on this link for a an interactive website on which you locate markets in the region by day, by town, or on a google map.
for the glorious displays and the pleasures of the French culinary culture. But to actually buy fresh fruits, vegetables, cheeses, olives, meats, jams, wines, etc. etc.
Each market is unique-- some larger, some smaller, some with goods unavailable anywhere else, and each located in its own lovely environment.
The markets most commonly visited by our guests are in Cahors (Saturday and Wednesday mornings), Limogne (Sunday morning), Villefranche de Rouergue (Thursday morning). In July and August, there are also markets in Tour de Faure (right across the bridge) and in the village itself.
By the way, the cheese varieties can be a bit overwhelming-- yet even when we pick randomly, we've not been disappointed. And keep an eye out for the goat cheese seller, a very special treat.
Here are a few of the other regional markets (a bit farther away):
Sarlat – Saturday
San Antonin Noble Val - Sunday
Cajarc -Saturday afternoon (a very nice, smaller market only 25 minutes away--
especially for folks staying two weeks or more who've already visited
the great Cahors market)
Click on this link for a an interactive website on which you locate markets in the region by day, by town, or on a google map.
