Velleron Night Market: Marché Producteur
Ashley Tinker · Markets in Provence and Cote d'Azur · TasteVelleron night market is one of the best producer’s markets in Southern France. It has been continually included within the 100 “marchés d’exception” in France by the Conseil National des Arts Culinaires.
The market is open daily, except Sunday of course, in the hot summer months and is very popular with locals commuting from and to Avignon. You will see people march towards the stands with great purpose, armed with baskets that are very quickly full of the freshest seasonal produce to be had. …Continue reading here for details on this market that is frequented by locals where there are no touristy items to be found among the just picked vegetables.
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