Don't Miss a Market Day at Sarlat

Don’t Miss a Market Day in Sarlat

This town has been “described in the official French guides as the most attractive medieval town in France to have preserved intact its ancient buildings. But it is far more than that. Side by side with its medieval masterpieces are superb Renaissance mansions, and its impossible to wander through its little streets and alleyways without spotting some new treasure which you missed last time, be it a whole house or even a door-knocker ”…excerpt from Passport’s Regional Guides of France, Dordogne & Lot Arthur & Barbara Eperon.

Of course, Saturday is Market Day; this is one of the largest in the area with farmers’ stalls and food producers, but also linens, clothing and haberdashery with the vendors sprawling the many squares and streets.  

The environment is lively with strolling troubadours singing and dancing in the streets and organ grinders providing entertainment.

Apart from the usual stores selling clothing, kitchenware, and old fashion hardware stores, there are an immense number of shops selling regional cuisine such as foie gras, confit de canard, truffles, walnut oils, and of course wine and specialty liqueurs. And don’t forget the many restaurants and cafes lining the streets.

We basked in the sun when it made it’s short appearance in the early afternoon….sipping a coffee at a café in one of the squares.

The day was mostly cool and cloudy.

We wandered the streets some more before heading home.