The most beautiful markets in Landes

A region popular with vacationers and adored by its inhabitants, the Landes is a destination of choice to escape to the sun, surrounded by nature or by the sea. Green forests, fine sandy beaches and small charming villages, the Landes is also renowned for its gastronomy and local specialties. Stroll, taste, wander, savor the local dishes and products proudly displayed in the most beautiful markets in the Landes all year round.

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The Dax market

We start our gourmet escapade at the Dax market, the largest of the Landes markets 30 minutes from Capbreton. If you want to taste local and regional products, get up on Saturday morning to go to the heart of the city, between Place Roger Ducos and Place Camille Bouvet to enjoy a covered market under the halls. Every week, greengrocers, cheesemakers, poultry producers and fishmongers fill their stalls with fresh, quality ingredients to delight your taste buds.

The Peyehorades market

In Peyrehorades, it is the oldest of the Landes markets that you can walk through every Wednesday morning, a tradition perpetuated since 1358. A true gathering of traders, more than 100 local producers and artisans brighten up the alleys of Place du Sablot, at Place Aristide Briand. Under the market halls, poultry is in the spotlight all year round while the gras market takes place from October to March to display Landes duck.

The Capbreton market

North of Biarritz and Bayonne, Capbreton is bustling with numerous markets all week long. On Tuesday and Saturday, local producers take over the covered market halls to unveil their fruits, vegetables, poultry and dairy products on fragrant and colorful stands. Capbreton’s advantage? It is its port which supplies fresh fish every morning next to the Port House. A place of exchange and conviviality, it is an event not to be missed if you want to enjoy yourself.

The Saint-Roch market in Mont-de-Marsan

We move away a little from the coast to discover one of the 100 most beautiful markets in France in Mont-de-Marsan. Every Tuesday and Saturday morning, all the senses are awakened to smell, see, taste and touch the Landes typicalities displayed on the stalls. Vegetables, poultry, flowers and local products, the stands are delicious and tempting when lunch time arrives. Make a selection of your favorite ingredients and take advantage, the market is open all year round.

The Mimizan market

We slowly go back towards Biscarosse to discover many small markets organized in Mimizan. All year round, it is in the town on Place Félix Poussade that traders offer local specialties, alongside seasonal markets during the summer. Between June and September, it is at Mimizan-plage that the festivities take place every Thursday morning, while the night market takes place on the Market Square on Tuesdays and Saturdays in August and July. After the high season, the covered market on the square resumes its weekly rhythm from Thursday to Sunday morning.

other markets in Landes

Traveling through the Landes to the markets is a gourmet idea that never fails to attract us. With 92 markets per week, the list will be long to complete. Here is a little appetizer with the towns which offer the most beautiful markets in the Landes:

• Aire-sur-Adour on the Saturday morning covered market
  
• Biscarosse on Friday, Saturday and Sunday plus the night market during the summer
  
• Eugénie-les-Bains on the esplanade and in rue René Vielle every Wednesday in the morning
• Hossegor, a seasonal market from June to September on Monday, Wednesday and Sunday
• Luxey, a festivity expected on Thursdays
• Morcenx, with colorful stalls on Wednesday and Saturday
• Parentis-en-Born, a fragrant meeting organized on Thursday and its summer market on Sunday
• Saint-Paul-lès-Dax, a market set up every Thursday morning
  
• Saint-Sever, a tradition not to be missed on Saturday mornings
• Seignosse-Océan, seasonal markets set up on different days of the week depending on the time of year
• Soustons, a market which extends over the Place des Arènes as well as on Thursdays during the summer
• Vieux-Boucau-les-Bains, a meeting organized all year round on Tuesday and Saturday, then from Monday to Saturday during the summer.

Les Landes is a small gold mine of traditional markets where local products, crafts and specialties offer a perfect mix of colors and smells. Generally set up between 8 a.m. and 1 p.m., the Landes markets can be discovered throughout the year to immerse yourself in a region renowned for its gastronomy. Grab your baskets, you'll love the specialties.

the specialties and emblematic products of the Landes

Your taste buds will delight in the Landes markets where local products and local specialties abound as there are gastronomic riches in this region. Between land and sea, nature flourishes to offer you delicious dishes to savor raw or processed. Let's go for a trip to the kitchen!

• Label Rouge and IGP farm duck can be enjoyed from mid-October to February, a know-how preserved in the Landes which offers foie gras, confits or duck breast
• Landes farm poultry, which holds the first red label for its chicken in 1965. Capons, hens, turkeys or quails , the recipes are varied to cook them
• Chalosse beef is not a breed, but a method of breeding typical of the Landes. Raised for more than 3 years and fed naturally, its taste is fine and fragrant.

• Asparagus from Les Sables des Landes IGP is the emblem of spring. Fragile and tasty, it is eaten from March to May
  
• The Adour kiwi is the only French kiwi to be Label Rouge and IGP certified. A source of vitamins and freshness, it delights the taste buds during the winter
  
• Armagnac is a French brandy that is over 700 years old. Made from distilled white wines from the region and then aged in oak barrels, this golden elixir is the pride of the Landais

• Floc de Gascogne, a local aperitif made from one third Armagnac and two thirds fresh grape juice. Liqueur wine renowned in the Landes, it comes white, red or rosé.
• Tursan wine is an AOC from the southwest whose vineyards extend over the Landes and Gers departments. Red or rosé, it is often invited to the Landais table.

You will notice the generosity of the Landes who never cease to delight you. We could still tell you about salmon from Adour, oysters from Hossegor or peanuts from Soustons, but the best thing is still to go there and meet the producers and above all, taste their specialties.

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