Best Tuesday Markets in the Luberon, Provence
Three markets stand out on a Tuesday in the Luberon, and each one feels like a different version of the region. Gordes leans polished and touristy. Apt sticks closer to the farm. Saint-Saturnin-lès-Apt keeps something of the old village market alive that's harder to find elsewhere these days.
Handcrafted goods, fresh produce, regional specialities — Tuesday in the Luberon offers more than one way into local life, depending on which village ends up on the itinerary.
Tuesday market in Gordes
Hours: 8:00am to 1:00pm, Tuesday mornings
Gordes carries a reputation that reaches well beyond Provence — grand villas, sweeping views over the smaller Luberon ridge, the kind of polish that draws attention from a distance. Every Tuesday morning, local producers set up the same stalls visitors and residents alike have been browsing for years.
AOP Luberon wines, cheeses, fresh fruit and vegetables, quality meats, handcrafted goods — a single walk through the market touches on most of what the region produces. It's the kind of southern market that's become harder to find intact, drawing in locals and passers-through in roughly equal measure.
Gordes Christmas market
As Christmas approaches, the village goes all in. The château, the Chapelle des Pénitents, the Salle des Éditions, Place du Château — more than 40 vendors take over these landmark spots. Local craft, regional products, activities for children: a fitting way to close out the year in the Luberon.
The Wine and Olive Oil Fair in Gordes
The first weekend of August brings the Foire des Vins et des Huiles d'Olive. Parking de la Poste and Place du Jeu de Boule fill with olive oil, Luberon wines, shared meals, and entertainment — nothing about it resembles an ordinary market day. For produce stalls and food shopping specifically, Apt and Saint-Saturnin-lès-Apt remain the stronger Tuesday options.
Apt's farmers' market
Hours: 8:00am to 1:00pm, Tuesday mornings
Tuesday in Apt means a farmers' market — produce arrives straight from local farms onto the stalls, with nothing in between.
Apt carries its titles seriously: capital of the Luberon, self-declared world capital of candied fruit, recognised as a "Site remarquable du goût." Two thousand years of history sit at the foot of the massif's northern slope, in a town that knows exactly what it produces and what that's worth. Anyone serious about food tends to end up here eventually.
Locals who know the area never skip this weekly market. One thing worth keeping straight: Apt's larger, better-known market happens on Saturdays. Tuesday is strictly the farmers' market — fresh fruit and vegetables, cheese, charcuterie. No craft stalls, no clothing. A market built around locals, in the best possible sense of that phrase.
A basket filled here with fresh fruit, cheese, and charcuterie can easily carry a week's worth of meals through a Provence holiday.
Saint-Saturnin-lès-Apt's market
Hours: 7:00am to 1:00pm, Tuesday mornings
A hilltop village, colourful stalls, and roughly ten vendors — that's all this market needs to work. It opens early and wraps up by one, leaving just enough time to actually talk with the people selling what they grow.
Fruit and vegetables, charcuterie, cheese, olives, tapenade, honey, jam — a fairly complete cross-section of the region fits into one basket here. A number of these producers farm organically, without pesticides, working within the boundaries of the Luberon Regional Nature Park.
Tuesday mornings in Saint-Saturnin tend to show park visitors a side of Provence that hasn't been arranged for their benefit — which is precisely what makes the detour worthwhile.
Gordes, Apt, Saint-Saturnin-lès-Apt: three Tuesday markets, three different doors into the same region. Polished and touristy in Gordes, working and unpretentious in Apt, village-scale and unhurried in Saint-Saturnin. Flavour, conversation, local culture — each village offers its own version of Provence.
What to do after the market
Once the market wraps up, the Musée de la Lavande makes a natural next stop. About fifteen minutes from Apt, in Cabrières-d'Avignon, it extends the morning into a different part of what makes the Luberon distinctive. An audio-guided tour, a sensory workshop, a producer's boutique on site — a fitting way to round out a market morning by stepping into the region's other great speciality.
Luberon markets throughout the week
Monday markets
Wednesday markets
Thursday markets
Friday markets
Saturday markets
Sunday markets