The main Uzès market is held every Saturday morning, roughly 8:00 to 13:00, on the Place aux Herbes and surrounding streets. A smaller organic market runs on Wednesday mornings, and a truffle stall joins the Wednesday and Saturday markets roughly from December through March. Stalls sell local produce, Pélardon goat's cheese, olives, wine, pottery and crafts. The market has run since 1241 and is five minutes by car from La Valette Boutique.
The main market. Producers from across the Gard — fruit, vegetables, cheese, charcuterie, olives, honey, flowers and pottery.
Smaller, entirely organic. Local farmers selling seasonal produce, artisan bread, goat’s cheese and dried herbs from the garrigue.
Wednesday and Saturday mornings, roughly December to March. Black truffles from the Gard, Pélardon goat’s cheese and local Duché d’Uzès wine. One of the finest truffle markets in the South.
A winter market through December with artisan gifts, local produce and mulled wine. Uzès at Christmas is particularly atmospheric.
What Place aux Herbes keeps giving us
The Place aux Herbes is one of those squares that earns its reputation without trying to. The medieval arcades have been here since the thirteenth century. The plane trees grow from a grid of stone. On a Saturday morning, when the market is full and the light is at an angle across the limestone, the scene has a quality that is difficult to locate elsewhere.
We come back for specific things: the cheese from the Cévennes producers, the olive oil from the valley below Uzès, the seasonal produce that arrives and disappears without announcement. What we buy changes by season. The reason to go is consistent: this is a genuine producers' market.
Our practical recommendation: arrive before 9h30, buy the things that will disappear early, then take a table under the arcades with a coffee and whatever you have bought. That is the version of the Saturday morning that makes people extend their stays.
The Uzès tourist office maintains the current market calendar at uzes-pontdugard.com.
The main event
Saturday on the Place aux Herbes
The Saturday market is one of the most beautiful in Languedoc. It has been held on the same square since 1241 — under the same medieval arcades, in the same town. That continuity is part of what makes it worth going to.
The Place aux Herbes fills from around 8am. Stalls overflow into the neighbouring streets and into the Rue de la République. By 10am it is busy. By noon it starts to thin. Arrive early for the best produce and for the light.
What to look for: Pélardon goat’s cheese from producers in the Cévennes, olives and tapenade from the Gard, honey from hives in the garrigue, lavender, seasonal fruit and vegetables, local pottery and ceramics from Saint-Quentin-la-Poterie nearby.
- Best time to arrive: 8:30–9:30am for full stalls and lower crowds
- Parking: Free parking on Avenue Général Vincent and Chemin de la Fontaine, 5 minutes on foot
- Cash: Most producers prefer cash, though cards are increasingly accepted
- Café: Take a table under the arcades at the Café de la République with your market finds and a café crème
- From La Valette: 5 minutes by car, 25 minutes on foot via country lanes
December to March
The Truffle Market
Truffle season brings a dedicated truffle stall to the Wednesday and Saturday markets, roughly from December through March — exact dates shift slightly each year with the harvest. Black truffles — Tuber melanosporum, the Périgord truffle — are sold directly by producers from the Gard and surrounding areas. Prices are quoted per gram and vary significantly across the season.
The truffle market is small and expert. You will see traders inspecting and sniffing the truffles before buying, negotiating quietly in Occitan. It is genuinely one of the most atmospheric food markets in the South of France.
What to buy: whole fresh truffles (priced by the gram, ~€800–1200/kg in peak season), truffle-infused salt, truffle oil from local producers, Pélardon goat’s cheese, and local Duché d’Uzès AOC wine to take back to your apartment kitchen.
- Best weeks: January and February for peak quality and supply
- Arrive by 9am: the market moves quickly and the best specimens go early
- Whole truffles keep for 7–10 days wrapped in paper in the fridge — or freeze them
- Recipe tip: Store truffles with eggs in a sealed jar — the eggs absorb the aroma beautifully
Practical
Getting there from La Valette
La Valette Boutique is in Sanilhac-Sagriès, 5 minutes south of Uzès by car. The Place aux Herbes is in the heart of the old town, about 800 metres from the main car parks.
- By car: Take the D979 north towards Uzès. Park on Avenue Général Vincent (free, 5 min walk) or Parking de l’Évêché (paid, 2 min walk)
- On foot: 25 minutes via the footpath through the garrigue — follow the signs to the centre ville from the edge of town
- Early start: Market starts at 8am; be back for a late breakfast at La Valette with your finds