Le Marche de Provence - Castellane

Beautiful products of the region, nice village atmosphere high in color and beautiful singing accents. A passage is mandatory if we are in the region.

A fabulous little village and a great market. HOWEVER, beware of the Jamon Iberico and Truffle Cheese vendors at the North end. With no prices visible on display, they reel you in with tasty samples, and vaccuum pack large slices before revealing the eye-watering prices. €440/kg for the ham. Presumably the occasional unwitting customer accepts out of bravado, pride or embarrassment.The produce is good, but you would pay far less in even the priciest places like Fauchon or Harrods. The concealed pricing and sales technique borders on fraud.All the other stalls we visited were charming, and good value.

Provence's cheap with everything you dream of finding it as local and authentic products: oils, fruits of orchards, vegetables including species of old. Bring a speciality (charcuterie).

Regional outputs. South atmosphere. live market. always very warm to walk among the stalls