Located in Fréjus for 7 years, I find there every week all the seasonal products I need to cook. At the moment, the stalls are filled with clementines, kiwis, pears and oranges of all kinds (including the sanguines I love) on the fruit and potato side, leeks, cabbage and other broccoli for vegetables. Because here you will not find tomatoes and courgettes in winter.
In turn, the producers, almost all from the PACA region (mainly Var, Alpes-Maritimes and Bouches du Rhône) ensure the permanence.
The market is at the heart of the estate of Mr Meneganti, a little man with a warm welcome. He recently told me that the common goal of the producers, which he sorts by hand (visit of the farm, surprise control of the harvests, members of the PACA region...) was to offer a wide variety of quality seasonal products. All of them hope to fight against the so-called local producers located along our roads.
The success of this authentic market is so important that it has had to be refurbished: larger warehouse, wider aisles to move around... but the atmosphere is just as simple and warm.
Fruits and vegetables are mixed with many other regional products.
Come and have a look and discover wines, jams, honey, eggs and even poultry or good duck ravioli.
If you come on a Tuesday, you will meet a trout farmer. On Wednesdays, it is the turn of the pig and lamb farmer. Fishermen even come to sell you their daily catch on Fridays.
At the market of La Vallée rose
Tuesday to Saturday: morning from 8:30 am to 12:30 pm
Friday afternoons from 3:30 pm to 7 pm
Discover the other experiences to be experienced on the Esterel Côte d'Azur destination
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The Pays de Fayence (Fayence district) has many great provencal villages. All of them have a particularity such as the view from Mons or the artistic streets of Tourrettes. Do no forget to stop in Seillans that has the label of "Most beautiful village in France"
North of the A8 motorway, you will find the Pays de Fayence. Saint-Cassien lake, a real oasis of freshness in the Var, awaits you! Take a break at the Lake House before visiting the villages of Bagnols-en-Forêt, St-Paul-en-Forêt or Tanneron.
The city of Roquebrune-sur-Argens is the most westerly of the destination. It includes three districts: La Bouverie, at the foot of Gorges du Blavet; The village, overlooked by its magnificent rock, and Les Issambres, with its nautical activities by the sea.
Les Adrets de l'Estérel is a small town located at the extreme southeastern Var. Bordering the Maritimes Alpes, it is composed of large green forests. The town overlooks the bay of Cannes and has an exceptional view on the Lérins Islands and the Corniche de l'Estérel.
Puget sur Argens is a small village located in the middle of many wineries. Its commercial area, near the village, includes many shopping center. North of the village, the Bois du Defens give rise to several walks.
Welcome to Les Issambres, the district of Roquebrune-sur-Argens located on the coast. True paradise with its 8 km of beaches and creeks, this family seaside resort, already frequented at the time by the Romans, is located between the Gulf of Saint-Tropez and Fréjus-Saint Raphaël.
Frejus, located halfway between Cannes and Saint-Tropez, is at the heart of the Côte d'Azur. Based on a sandstone buttress of the Esterel massif, the town dominates the valleys of Argens and Reyran. Frejus has the appearance of a small Provencal town whose new districts extend to the sea.
65km from Nice Côte d'Azur International Airport, Saint-Raphaël is located between Cannes and Saint-Tropez. This seaside resort on the Mediterranean coast is at the bottom of the great Esterel mountains. Saint Raphael, whose city center is by the sea, is divided into different neighborhoods that have all their characteristics and their personalities.
