På Place Pie i Avignon har Les Halles-marknaden sitt eget parkeringsgarage, vilket är till nytta på hektiska sommardagar. Marknaden är öppen tisdag till söndag från 6 till 13:30 Lördag morgon matlagningsdemonstrationer pågår från september till juli. Avignon själv ligger cirka 50 km nordväst om Aix-en-Provence, och regelbundna bussar går från busstationen Avignon på boulevard St-Roch till Marseille, Nice och Canne. Avignon ligger också på järnvägslinjen Paris-Marseille och Paris-Montpellier.
Les Halles Market is at Place Pie in Avignon, easy walking distance from most attractions in the city including Palais des Papes and Musée Calvet. To get to Avignon, catch a bus from the main station on boulevard St-Roch to/from Marseilles, Nice, and Cannes. If driving, the market has its own parking garage.
The market is open Tuesday through Sunday, from early in the morning (about 6am) to early afternoon (about 1:30pm). Come on a Saturday morning around 11am (September through July) when a different renown chef offers cooking demonstrations using fresh ingredients from the market at kiosks marked “petite cuisine” on the market’s southern corners.
For a moment in the 14th century, the seat of the Roman Church moved from Rome to Avignon, requiring a brand new home to be built. What the leaders received still stands as the largest Gothic palace in the world. Tour the interior to see grand rooms—richly decorated with tapestries, frescoes and carved ceilings made of wood—and secret passages used by the clergy.
