Marché Bastille

And the markets Marché Popincourt and Marché de la Création Bastille

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Marché Bastille and Marché Popincourt

The markets Marché Bastille y Marché Popincourt are two Paris markets very popular.

Both, the Mercado Bastille and the Mercado Popincourt, are held on Boulevard Richard Lenoir, but on opposite sides of the street and on different days of the week.

Marché Bastille. Street markets in Paris / lembi -Shutterstock.com

They offer a variety of products that would put many supermarkets to shame.

What can you buy at Marché Bastille and Marché Popincourt

The variety and color of the comida fresca sold at these markets will make you want to rush home and cook with the ingredients you buy.

Many Parisians come here to do their weekly shopping, to buy productos más frescos y más baratos than at the supermarket.

Ready-to-eat food at a Paris market / Alexandra Lande – Shutterstock.com

You can also buy at both the Marché Bastille and the Marché Popincourt, ready-to-eat food at great prices: libanesa, italiana, india o francesa. There are plenty of tempting snacks that are hard to resist, so you can skip breakfast and come straight here from your hotel in Paris.

The ambiente es muy animado and the vendors are very friendly.

On Saturdays, the Marché de la Création sets up

On Saturdays, the same Boulevard Richard Lenoir is taken over by stalls from more than 200 artisans and artists selling their watercolors, photography, jewelry, paintings, prints, fashion, and crafts. This market is known as Le Marché de la Création Bastille.

Start at Place de la Bastille.

Address:

Bd Richard Lenoir

11th Arrondissement

Hours:

Marché Bastille

Thursday 7:00 AM – 1:30 PM
Sunday 7:00 AM – 2:30 PM

Marché Popincourt

Friday 7:00 AM – 1:30 PM
Tuesday 7:00 AM – 1:30 PM

Marché de la création Bastille

Saturday 10:00 AM – 7:00 PM

How to get there?

Metro: Bastille, Oberkampf

Nearby attractions

Nearby you will find the Père Lachaise Cemetery, Opéra Bastille, and Victor Hugo's house in Le Marais.

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