The Terres Rouges festival in Castelnau-de-Montmiral, a car-boot sale at the foot of the Tourmalet in Campan: our Occitania picks for 18-19 July 2026, in ten stops.
This weekend of 18 and 19 July, Occitania goes hunting between listed bastides, high-altitude plateaus and Lozere votive feasts. Fancy skipping the big city markets for once? Our pick deliberately steers clear of the big permanent city-centre markets.
Instead it focuses on ten stops truly tied to this exact Saturday and Sunday, spread across nine departments. The route runs from the Larzac plateau to the foot of the Tourmalet pass. Along the way it passes a Quercy hamlet where bread is still baked in a wood oven for the occasion.
Between heritage, tradition and mechanical curiosities
Our favourite is the Terres Rouges Festival in Castelnau-de-Montmiral. It closes three days of brocante and craft art in one of the finest bastides of the Tarn. We also love the car-boot sale in Sainte-Marie-de-Campan, set at the foot of the legendary Tourmalet pass.
In between: a votive feast built around aligot in Lozere, old-fashioned wheat threshing in the Comminges, and a well-reputed professional brocante in old Figeac. Plenty to fill the boot without ever falling into Sunday-puces routine.
Until Saturday 18 July, the medieval bastide of Castelnau-de-Montmiral, listed among the finest villages of France, lives to the rhythm of the Terres Rouges Festival. An antiques flea market opened proceedings on Thursday, followed by a craft-art market on Friday and this Saturday.
Evening concerts, free entry: the village blends heritage hunting with contemporary craft in a setting of ramparts and arcades. It is our standout stop of the weekend, worth staying for into Saturday night.
On Sunday 19 July, the Association des Brocanteurs du Figeacois sets up its summer Belle Brocante on place Carnot, under the medieval market hall. Sellers also spread onto rue de la Republique and place Champollion, in the historic centre of Figeac.
Reserved for professional antiques dealers, this quality stop suits hunters holidaying in the Lot. It falls right in the height of the Quercy summer. The heritage setting of Champollion's home town adds a cultural layer to the stroll between stalls.
On Sunday 19 July, the Association du Vieux Village runs its traditional car-boot sale under the market hall of Sainte-Marie-de-Campan, in the Campan valley. This village of around 1,500 people is known for its heritage. It sits a stone's throw from the legendary Tourmalet pass and the resorts of La Mongie and the Payolle plateau.
Hunting at altitude, in the shade of the Pyrenean peaks: a refreshing change of pace. It suits those extending summer into the Bigorre mountains, far from the coastal bustle.
On Sunday 19 July, Banassac-Canilhac celebrates the 28th edition of the car-boot sale tied to its July votive feast, on place de l'Eglise. This year 79 sellers are expected for a day blending hunting and Lozere gastronomy.
Aligot, the Gevaudan's signature speciality, is on the menu of a communal meal that closes out the morning's hunting. A tasty stop, at the crossroads of village tradition and Lozere culinary heritage.
On Sunday 19 July, the Larzac Meridional association runs its brocante and car-boot sale near the town hall of Le Caylar. This village is perched on the Larzac plateau, at 700 metres altitude.
The stark, windswept causse setting is a world away from the seaside puces of the Herault coast. For hunters who love wide-open causse landscapes, it is one of the most transporting stops in our pick.
On Sunday 19 July, the Amis de Murel association holds its traditional car-boot sale in the medieval hamlet of Murel. This hamlet sits 3km north of Martel. Sellers set up in the lanes, courtyards, and around the old church and the wood-fired bread oven.
Live music from Les Aiglons Martelais, bread fresh from the oven, refreshments and catering on site: the programme has plenty of charm. This small Quercy hamlet offers a rare heritage setting for authentic hunting, far from the big urban markets.
On Sunday 19 July, the association Les Collectionneurs Amateurs runs the car-boot sale and all-collections fair of Caraman. It takes place in the streets and squares of this Lauragais village: the event has run for more than 25 years. Up to 250 sellers are expected, from 8am to 6pm.
The rare blend of a classic car-boot sale with specialist collectors' stalls makes it a distinctive stop. Lovers of themed finds will feel right at home, east of Toulouse.
On Sunday 19 July, the association Poulies et Rouages d'Antan runs a car-boot sale in Labarthe-Inard, a village of 865 people near Saint-Gaudens. Also on the bill: demonstrations of traditional wheat threshing, a mini-farm and a food market.
A vintage tractor display rounds out the programme: our mechanical gem of the weekend. This unique event blends hunting and Comminges farming heritage, free entry, by the Lac de la Hierle.
On Sunday 19 July, the car-boot sale of the Foire de la Madeleine animates the château park of Montesquiou. This Gascon village of 600 people is the birthplace of the famous family of the same name. It is built around the July patronal feast and gathers 50 to 100 sellers.
Paired with the traditional fair and its Gers produce, this stop blends illustrious family history with village conviviality in leafy surroundings.
On Sunday 19 July, the village associations run the annual car-boot sale of Sainte-Eulalie-d'Olt, one of France's officially finest villages. The village sits on the left bank of the Lot, in the Aveyron.
The cobbled lanes and squares of this medieval town turn into a great market of finds. The mood is friendly, mixing hunters and passing strollers. A strong heritage stop to close out the weekend on the Aveyron side.
Also worth a look
- Perpignan (66) — Every Sunday, including 19 July, the Palais des Expositions flea market remains Perpignan's biggest Sunday hunting date. Hours: 7.30am to 1pm.
- Montaigu-de-Quercy (82) — On 19 July, the village committee runs the Montaigu-de-Quercy car-boot sale, avenue du Stade. This Quercy Blanc village sits on the borders of the Lot-et-Garonne and Tarn-et-Garonne.
And the rest of the summer?
Occitania's hunting season is in full swing. July and August bring a surge of votive feasts, antiques fairs and village-committee car-boot sales in every part of the region.
Want to go further? Browse our national weekend agenda, which gathers the best dates region by region. And if an event is missing or a date has changed, let us know: our database is kept up to date by the hunters themselves.
