Car boot sale & Gourmet Market — Cuzance (Truffle Festival)

Car boot sale and gourmet market in Cuzance

Cuzance, a village in the Haut-Quercy region renowned for its truffle production, celebrates its annual festival each summer with an event combining a car boot sale and a gourmet market. The hall of the Maison de la Truffe, an emblematic site in this truffle village, and its surrounding wooded area host private sellers and local producers for a festive and gourmet day, in one of the prettiest villages in the Dordogne valley.

The Maison de la Truffe, setting for an exceptional car boot sale

The Maison de la Truffe in Cuzance is a unique place in the Lot region, dedicated to promoting this emblematic Quercy mushroom. Its buildings and the adjoining hall provide an original and pleasant setting for the gourmet market and the car boot sale. The wooded area surrounding the hall offers shade to exhibitors and visitors, ensuring appreciable comfort during summer days.

Gourmet market: the flavors of Quercy

In addition to the car boot sale, the Cuzance gourmet market showcases local produce: truffles and truffle products, foie gras, walnuts and walnut oil, goat cheeses, Cahors wines, honeys, and artisanal jams. This local market allows visitors to take home the best of Quercy gastronomy, in the spirit of the great truffle festivals that have made Cuzance famous for generations.

Entertainment and festive meal

The day is full: besides the car boot sale and the gourmet market, entertainment is offered, including a motorcycle and quad track for children, ensuring fun for the whole family. A festive meal is organized in the evening, by reservation, to extend the day's conviviality in an authentic village festival atmosphere.

Cuzance, a truffle village in the Haut-Quercy

Cuzance is a village in the Haut-Quercy region, in the Dordogne valley, about ten kilometers west of Martel. Its truffle reputation is long-standing: at the beginning of the 20th century, the Cuzance market was one of the most important truffle markets in France, trading several tons of truffles per year. This truffle tradition is now carried on by the Maison de la Truffe and local producers, making Cuzance a must-visit gastronomic destination in the Lot.