Flea market Car boot sale Le Grand-Pressigny

Flea market and wine fair at the foot of the castle

Every late April, the streets of Le Grand-Pressigny come alive with a flea market and a car boot sale that accompany the Wine and Local Products Fair, organized by the Gastronomic Brotherhood of the Val de Claise "Le Coussin d'Amour". Exhibitors set up their stalls at the foot of the medieval fortress overlooking the village, offering antique furniture, trinkets, tableware, books, tools, and collector's items. Winegrowers and local producers, for their part, offer wines from the Val de Loire and specialties from the Touraine region.

Le Grand-Pressigny, village of Prehistory

Le Grand-Pressigny is world-renowned for its Museum of Prehistory, housed in the Renaissance castle. The flint knapping workshops of Le Grand-Pressigny produced, 5,000 years ago, "butter knives" — large flint blades — exported throughout prehistoric Europe. This exceptional heritage gives the village a cultural aura that attracts visitors and researchers from all over the world. The flea market naturally benefits from this tourist appeal.

The Brotherhood of "Le Coussin d'Amour" and the flavors of the Val de Claise

The Gastronomic Brotherhood of the Val de Claise perpetuates the culinary traditions of this micro-region of southern Touraine. "Le Coussin d'Amour" is a local chocolate specialty that gives its name to this gourmet brotherhood. The wine fair allows visitors to discover the AOC Touraine appellations and the wine productions from the slopes of the Claise and Creuse rivers, in a festive and friendly atmosphere that characterizes the village fairs of Touraine.