Saint-Soulan Car Boot Sale

The Saint-Soulan Car Boot Sale

Every year at the beginning of summer, the village of Saint-Soulan organizes its car boot sale in the center of the village. With around thirty exhibitors, this human-sized event offers an intimate and friendly treasure hunting experience, far from the anonymity of large urban car boot sales. Here, people take the time to chat, negotiate, and share a moment of village conviviality.

30 exhibitors in the heart of the village

The 30 exhibitors, exclusively private individuals, set up their stalls in the center of the village, on the square and in the adjacent streets. The offerings cover the classic range of Gascon car boot sales: clothes, shoes, children's toys, books, dishes, trinkets, small furniture, tools, and a thousand little treasures from attics. The modest format of the event guarantees a quality of exchange appreciated by regular bargain hunters.

Saint-Soulan, a hamlet in Astarac

Saint-Soulan is a very small commune in Astarac, a rural area in the south of the Gers. This landscape of rolling hills, meadows, and small woods embodies the secret and preserved Gascogne. The village, with just over a hundred inhabitants, retains its church and stone houses in a setting of absolute greenery and tranquility.

The authenticity of a rural car boot sale

The Saint-Soulan car boot sale is the archetype of a Gers village car boot sale: no big announcements or dense crowds, but an authentic atmosphere where social bonds are strengthened and everyone feels welcome. It is this simplicity that gives charm to these rural gatherings, rooted in the tradition of second-hand markets in Gascogne.

An early summer event

Organized in June, the car boot sale takes advantage of the beautiful Gascon days and long summer evenings to offer visitors a rural getaway. Lovers of the countryside and rural life will appreciate discovering Saint-Soulan, a timeless, accessible, and warm hamlet.