Vide-Grenier des Baux-de-Provence

The 2025 edition of the Vide-Grenier des Baux-de-Provence animated this spectacular perched village in the Alpilles massif, listed among the Most Beautiful Villages of France since 1998 and awarded the Remarkable Site label in 2019. Nestled on a rocky spur at 245 meters altitude, the village offered an incomparable setting for this day of open-air bargain hunting.

Private exhibitors offered visitors a wide variety of second-hand items: tableware and earthenware, clothing, toys, books, vinyl records, small furniture, and various knick-knacks. Entry was free, and the friendly atmosphere of village car boot sales prevailed in the medieval alleys, dominated by the Château des Baux and its 13th-century keep.

Les Baux-de-Provence, a village of 262 inhabitants that welcomes over 1.5 million visitors each year, offered its bargain hunters the opportunity to discover exceptional heritage: the 12th-century Saint-Vincent church, partly troglodytic, the Carrières de Lumières with their immersive digital projections in the former limestone quarries of the Val d'Enfer, or the Musée Yves Brayer and the Musée des Santons. The village, where geologist Pierre Berthier discovered bauxite in 1821, blends medieval history, artistic heritage, and exceptional Provençal landscapes.