Flea markets and antique fairs across Centre-Val de Loire converge on the weekend of August 8-9, 2026, from the Loire riverbanks to the Cher and Creuse valleys. Tours, Chartres, Orléans and Blois all open their historic halls and boulevards to bargain hunters, while villages set up trestle tables for their summer fairs. Our pick this week: the flea market of Mennetou-sur-Cher, celebrating more than thirty years beneath its 13th-century ramparts. So, big-city market or fortified village fair — what's on your list this weekend?
Les Puces de Tours: the twice-weekly institution
Every Wednesday and Saturday morning, Place de la Victoire in Tours fills with around thirty professional dealers. Antique furniture, curios, books, vinyl records and collectible china line the stalls from 8am to noon. The Saturday, August 8 session keeps this long-running habit alive in the heart of the Touraine capital.
Details: Les Puces de Tours, Place de la Victoire.
Mennetou-sur-Cher: thirty years of bargain hunting by the ramparts
On Sunday, August 9, head to Parc Plage on Rue du Val Rose, right beneath the 13th-century walls of this fortified medieval town in Loir-et-Cher. The August flea market of Mennetou-sur-Cher has run for more than three decades. Early birds arrive from 5:30am; pitches cost €2.50 per metre and booking is required.
200 sellers at La Selle-sur-le-Bied's car boot sale, Sunday August 9
The village committee of this Loiret commune runs its annual car boot sale along the Bied river. Around 200 sellers are expected from 6am to 6pm, free entry, food and drinks on site.
Chartres: an 1898 Baltard-style hall for 55 dealers
On the second Sunday of the month, 55 professional dealers set up under the covered hall of Place Billard, steps from the cathedral. The Rendez-vous des Chineurs occupies this former vegetable market: vintage furniture, vinyl, comics, books, tools, toys, jewellery and ceramics. Next date: August 9.
Orléans: Saturday morning antique fair on Boulevard Alexandre Martin
The car park on Boulevard Alexandre Martin turns into a professional flea market every Saturday: 50 to 110 sellers from 7:30am. Antique furniture, curios, collectible china, books and household linen make up most of the stock at this weekly flea market, right in the city centre.
Traînou's Sunday curiosities
Between sixty and a hundred sellers gather every Sunday on a dedicated field in this Loiret village. The weekly market offers antique furniture, china, collectibles and all sorts of curios, a well-established fixture for the Orléans area.
180 sellers at Courcelles-de-Touraine, between bocage and the Lathan valley
The rural association of Courcelles-de-Touraine runs its annual car boot sale on Sunday, August 9. Around 180 sellers are expected in this village of the Gâtine tourangelle.
Saint-Aignan's braderie turns the medieval centre into an open-air shop window
Shopkeepers and residents take over the streets on Sunday, August 9, beneath a Renaissance castle and a Romanesque collegiate church. The braderie of Saint-Aignan mixes clearance sales and classic flea-market stalls on the banks of the Cher.
Blois: dealers only, on the Mail Pierre Sudreau
Between the Pont Jacques Gabriel and the police headquarters, the shaded Mail Pierre Sudreau hosts 50 to 100 sellers on the second Sunday of the month, professional dealers and antique specialists exclusively. New items, reproductions and food are banned from this well-kept antique fair.
Saint-Plantaire: bargain hunting by Lac d'Éguzon
About 80 sellers animate this picturesque village on the shores of Lac d'Éguzon on Sunday, August 9, deep in the Creuse valley. The flea market of Saint-Plantaire draws both bargain hunters and holidaymakers.
Faye-la-Vineuse marks its 10th edition among Romanesque stone and underground passages
About a hundred sellers join this ancient medieval town in southern Touraine on Sunday, August 9, home to a remarkable Romanesque collegiate church and medieval underground passages. The flea market of Faye-la-Vineuse celebrates its tenth anniversary.
Argenton-sur-Creuse: the "Venice of Berry" turns flea market every summer Saturday
Until August 29, every summer Saturday turns the centre of this town of balconied houses and medieval bridges into an antique fair. Furniture, curios, books and odds and ends line the banks of the Creuse; the August 8 session is among the season's last.
