Hello all. I hope everyone is having a wonderful evening.
We are traveling to Normandy/Brittany in October. We will be in Bayeux for four days, then Dinan for four. We will have a car.
My wife loves flea markets and antique stores. Can anyone recommend any brocantes, village markets, antique stores, vintage shops, etc. for us to check out?
Thanks in advance!
Hi, nothing I can recommend personally but you can use these websites to search for dates and locations in Normandy and Brittany. Just plug in the dates. And get your browser to translate the pages if you don't know French.
https://brocabrac.fr/normandie/
https://brocabrac.fr/bretagne/
Lavandula
EDIT: I meant to say, this is for brocantes and braderies in those two areas - hope you find something within driving range of Bayeux or Dinan.
I can't now find anything online about how I found it, but last summer on a Sunday in Bayeux there was a small open air brocante in a square at the opposite end of the main street from the Lion d'Or. There is also an idor one near the cathedral on Google.
Not trying to rain on your parade (I'll let that happen naturally) but the season for brocantes is pretty much over when October rolls around. And neither Bayeux or Dinan are large enough to hold a lot of true antique shops. There are a few, in the tourist areas. The local markets are also winding down. Here's the link for Bayeux; as you can see the Thursday markets only runs "summer months". October is not a summer month.
https://www.bayeux.fr/fr/vivre-bayeux/marches-hebdomadaires
What I'd recommend is keeping your eye open when traveling the secondary roads. Often you can find shops that are only open 3-4 hours a day. My favorite (like this) is in a small town of about a dozen buildings in the Argonne.
