Vaison Market

On Tuesday mornings all of Vaison apart from the Roman ruins becomes a market, Stallholders who travel throughout the region come with their produce. Monsieur Gigodot from Nyons sells vegetable tarts that he makes in his farmhouse, and around the corner Spanish Carlos deep-fries sweet pastry churros to hand out in a twist of paper to a waiting line of children, just as he will at Nyons market on Thursday. Stalls are piled with cheeses from all over France, and although Provence is not a cheese-rich area (only ewe and goat cheeses are produced here) there are some local specialities - Banon from the mountain town of the same name, a chèvre/goat cheese that is wrapped in chestnut leaves and tied with raffia, and Picodon, a pungent chèvre from the nearby Drôme district.