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9 Best Places to Shop in France
All 9 places to shop our route editors picked in France, across 8 destinations, gathered in one list. Each one is a stop on a route you can open and copy into a trip.
Our curated picks
9 places to shop in France, grouped by destination. Destinations with the most picks come first; this is not a ranking.
Paris 2 picks
Galeries Lafayette Haussmann
Paris · On our Paris & Reims route
Department store whose 1912 glass and steel dome holds a giant Christmas tree each year, with animated windows outside.
Tip: See the tree from the third-floor balcony, then go up to the free rooftop terrace.
Photo: Captainm · CC BY-SA 3.0
Printemps Haussmann
Paris · On our Paris & Reims route
Belle Époque department store next door, known for its animated Christmas windows and lit domes on Boulevard Haussmann.
Photo: Schölla Schwarz · CC BY 3.0
Amboise 1 pick
Amboise Market
Amboise · On our Loire Valley Châteaux route
Riverside market with cheeses, charcuterie and produce.
Tip: Held Friday and Sunday mornings.
Photo: Adèl · Google
Avignon 1 pick
L'Isle-sur-la-Sorgue Sunday Market
Avignon · On our Paris to the Riviera route
Antiques and produce market spread along canals in a river town.
Tip: Arrive before 10 am; Thursday has a smaller market.
Photo: gilbert BAROUKH · Google
Colmar 1 pick
Koïfhus market
Colmar · On our Colmar, Kaysersberg & Strasbourg route
Artisans sell ceramics, wood carving and glass inside and around the 15th-century old customs house.
Tip: The indoor hall is the warmest browse in town on a cold day.
Photo: Gzen92 · CC BY-SA 4.0
Nice 1 pick
Cours Saleya Market
Nice · On our Paris to the Riviera route
Morning flower and produce market in Vieux Nice; antiques on Mondays.
Tip: Go before 11 am; Mondays it switches to an antiques market.
Photo: Albert Alfieri · Google
Reims 1 pick
Reims Christmas Market
Reims · On our Paris & Reims route
Chalets along Place Drouet d'Erlon and around the cathedral selling crafts, biscuits roses and mulled wine.
Photo: Lucas Tabary-Maujean · CC BY-SA 4.0
Strasbourg 1 pick
Pâtisserie Christian
Strasbourg · On our Colmar, Kaysersberg & Strasbourg route
Pastry shop and tearoom on rue Mercière, steps from the cathedral, with bredele biscuits and stollen in December.
Tours 1 pick
Les Halles de Tours
Tours · On our Loire Valley Châteaux route
Covered market for rillettes, goat cheese and Loire produce.
Tip: Busiest Saturday morning.
Photo: Eric.B · Google
How we picked these
Every entry is a stop on at least one of TripsCircle's hand-curated routes, chosen by our route editors, who wrote the reason to go shown with each place. These are our curated picks, not a scored ranking: we haven't rated or reviewed them against each other. The list is grouped by destination, and within each destination places that appear on more routes come first.
Prices ($ to $$$$) and visit lengths are rough guides from our route notes, not quotes. Check opening hours before you go.
About this list
How did you choose the places to shop in France?
Each one is a stop on a TripsCircle route that our editors built by hand, and each comes with a written reason to go. This page shows all 9 of them. They are curated picks, not a ranked score.
Which part of France has the most places to shop on this list?
Paris has the most (2 of 9), followed by Amboise (1) and Avignon (1).
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