Various days between 06-July and 18-July



Cassis is, at the end of the day, a tourist town.

And, as befitting of a tourist town, it’s got lots of interesting shops to walk and wander and peruse through… but what if there could be MORE shops? Well, they thought of that – a few times a week during the day, and most evenings, there’s markets that take over areas of town!

These are pretty awesome, and pretty consistent in their wares – We saw the Day Markets at least twice, and the night markets almost every evening we were there, and I don’t think I can recall the vendors changing up at all during that time.

The day market was, by far, the bigger of the two; it took over a good portion of the center of town, and had vendors selling everything from cured meats, to fresh-pressed oils, to wooden kitchen supplies and jewelry… I even found a vendor selling Pokémon keychains!

The evening was far more sedate, but also far more frequent. Which, in my mind, equals out pretty well. There wasn’t any food on display, but there were some clothing vendors and quite a few jewelers displaying some quite beautiful options.

Unfortunately, I somehow missed out on taking photos of the night markets… so bear with me and use your imagination: The scene is a lovely French evening, out by the Mediterranean. It’s still warm from the day, but comfortably cool thanks to the light sea breeze. The street and sidewalks are white polished stone, almost slippery in how well worn they are from centuries of citizens. It’s dark, but the market is bright. You walk in.