Provencal traditions

Stroll through the provencal market

The market is the place to be !

You’ll find all our Provencal specialities – tapenade, anchoïade, olives, pissaladière, pan bagnat, tarte tropézienne, seasonal fruit and vegetables, fish, not forgetting rosé wine from the Gulf of St Tropez ! It’s also a great opportunity to find that essential swimsuit, a little summer outfit, a pretty piece of jewellery or a craft item to take home !

Every Wednesday morning, Place Jean Moulin (in front of the Salle des Fêtes and the Henry Gros gymnasium).

The provencal market of Cavalaire

Taste the local catch

Meet Cavalaire’s fishermen at the port’s fish market

Fancy the catch of the day ? Cavalaire’s fishermen will offer you freshly caught sea bream, red mullet, girelles and crayfish. They’ll soon be landing on your plate !

Every day from 10 am, depending on what’s available and the weather, at the fish market on Quai Marc Pajot.

Try your hand at petanque

“Do you shoot or point ?”

Petanque is an integral part of a holiday in the South of France… So why not come to Cavalaire with your family or friends and share the good times of a game of petanque on one of the many petanque courts in town. Choose your boulodrome :

• Place Benjamin Gaillard, in front of the town hall
• Rue Frédéric Mistral, behind the square “Gleizes” and behind the church car park.
• Place du Vieux Port, towards the boat launch
• Place du nouveau Port.

Take part in the festivities of Provence

The feast of St Pierre, the patron saint of fishermen, is simply a way of keeping traditions alive. It pays tribute to one of the oldest economic activities on our coast: fishing. Dressed in white, you can attend an open-air mass and take part in processions around town and out to sea, accompanied by Provencal folk songs and dances.

The feast of St Jean celebrates the summer solstice on 24 June. Join us around the bonfire of St Jean.

La Pastorale Maurel perpetuates Provencal traditions for Christmas festivities.