Every Sunday from 8 am to 1 pm, the market reclaims its place in the heart of Semur-en-Auxois — a gathering whose reputation has long since spread beyond the town walls.

It is the ritual of the week: you rub shoulders with residents as much as with visitors from around the region, drawn by producers whose quality has earned the market its name. You fill your basket, stop for a coffee, and pause to listen to a musician.

From Maison Jazey, the market is just a few minutes' walk away. It is the loveliest way to begin a Sunday in the Auxois: basket in hand, before breakfast served at the house or on the way up to the ramparts.

On the stalls

Enough to fill the basket for the week.

The local producers set the tone: vegetables, meats, cheeses, eggs, honey, jams, flour, snails, liqueurs and pastries. Everything you need to put together a whole week of meals, as close as it gets to the farms and workshops of the Auxois.

To these are added flavours from around the world — organic-local cooking, but also Italian, Iberian and Middle Eastern — along with the essential greengrocer and fishmonger stalls. A varied line-up whose quality has built the market's reputation, one Sunday after another.

The atmosphere

Far more than a market.

The market is also a place to meet. Local associations hold stalls and come to chat with passers-by; you'll come across artists — musicians, actors, illustrators — who bring the town to life for the space of a morning.

It is this dual character, at once gourmet and full of life, that makes it the Sunday rendezvous of Semur residents and passing visitors alike.

Our take

On a Sunday in Semur, you don't do the shopping: you take the pulse of the town. Between two cheese stalls, a snatch of music and a neighbour's hello, the market says everything about a place that grows, cooks and comes together.

Maison Jazey

A Sunday in Semur

Maison Jazey, steps from the stalls

Spending a weekend at Maison Jazey means enjoying the Sunday market as a neighbour would. Our two apartments occupy an hôtel particulier, one of Semur's grand private mansions, at the foot of the medieval town, with secure parking included: leave the car behind and walk to the stalls.

Book direct and you enjoy the best rate guaranteed, along with our concierge service to shape your stay — from the market to the ramparts, by way of the nearby Burgundy vineyards.

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