Food & Wine Around Sarlat

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Sarlat and its surrounding villages run on markets and local producers. The Wednesday and Saturday morning markets bring the centre to life for most of the year, and the covered Sainte-Marie market is open on most days besides — two good ways into Périgord food culture.

Truffles, walnuts and foie gras

The Périgord Noir owes much of its reputation to three products: truffles, presented in Sarlat itself at the Truffle Museum; walnuts, with several oil mills still working in the area (such as the Font-Saint-Georges or Maneyrol mills); and foie gras, produced by numerous local farms. Truffles are harvested in winter — don’t expect a fresh tasting in high summer.

Wine and tastings

The Céou vineyards, further south, and a few cellars in Sarlat itself (such as La Vinothèque, in Beynac) are a way into the wines of the Périgord and the neighbouring Quercy.

Where to eat

Between town-centre bistros and more gastronomic tables, Sarlat has many addresses — we would rather not draw up a fixed ranking, since teams and menus change from one season to the next. The finder below, filtered on “Food & wine”, lists several hundred real addresses around the villa.