CAYENNE MARKET

The town's first market was called "l'Avancée". It was located at Grande-Savane (now Place des Palmistes), close to a post of soldiers known as the "advanced post". At the time, the inhabitants of the savannah were outside the limits of the town, and on their way to the market, they were in fact on their way to the outpost.

At the same time, in the early ^18th century, plans for the city of Cayenne named the site of today's market "Place du Port", but it wasn't until 1842 that it was actually renamed Place du Marché. In 1888, a covered market was built here, flanked by public gardens. in 1907, the gardens were removed and new market halls were built, this time with a metal frame. The inauguration took place in 1910, making today's market an institution more than a century old!

Three times a week, it's an unmissable rendezvous for all the producers who come to the market! The stalls are filled with all the flavours, scents and colors of the country, and of the sub-region: Suriname, Brazil, Haiti... and Laos, thanks to the agricultural crops of the Hmongs of French Guiana. It's an opportunity to discover local crafts and products: yams, bananas, sorossi, maripa, parépou, wassai and smoked chicken, mango juice, soursop juice or rhum arrangé, as well as Chinese shrimp or chicken soup, or Brazilian specialties. A covered and open market, a must-see.