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Large supermarkets are usually open all day on Saturday - often until 9.00 pm, much as they are here and increasingly are open until 12.00 or 12.30 on Sunday mornings.  Town and village shops are also usually open on Saturdays (though often closed for a long lunch hour between 12.00 and up to 4.00 pm).  Many local shops such as Boucheries and Boulangeries are open on a Sunday mornng - but closed Monday morning! 

The great thing about Google maps is that I just looked up to see the opening times of the hyper in Limoux (9 till19.30,Monday till Sunday) including fuel at 24hrs.

Roll on the 27th!

Colin, theres a LeaderPrice supermarket on the way into Sarlat that we were impressed with last year. A bit like Lidl and Aldi, we couldnt do a complete shop there but some of the basics were considerably cheaper than the likes of Super U and Lclerc.

Hope you have a great holiday.

Quote: Originally posted by bordertroot on 06/8/2012

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The great thing about Google maps is that I just looked up to see the opening times of the hyper in Limoux (9 till19.30,Monday till Sunday) including fuel at 24hrs.

Roll on the 27th!

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Quote: Originally posted by Val A on 07/8/2012

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I don't think the HyperU in Limoux is open on 'Dimanche' - perhaps for fuel but the shop was definitely shut on Sundays when we've been in the area.  Perhaps you should check again if you're hoping to be able to shop there on a Sunday.

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Your correct Val,it was the E.Leclerc I was looking at for Monday the 27th and it doesnt open on Sunday either !

I put it down to retirement :)

Public holidays are no problem over the summer, only 14 July and 15 August. Most of the bigger shops had "ouverture exceptionnelle" for the 15th in any case, and were quite busy. Even the hairdressers stayed open in the morning at 2 of our local centres commerciales this week but 14 July was very "hit and miss", some shops opened/ others didn't e.g. SFR and Vodafone closed but Orange and Bouygues stayed open! none had signs on the doors.

Next  BH will be 1 Nov

Quote: Originally posted by minicamper2001 on 08/8/2012

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......................and there are LOTS of public holidays, on different days to ours.

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