Marché aux Puces d’Aligre

Paris


Smaller but more central than Paris’ other flea markets, the Marché aux Puces d’Aligre, adjoining the Marché d’Aligre street market, has a jumble of furniture, antiques, retro homewares, books, vintage and new clothes, and assorted bric-a-brac.


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