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L'Isle sur la Sorgue
On the fresh, clear waters of the Sorgue, the centre of Isle-sur-la-Sorgue is a really lovely place to stroll all year round. Highlights include its magnificent church and its water wheels, which hark back to an era when the river was the essential driving force for emerging industry.
L'Isle-sur-la-Sorgue is also famous for the Café de France, where the French singer Renaud is often spotted, for its Sunday morning market, and its must-see antiques market where you can bargain-hunt as much as you want, with numerous specialists visiting from all over the world.
The parting of the waters
This is the place where the Sorgue, which springs from the ground less than 10 km from here in Fontaine-de-Vaucluse, divides into two channels which then flow either side of the centre of Isle-sur-la-Sorgue.
It's a peaceful and cool place in the summer, designed for relaxation. Restaurants will welcome you on their terraces for moments of sharing and conviviality with family or friends.
Floating market
Isle-sur-la-Sorgue is renowned for its Sunday market. Each year on the first Sunday in August, a floating market takes place, a nod to a time when market gardeners from the surrounding area came to sell their products on board of "neguo-chin" (literally, "drown-dogs"), these flat-bottomed barges of questionable stability...
Village of antique specialists
Located between the Alpilles and Luberon regions, Isle-sur-la-Sorgue has developed a strong identity as a global hotspot for second-hand goods. Second-hand goods or antique dealers are grouped into several "villages", in shared or independent shops. If you like to "haggle", it's the place to come!
Christmas in Isle
Isle-sur-la-Sorgue is known for the clear waters of the Sorgue channels. Christmas is the festival of light.
Bring the two together, and you will understand the delight of experiencing Christmas in Provence, with it traditions and Christmas markets.