L'Isle sur la Sorgue

ow difficult to resist to the charm of l'Isle sur la Sorgue, this delightful town in the Vaucluse. Criss-crossed by the Sorgue river branches (coming from Fontaine de Vaucluse), it names itself, maybe a little bit pompously the "Venice of the Comtat".

'Isle sur la Sorgue was spared durin the Religions Wars in the 16th century, but it lived dramlatic events during the french Revolution.

'Isle sur la Sorgue holds a pretty historic heritage. The church Notre Dame des Anges has a Romanic origin, it owns inside one of the most beautiful baroque decoration from the 17th century in the region.
'Isle sur la Sorgue is now a dynamic little town, with a very reputated market every Sunday morning, it is also a centre of european scale for the antiques market.

'Isle sur Sorgue presents two faces : the gentle atmosphere invites you to wander through the streets of the old city, and let you rock by the murmur of the Sorgue river, or let you lost in the contemplation of the paddle wheels, and sit down in a Café's terrace. But it is also the walkabout and the Sunday morning animation, and the International Antiques and Second Hand Fairs, attracting connoisseurs from all over the world.