L’Isle-sur-la-Sorgue is famous for its antique and bric-a-brac stores and markets.
Often called the antiques capital of France (and sometimes the Venice of France for its river and network of canals), L’Isle-sur-la-Sorgue has the largest marchés aux puces (flea market) outside of Paris, and many antique and bric-a-brac dealers are set up there all through the year.
There are also large antique fairs in the town twice a year that attract the serious antique buyers and dealers.
On Saturdays and Sundays the French and the tourists alike have a host of choices when antiques and bric-a-brac can be found along the river Sorgue at hundreds of market stalls.
Yesterday, and the previous two weekends, we browsed along these stalls but sadly all the things that caught my fancy would certainly not fit in my case for the flight home to Sydney next week.
As well as genuine valuables, there is a lot of ‘one man’s junk, another man’s treasure’.
But no matter as there is sure to be something to catch the eye of anyone, depending on their fancy.