Sunday Brocante, Isle-sur-la-Sorgue

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Greetings dear readers and friends. We’re enjoying the long Pentecost weekend over here and thought it would be a nice time to share with you another great experience I had while visiting the Vaucluse a few weekends ago.

I had Sunday morning all to myself and it was quite difficult to decide how to spend my time with so many beautiful villages in the area. Then I remembered it was market day in Isle-sur-la-Sorgue which made my choice very easy – to market, and brocante, I was headed.

It had been about three years since I’d visited Isle-sur-la-Sorgue, but those pretty images of the town were still in my mind. And that Sunday morning did little to disappoint.

Thankfully, I arrived early (around 9:15am), as by the time I left (about 10:30am) there was not a parking place in sight. This is one popular market, and with good reason. Not only do you have the “fruit & veg” side of the market – which also includes house wares, tablecloths, and lovely-smelling soaps from the Luberon (which make great gifts by the way) – there is the famous Isle-sur-la-Sorgue brocante and antiques market that happens every Sunday.

The brocante has been held for close to 40 years, and, as I learned from the Isle-sur-la-Sorgue tourist office site, it has “forged the identity” of the city – giving it an international acclaim. The market “innovated” Isle-sur-la-Sorgue, leading it in a different economic direction from a town that was know for its fishermen, wool-makers, and paper craftsmen.

I don’t pretend to know anything about objects / antiques, but what I do love is admiring them in all their cool and quirky forms.

I hope you enjoy these photos of my morning spent at the Isle-sur-la-Sorgue brocante, and above all, I hope you get a chance to visit one day yourself!