Crafts and antiques in the Sorgues Area

ISLE SUR LA SORGUE- FONTAINE DE VAUCLUSE (this trip is best on the weekend)

L’Isle sur la Sorgue

a small town enlaced in the arms of the river, where the peaceful streets shaded by plane trees and the canals where the old water wheels still turn have given it the name The Venice of the Comtat. The Sunday morning markets and the 300 antique dealers who have their shops there (open on Saturday and Sunday) have earned an international reputation for Isle sur la Sorgue. You will find the largest concentration of antique dealers outside of Paris. Don’t Miss :

  The big Provençal outdoor market on Sunday morning

  The 7 antique "villages" and the outdoor flea market

  The Baroque church

Fontaine de Vaucluse

Where one of the world’s most extraordinary resurgences gushes forth. Nature’s own mystery, the underground spring can be a surging fury or a placid lake, depending on the season.

  The famous spring.

  The Vallis Clausa paper mill, where paper is still made as it was in the Middle Ages. All the steps of paper-making are described and visible in this mill which specializes in handmade flower-strewn paper.

  The Santon Museum with over 1500 santons, some of which are automated. Old and new santons, in clay, wax, bread dough, from throughout Provence. The old crafts brought to life, small villages, more than 60 crèches, scenes from Pagnol... A video on santon making. Booking conditions

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