Isle sur La Sorgue, near Avignon, is one of the most ravishing towns in Provence.
It offers so much: a square surrounded by many antique shops – for which the town is famed – and cafés, small bridges across the canals and tributaries of the River Sorgue and narrow ancient streets full of plane trees.
And twice a year, in April and August, it hosts a major antiques and brocante fair, which began in 1966 with just 14 stands.