Why “Isle”? The medieval town of Isle sur la Sorgue does actually sit on several islands that have branched out from the Sorgue River, just 7 kilometers (4 miles) down from the Fontaine de Vaucluse, its original source. You’ll find many canals meandering in and throughout Isle sur la Sorgue, which add to its Provencal charm. If you have a gondola, you’d be very welcome here! Also scattered about are some beautiful, original waterwheel mills (some are no longer functioning).
Visit Isle sur la Sorgue in a short day trip, which is what we did, unless you’d like to spend more time antique shopping in the 300 shops they have here. (It isn’t a bargain, however, and many things didn’t look like antiques to me.)
There are also a wide variety of stores to shop (not just antiques), and their main outdoor market days are every Thursday and Sunday mornings (off season), and every day during the summer. Their annual festival is in July, the floating market on the canals is on the first Sunday in August and their “Foire à la Brocante,” where residents can have a huge garage sale is held every August 15.
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Lulu Lundi* features our Boston Terrier, Lulu somewhere in France every Monday.
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I have a [true parisian] friend who has a “bastide” near Ile sur la Sorgue. He told me repeatedly that, despite his preppy, corporate investment banker looks, he gets asked to pose for tourists’ pictures whenever he goes to the market with his beret and straw basket. He’s kind of both amused and offended by it [very French]. I told him he should do like Oxford students: we used to pose in full exam gear in front of japanese tourists for a fee 
ps: Lulu is *seriously* good looking!
lulu probably feels she should be paid to pose too 
(me: lulu! look this way!! wait! hey! over here!)
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