The floating market of l’Isle-sur-la-Sorgues.
In Provence there are as many markets as there are days in the week!
The market is a place for encounters and discoveries!
The sunny gourmet and artisanal heritage of Provence is honored.
The market sets up at dawn, on village squares in a pretty din.
It enlivens the cities and villages with colors and sounds!
You cannot come to Provence without touring at least one.
A nice promenade awaits you, with an encounter of colorful stands.
You will inhale the delicious perfumes of the land and you will enjoy good seasonal fruits and vegetables...
Among things not to be missed, do not miss the generous and effervescent market of l’Isle-sur-la-Sorgues.
When is the market of l’Isle sur la Sorgue ?
The market of l’Isle sur la Sorgue takes place on Sunday morning.
Of international fame, this traditional market is of great quality.
230 stands await you.
The market of l’Isle sur la Sorgue early August. The not-to-be- missed event of the summer.
On the first Sunday in August, the very famous traditional Sunday market invites itself on the river Sorgue and becomes a floating market.
Delicious dishes are put on flat-bottomed boats, the Négo-Chins and are offered to spectators by the launchmen who run them.
The market of l’Isle sur la Sorgue, from early August, a traditional festival.
This floating market happened for the first time in the 1960s.
It started following a trip to Thailand by the then Deputy-Mayor.
Amazed by the show offered by the floating markets of Bangkok, he immediately thought about the fishermen Islois of times past!
These fishermen came down on Sunday from their shacks located upstairs to sell their products from their Négo-Chins !
He thus decided to feature them!
Thus, today, some hundred prettily decorated barks and manned by merchants and their spouses in costume, glide once a year from one bank to the other to offer aficionados a palette of colors and smells: local fruits and vegetables, cheeses, wines, honey, spices, breads or flowers,...
When the floating market ends at 1:00p.m., the NegoChins and the market participants meet to sing the famous "Coupo Santo", the Provencal hymn.
A moving show that cannot be missed!
When does the floating market of l’Isle-sur-la-Sorgues take place?
The floating market of l’Isle-sur-la-Sorgues takes place on Sunday August 2, 2015, from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., on the branch of the Sorgue facing the public park.
Warning, considering the success of the event and the summer heat, it is advised to discover it "a la fraiche", as we say, that is early morning.
