5 Best Places to Shop in L'Isle-sur-la-Sorgue, Provence

A former inn built in the 17th century is the perfect setting for an emporium of roughly 30 antiques galleries selling art, furniture, and decorative objets from the 16th to the 20th centuries.

Also known as Passage du Point, this is another of L'Isle's emporiums of vintage and antique wares. Here you'll find about 40 dealers under one roof.

You might just be lucky enough to arrive at this old town artisanal chocolaterie on a day when you can watch the confections being made by hand. Specialties include delicately perfumed ganache-filled chocolates, calissons, and chocolate bars laden with dried fruit and nuts.

For more than 200 years, Brun de Vian-Tiran has been making wool blankets, cozy quilts, throws, and other bedding accessories. You can find its signature items here amid housewares from other brands like Nina Ricci, Cire Trudon, Yves Delorme, and Le Jacquard Français.

Higher-end antiques are in plentiful supply at Xavier Nicod, which "pays tribute to eclecticism" in art and architecture.