Day 8 - Tuesday, May 1st - Isle-sur-la-Sorgue & neighboring villages

Today was a national holiday in France, Labor Day.  We spent the day visiting the tiny hilltop villages of Fontaine-de-Vaucluse, Gordes, Roussillon, Apt, Bonnieau, Lacoste (made famous as it is the village of the Marquis de Sade, his chateau is now owned by Pierre Cardin), and Menerbes.  The village that gets our vote for photo of the day is Fontaine-de-Vaucluse.  It's spring, the source of the Sorgue river, is a beautiful crystal clear turquoise color and the town itself was just so picturesque.

Fontaine-de-Vaucluse
The fountain, or spring, of Vaucluse, situated at the feet of a steep cliff 230 metres high, is the biggest spring in France. It is also the fifth largest in the world with an annual flow of 630 million cubic metres.