They also serve as aromas for food recipes. This little plant is shaped in small clusters, thirty to eighty centimeters high. It is only of aesthetic interest once it starts to bloom. The lavender flowering season in Provence is an extraordinary sight: fields of light purple stretch beyond the horizon, like endless, motionless waves.
The flowering season spans from mid-June to mid-August, and may depend on climate factors: it comes sooner in warmer, sunnier regions, and can come later nearer to Alpine valleys. To take in lavender fields in bloom in Provence, you can plan a trip between mid-June and mid-July.
The best time to see the plants in bloom is from the last week of June to the beginning of August. Peak bloom is around mid-July — although this may vary year to year depending on the rainfall. In Provence, lavender fields are often found next door to sunny sunflower fields which are also best to enjoy in July and August, so if you want the best of both worlds, that's when to go.
While September is no doubt a lovely time to visit the Provence region, with fewer crowds and cooler weather, all of the lavender will have been harvested. Even in late August, you may cut it fine, so if your plan is to avoid the most crowds, your best bet is to go in July before the schools break for the summer holidays.
Like many things it's best to be flexible if possible — so if you're thinking of heading to France for the lavender season next year, try to give yourself a couple of weeks so you can be sure to witness the fields at the peak of their beauty. Thinking of visiting France?
We can help! Try our new tailor-made travel service and enjoy a fully personalised trip planned just for you. Don't visit until early July for a guarantee of vibrant fields. These are the areas to visit for the most-impressive lavender spotting in the region. About an hour north of Aix-en-Provence , dozens of lavender fields unfurl down the hills of the Valensole Plateau. Drive along the Route de Manosque, which is lined with fields where you can pull over and explore. Lavandes Angelvin is found on this road: a working lavender farm that runs tours 9am — 7.
After a pitstop in Roussillon just over half an hour's drive from Lavandes Angelvin , where rows of pastel houses are set against dusty ochre cliffs, drive a further hour to the town of Sault. A minute drive from Sault, Notre-Dame de Senanque is a 12th-century abbey, wrapped in rows and rows of vibrant lavender.
A classic Provence photo opportunity at Notre-Dame de Senanque. Notre-Dame de Senanque might be considered a must see in Provence in lavender season. It is a Cistercian abbey near the spectacular hilltop village of Gordes in Vaucluse-en-Provence.
The Abbey was founded in by Cistercian monks and is a interesting and rewarding visit all by itself, made all the more rewarding by its position in a lovely valley and by the acres of gorgeous lavender that surround it. Be warned that though almost every photo of the abbey during lavender season shows it miraculously devoid of tourists, the reality is somewhat different. Sites aside, if you sadly!
Being at a medium altitude its fields are generally harvested slightly later than most of the Luberon; in late July. Valensole is as charming and lovely as any village in Provence, with or without its surrounding lavender fields , and a great place to base yourself for a few days. Across the Luberon , on its western edge lies the town of Sault.
This is among the highest, and coolest, areas of the Luberon and so its fields are harvested the latest , mid August in most cases. It opens all year, and does its own range of organic essential oils. Visitors are welcome to tour the farm and the production lines.
They produce lavender oils for therapeutic and medicinal purposes which you can buy on site. Bouquet de Lavande farm.
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