One of the images that I have always had of the Provence area has been of lavender.
Somehow, though, I had completely forgotten about the season and so when my social media started showing pics from others of their forays into the fields to get that quintessential shot, I determined we needed to make a visit to try our hand at our own picturesque moments.
Apparently, there are two types of lavender and only one is actually used for the lavender products that we find for sale. You can Google about it if youโre interested in details. More importantly, I learned that blooming season is rather long from the end of June into August. (If you want to get the sunflowers ๐ป as well, then sometime in July is recommended.)
My research found that while there are a number of fields, Valensole is the most popular and it was closest to where we were staying.
It was well worth the trip and we did catch the sunflowers as you can see. Iโll do another post on Sunflower Season as we caught fields of them in Italy as well. ๐
Although we may not have gotten the glamour shot, we enjoyed experiencing the fields and see with our own eyes what the fuss is about. โ๏ธ
~T ๐
