Can anyone give me some advice about seeing lavender in France?

Thanks,

Paula.

Hi

It is grown inland in Cote d'Azur, Provence and Languedoc as a cash crop.

The perfume museums in Grasse follow the process from field to expensive bottle !

Peter

On 3 Apr 2002 16:37:28 GMT, mpprh <[email protected]> wrote:

    >Hi
    >
    >It is grown inland in Cote d'Azur, Provence and Languedoc as a cash crop.
[snip]

And it grows wild as a "weed" (!) all over Nice. I love it!

Michael

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only, please!

Thanks Elena and everyone,

I am not confidant enough to travel by myself that is why I was asking for advice.

Longerdoc where is that?

I loved the comment about the bees. Also is late June a good time to see the
lavender?

I had a look at http://www.aroma-tours.com/tour-list.htm and the tours look nice.

Many thanks,

Paula

"Paula Harris" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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    > Longerdoc where is that? Paula

Search on Languedoc.

hi

Languedoc is the region adjoining Provence on the Mediterranean coast.

It includes Herault, Gard and Lozere.

Read about it on my homepage -

tlp.netfirms.com

Peter

In article <[email protected]>, [email protected] says...
    > July is the month. Provence is the place. Here is an essential link.
    > http://www.1france.com/features/tr_lavender.html (Lavender blooms even in August
    > but that is the French holiday month so expect crowds).

Follow seasonal advice and email anyone on any site you can find. I was there during
"the season" but it had been cooler beforehand and it wasn't in bloom.

Don

Paris travelogues, photos, books: http://www.visitparis.com

Visit my website http://provence-luberon.ch and read the guide about the Luberon

On Wed, 03 Apr 2002 13:46:09 GMT, "Paula Harris" <[email protected]> wrote:

    >Can anyone give me some advice about seeing lavender in France?
    >
    >Thanks,
    >
    >Paula.

Dear Dick and Pam,

    > We took a lavender route last year. We started at Aix en Provence then
took
    > back roads to Mane, Forcalquier (a delightful place to walk around and
have
    > lunch), Salt, Carpentras, and ended at Chateneuf-du-Pape. We went about
17
    > June and the lavender wasn't at it's peak. Probably 30 June would have
been
    > ideal. It was certainly beautiful and worth the trip.

Thank you so much for your advise but I think I will be joining the aroma tours
group. They sounded really nice and have a trip at around the end of June which is
just as you suggested.

As I will be traveling by myself I think I will enjoy being in a small group and
their tour sounds wonderful with lots of lavender which is my passion.

If anyone is interested their site is at http://www.aroma-tours.com Maybe I will see
one of you there

Many thanks to everyone,

Paula