I caught the
very end of this year's short lavender harvest season. It had been a very hot and dry summer...basically felt like I was in a perpetual heat wave since late May, and the lavender had been feeling it, too! There were still some fields left with, albeit a bit dried, lavender to appreciate.
Most lavender in cosmetic products, including that of L'Occitaine en Provence, no longer come from Provence as Chinese lavender is far more affordable. So the number of lavender fields in Valensole is also shrinking.
This full day tour of the lavender fields of Valensole included a lunch stop in the hilltop village of Moustiers-Sainte-Marie, which was picturesque and
perfect. I bought a
lovely original painting from
Isabelle Merlet that reminds me of both the water and the lavender fields at the same time.
On our way back, we stopped by Lac de Sainte Croix, full of tourists on paddle boats in that neon turquoise water. I, meanwhile, split a bottle of rosé with one of my fellow tour group members, and enjoyed the scenery.
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