Lavender Route

Valensole Plateau

The Landscape: This is the most iconic, world-famous destination for postcard-perfect, flat, endless rows of purple that stretch to the horizon.

Best Time to Visit: Mid-June to mid-July. Harvesting usually begins by mid-July. 

Key Stops: Look for fields along the Route de Manosque (D6)

Capture photos next to the historic stone huts (bories), and visit the popular Lavandes Angelvin Farm.

Luberon Valley

The Landscape: The Luberon offers an intimate mix of nature and historic architecture. The lavender fields here are smaller and scattered, woven tightly between vineyards, olive groves, and dramatic hilltop stone villages.

Best Time to Visit: Mid-June to mid-July

Key Stops: The absolute highlight is the 12th-century Sénanque Abbey near Gordes (le joyau du Luberon), where monks still tend to the stunning lavender fields framing the stone monastery. Other scenic fields sit along the Plateau des Claparèdes, stretching across the hills between the perched villages of Bonnieux and Saignon.

Pays de Sault

The Landscape: Known as the "Lavender Capital," this mountainous region sits at a much higher altitude (800–900 meters). The landscape is wilder and less crowded, with rolling fields draping down hillsides against the dramatic backdrop of Mont Ventoux.

Best Time to Visit: Early July to mid-August. Because of the cooler mountain climate, it blooms later than Valensole.

Key Stops: Sault, Ferrassières (Borie), Aurel (lavender and cityscape)