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Lavender Route 22

Banish thoughts of grandma’s closet. Get out among the purple
haze, sniff the heady summer breezes and navigate picturesque
hilltop towns, ancient churches and pretty valleys.

TRIP HIGHLIGHTS
4–5 DAYS
4 km 217KM / 135 MILES
Abbaye Notre-Dame
de Sénanque
Dreamy 12th-century GREAT FOR…
abbey framed by
rows of lavender JBH

50 km
Sault BEST TIME TO GO
Stop off for wonderful July is purple prime
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OUTDOORS
Coustellet Prieuré de Salagon Mont Ventoux has
Rolling lavender fields Wander round a
and a lavender-themed medieval herb brilliant hiking trails
museum garden and is hallowed ground
0 km 135 km for cycling fans.
Plat 247
Location Caption details to go hereeau de Valensole Lavender fields