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The Tour de France, it’s not.But then the Tour du Luberon is for every man, not just the Lance Armstrongs of this world. This 147-mile bike route encircles the Luberon mountain range in southern ...

Every year in August the Provence town of Sault is drenched in the scent of lavender. Mothers and their babies, schoolchildren, cranky old men and their dogs, everybody smells of lavender. In Sault, ...

If you like Paris in the springtime, you’ll love Provence in the summer. The region’s famous lavender fields burst into full flower at the end of June and last until the beginning of August in a good ...

Discover the enchanting world of Provence, where rolling lavender fields meet the shimmering Mediterranean coastline. This ...

With its swathes of waving blue flowers, delicious scent and squadrons of butterflies and bees, I am standing in a field that could be in Provence in the South of France. A great plantation of ...

KHQ.COM - Nestled at the base of the beautiful Green Bluff farming community just north of Spokane, Fleur de Provence Lavender Farm overlooks the ever-changing wheat fields of Peone Prairie. While ...

WHAT'S THE BUZZ? If you're making a beeline for the final days of June, the buzz-buzz could very well be about an elegant herb, one that is long of stem, purple of flower, and incredibly fragrant.

If something smells delicious, don't you immediately want to taste it? Makes sense for so many foods. Except, in my opinion, for lavender. Soapy and assertive, culinary lavender (as opposed to ...