The lavender in the Ardeche (8h)

SMELL THE SOUTH – A FRAGRANCE OF PROVENCE

Excursion to the museum of lavender across the breathtaking gorges of the Ardèche river. The museum used to be a small sheep pen. Today, it tells you the story of the agriculture that produces our “blue gold”. You will also discover a wide range of lavender-based products.
We can organize a wonderful picnic under the cherry tree at the museum.

 

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Payment type
  • Credit card (100% on-line booking with immediate blocking of the date)
  • Bank transfer + Cash (booking by email with blocking of the date upon receipt of the transfer of 30% of the tour amount)
Spoken languages
English / French / German
Accompanying
at least one adult
The price includes

Departure from Uzès (or at 10 km around),

Trip to the Lavender Museum through the Ardeche gorges. In the past, it was a small sheepfold that housed goats and sheep.

Today, this museum tells you the history of the culture of this plant with a thousand virtues. Picnic with local products in the lavender fields. The lavender tour in Ardeche is inevitably linked with a tour in the Ardeche gorges.

Travel time to the Pont d’Arc from Uzès +/- 1h30 (one way). Count 2h for the Lavender museum in St Remèze.

Flowering of lavender and lavandin in Ardèche from mid-June to the end of July (depending on the weather).

The museum is open from March to October.

The price does not include
Paying services :

  • Lavender museum 9€50/pers
  • Access to the Pont d’Arc is free.

 

You have two choies of meal:

  •  a picnic lunch with local specialities and drinks at 15€ per person
  • a table in a restaurant between 20 and 30€ per person, plus the guide-driver’s meal (at 20€).

 

Please let me know your preference when booking your tour.

Any additional hour is charged 40€.

Equipment required

Good shoes and a camera!

Take suitable clothing (sun hat, windbreaker, sunglasses) and mosquito repellent and other insects and sun protection!

Bathing suit for a delicious swim in the river

Difficulty

middle

My tours are linked to the cycle of the seasons and the meetings with the producers and craftsmen are according to the availability of my partners.

Accessibility

My tours are accessible to all: children, adults, seniors and people with handicapes*.

I don’t have seat belts in the back of my cars (vintage cars) so if you need a seat belt attachment or other hardware, it will be difficult. Let me know what you need.

*Please use my contact form to send me your needs and expectations. The wheelchair equipment does not fit in a 2CV, but the alternative is possible – with the Estafette (minivan).