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Provence: A riot of scents and colours

LEletizia13 ·47 photographs ·27 Jun 2017 – 30 Jun 2017 ·4 days
Where
Carcassonne, Nîmes, Avignon, Gordes, Roussillon, Plateau de Claparèdes, Valensole, Moustiers-Sainte-Marie, Verdon, Quinson, Aix-en-Provence · Provenza
When
27 Jun 2017 – 30 Jun 2017
4 days · trip of 2017
Who
Let13 · @letizia13 · Roma
How
Travel diary
The story

Provence. One of the most beautiful regions of France in the full bloom of the lavender. Around the Valensole plateau nature offers one spectacle after another among colours, scents and panoramas that will force you to stop behind every bend to admire open-mouthed this wonderful region.

The journey's photographs

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Blooming lavender fields in Valensole under a cloudy skyCarcassonne: the medieval walled city above the Aude river and old stone bridgeGravel path lined with stone tombs, flowers and crosses in a French cemeteryTourists walking by medieval stone walls and conical towers of CarcassonneBronze bullfighter statue in front of the Arles amphitheaterPapal Palace of Avignon, pale stone walls, tourists in the sunny squareTwo carved stone angels flank a papal coat of arms on a facadeWoman outside Le Châtel shop with lavender products displayed under awningSmiling woman leaning on flowered railing beside a canal, L'Isle-sur-la-SorgueTwo women sitting on a rock in front of the hilltop village of GordesSénanque Abbey in stone surrounded by blooming lavender fieldsBlonde woman in white top standing among blooming lavender rows, trees behindblooming lavender field, purple flowers in focus, blurred cypress trees and hillsOchre cliffs at Roussillon, red and yellow rock walls among greeneryStone house with glazed door, green shutters and colorful flowers, Mireille signStone farmhouse with red shutters, ivy and outdoor steps among treesCroissants in a linen basket with jars of homemade jamRural asphalt road lined with trees, cultivated fields and cloudy skyRows of purple lavender beneath a cloudy sky, solitary trees on the horizonCurved rows of purple lavender flowers under daylightSunflowers in front of a lavender field with an old stone farmhouseLarge yellow sunflower blooming among lavender rows under cloudy skyCurved rows of purple lavender flowers under a cloudy sky in ProvenceBlooming lavender fields with purple rows and grey clouds, Plateau de ValensoleWoman standing among blooming lavender rows in ValensoleCurved rows of blooming lavender between yellow soil, cloudy skyOld stone houses nestled beneath towering limestone cliffs at Moustiers-Sainte-MarieHanging flowers over stone fountain, church tower and cliff in Moustiers-Sainte-MariePainted sundial on ochre wall with Catalan inscriptions and mountain sceneMoustiers-Sainte-Marie: woman by stone fountain under flowered pergolaWoman in a green dress leaning on a stone wall above Lake Sainte-CroixBlooming lavender field with curved purple rows, mountains and white cloudsBlooming sunflower field under white clouds, small farmhouse and distant hillsWoman crouching in a blooming sunflower field, cloudy skyField of blooming yellow sunflowers under cloudy sky, trees in backgroundTwo women in sunglasses embracing in a blooming sunflower fieldWrought iron tables on the lawn in front of a house with tile roofVine over stone house with green shutters, wrought-iron bench on lawnLone tree in a cultivated field, blue mountains in the backgroundBlooming lavender field with golden wheat stalks, mountains and farmhouse behindCyclist rides dirt road between blooming lavender rows, Plateau de ValensoleBlooming sunflowers under a deep blue sky with low cloudsGiant sunflower in bloom, bee on the disc, cultivated field under blue skyPurple rows of blooming lavender under a cloudy sky, lone wooden poleCurved rows of blooming lavender fields on the Valensole plateauBlooming sunflowers in front of a lavender field, under white cloudsFontaine de la Rotonde in Aix-en-Provence, marble statues and water jets

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