Lavender fields in Plateau de Valensole, France Jul 17, 2025

Lavender fields in Plateau de Valensole, France

If you"re looking for a scent-sational summer trip, follow your nose to the Plateau de Valensole in Provence, France. From late June to mid-July, this high plateau transforms into a purple sea of lavender. Situated more than 1,900 feet above sea level and spanning approximately 300 square miles, it is one of the largest areas in France dedicated to lavender cultivation.

© zpagistock/Getty Images

palette

Today in History

Jul 17, 2018Is there a bug-egg emoji for this?
Jul 17, 2019Nomads of the Gobi
Jul 17, 2020Let s face it: It s World Emoji Day
Jul 17, 2021Pretty, pretty…butterfly?
Jul 17, 2022The Wave at Coyote Buttes
Jul 17, 2023Cloughoughter Castle, County Cavan, Ireland
Jul 17, 2024Rothenburg ob der Tauber, Bavaria, Germany
Jul 17, 2026Vai, Crete, Greece

More Desktop Wallpapers:

May 15, 2023The Canary Islands, Spain
Mar 6, 2022Great cormorants
Oct 15, 2018The story of a rediscovered redwood
May 10, 2020Happy Mother s Day
Sep 30, 2021Global commerce in motion
May 22, 2024International Day for Biological Diversity
Dec 6, 2021Computer Science EDU Week
Jun 7, 2025National Trails Day
Jul 17, 2024Rothenburg ob der Tauber, Bavaria, Germany
May 29, 2021A path into history
May 15, 2018Celebrating the UN’s International Day of Families
Jan 9, 2022Rice processing in Bangladesh
Dec 28, 202350 years of the Endangered Species Act
Apr 15, 2024World Art Day
Apr 11, 2019Spring blooms in the Netherlands
Sep 16, 2022Puma in Patagonia
Aug 27, 2026World Lake Day
Jan 14, 2024Whooper swans in Lake Kussharo, Japan
Aug 13, 2019An ice cap-puccino
Sep 10, 2021Celebrating all things Austen
May 15, 2019Basking in the glow
Feb 20, 2024Kinder Scout, Peak District National Park, England
Mar 19, 2021Life carries on, rising from a ship s skeleton
Oct 7, 2025Fall colors below Mount Sneffels near Ridgway, Colorado
Jun 26, 2025Horse Head Rock, New South Wales, Australia
Sep 13, 2020Super sandy Sweet 16
Apr 30, 2019It s International Jazz Day
Nov 3, 2023World Jellyfish Day
May 9, 2025International Chameleon Day
Oct 23, 2021Eurasian scops owl