Lavender farms in Tuscany

Italian Tuscany is a beauty. It produces excellent wines, has a rich architectural and cultural heritage, dreamlike landscapes and wonderful routes. It really is an impossible destination to forget. But among the undisputed beauty of its landscapes today we have to highlight a purple destination: lavender farms in Tuscany.

In almost all Tuscan gardens, lavender shines, as a herb or simply as a decorative flower, but although lavender is not immediately associated with this part of Italy the truth is that there are a handful of lavender farms around here and can be visited. They may not be on the list of Tuscany tourist attractions, but they are there and they wait for you. Some are in the Maremma area and others in the Val d'Orcia hills. In Maremma there is the lavender farm pink house, for example, on the coast.

In the Lavender farm of Casina di Rosa you can walk through the crops, visit the workshops and learn how to make cosmetics, how to cook with lavender and much more. Another lavender farm in Tuscany is near the medieval city of Lucca. It has cypress trees around it and it is beautiful. It's about the Baccheggia farm and you can also join the workshops and walks and even eat different dishes made with the different varieties of lavender that it grows.

If you want to visit the Lavender farm of Casina di Rosa you can spend a whole day for 110 euros in May, June and July. The day includes a visit to the herb garden, a course on lavender and other aromatic herbs, a visit to the lavender field and a demonstration of the harvest, a demonstration of the distillation process, a mini-workshop to learn how to make cosmetics or food, an introduction to aromatherapy, regional lunch and a gift basket with lavender products.