Have you visited or seen an aromatically or therapeutically interesting place somewhere in the world - why not share it?
Aromatherapy and therapeutic places to visit
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Posted 7 months ago #
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I used to live in Worcestershire before I came to Aberystwyth uni... and never went home. Back at home I spent many a sunny afternoon walking around what we called the Lavender fields. It's a beautiful place in the Cotswolds to walk and amazing to see all that Lavender in full bloom. They used to have a restaurant there, incorporating lavender into the food they served but I'm not sure if that part of it is still open.
http://www.snowshill-lavender.co.uk/cm/snowshill/lavenderfields
Posted 4 months ago # -
I've just found their website and you can also buy their lavender and lavendin essential oils and also fresh lavender flowers and other products too. It looks a really lovely place.
Posted 4 months ago # -
Fancy a visit to France this year? I have visited Provence, France a couple of times a been compiling good aromatic places to visit there, of which there are many due to the production of lavender and lavandin essential and Grasse being being a long standing centre for perfumery. Some of these I have been to and with the others I will see if I can find the websites to check out what's going on. The best time to go is the end of July as they are cutting and distilling the lavender and lavendin and also have lots of local lovely lavender festivals
Musées International de la Parfumerie, 8 Place du Cours - the International Perfumery museum in Grasse do 1 hour guided tours nahttp://en.museesdegrasse.com/
Molinard has been a perfume House in Grasse since 1849 and they do great informative tours about the history of their perfumery business with lots of historical things to see and ways, which you can see on the website
http://translate.google.co.uk/translate?hl=en&sl=fr&u=http://www.molinard.com/&ei=F9GpS_KdN5z80wSG3rW_AQ&sa=X&oi=translate&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CBsQ7gEwAA&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dmolinard%2Bperfumes%2Bgrasse%26hl%3Den%26client%3Dsafari%26rls%3DenOn the Plataux of Valesole you get the vast fields of mostly lavendin and it is a sight to behold. It is easy to find farms and shops to see distillation and to buy the products including the lovely local lavender honey. The website below is the valensole Village website and has some lovely things to see and do and places to stay.
http://translate.google.co.uk/translate?hl=en&sl=fr&u=http://www.valensole.fr/sections.php%3Fop%3Dviewarticle%26artid%3D127&ei=U9OpS_K_IdS5jAfPqOH7BQ&sa=X&oi=translate&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CA4Q7gEwAA&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dlavandes%2Bangelvin%26hl%3Den%26client%3Dsafari%26rls%3DenSanoflore – Gigors et Lozeron (Drôme)
Sanoflore lives in harmony with nature, fragrances, lavender fields and mountains of the Vercors
Regional Natural Park. Choosing the Southern slopes of the Vercors to install an experimental
garden in 1972 was choosing the best spot to grow aromatic and medicinal plants and extract the
purest possible essential oils. This quickly encouraged Sanoflore to opt for organic agriculture and
become an expert in Herbal remedies, Aromatherapy and organic Cosmetics.
In addition to the use of AB and Cosmebio labels, the Sanoflore laboratory is one of the brands
recommended by the One Voice association, which advocates an end to animal testing. Resolutely
modern, the Sanoflore laboratory has decided to develop further by joining the Active Cosmetics
division of the L’Oréal Group (October 2006). Worth a visit: the shop and the Aroma Domain
(created over 10 years ago, a 300m2 botanical garden features over 500 aromatic, medicinal and
perfume plants grown organically and used by the laboratory in its products).Sanoflore was a great place to visit. This information was taken from an interesting download, with lovely pictures, which lists many aromatic places in southern France and also herbal gardens
http://www.south-of-france-tourism.com/pdf/presse_kit_rhone_cote_sud_2009.pdf
Laboratoire SANOFLORE – contact presse : Daphnée Audras
Route de Lozeron par Beaufort - Parc Naturel Régional du Vercors
F-26400 GIGORS ET LOZERON
Tel: +33(0)4 75 76 46 60I'll post up some more when time is willing! I really want to go back now.
Posted 4 months ago #
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