The secret to seeing Provence’s lavender fields at their peak

As summer begins in earnest in the South of France, the fields of Provence turn a rather fetching shade of – well, lavender. Lavender season in this rustically beautiful corner of the country, away from the sweltering Côte d’Azur and its glitzty beach towns, is Europe’s answer to Japan’s sakura mania or Amsterdam’s tulips. Photographers and nature enthusiasts will wind around the region’s curving roads in search of the most vibrant fields. There are, of course, some places where you’re…