The best lavender fields to visit in Mexico

Published June 15, 2023

These are not European landscapes, far from it. They are the beautiful lavender fields that, with the arrival of the rainy season, bloom in select points of the country and offer beautiful views with intense purple and violet tones.

Live this incredible experience in any of the following destinations in Mexico, which offer the best postcards.

Lavender, an aromatic and medicinal plant
Lavender is a wild aromatic plant. It is endemic to the Mediterranean and blooms during the summer in dry meadows and undergrowth. It is violet in color and provides a visual spectacle, but the name gives us a clue to its uses: it comes from the Latin ‘lavandere’ (translated as to wash) and was so named thanks to its purifying properties.

It is often used as a sedative (reduces nervous tension, anxiety, and insomnia), and as a method to reduce inflammation and purify the urinary tract / gastrointestinal tract. In addition, it is an aperitif, digestive and its bouquets serve as natural flavoring. It can be used in infusions, liquid extracts, oils, creams, ointments, and even in different types of food.

Rancho Lavanda Mineral de Pozos
In the beautiful Pueblo Magico, with a ghostly air, of Mineral de Pozos in the state of Guanajuato, you will find Rancho Lavanda, a farm and restaurant that is used to create unique dishes.

The aromatic plant is used in food such as lavender bread hamburgers, cinnamon rolls, cocadas, seasoned cuts, ice pops, honey, and even craft beer. Yes, everything here revolves around lavender… and in a delicious way! We recommend you come hungry.

The entrance fee is $40 pesos per person if you want to take a tour of its plantations. You can also take bike rides. Reservations are not necessary. You can find them at Rancho de Las Barrancas, Carretera Pozos-San Luis s/n, Mineral de Pozos, Guanajuato.

For more information, contact them on Facebook ‘Rancho Lavanda Mineral de Pozos’.

Rancho San Martin, Puebla
On the border of Puebla and the State of Mexico, overlooking the Iztaccihuatl volcano, Rancho San Martin in the state of Puebla, surrounded by forests of tall pines and oyamel trees, grows lavender.

This agro-industrial organization, which has been in existence for more than 20 years, is in charge of managing a violet Eden. In addition to harvesting and planting, lavender is distilled here to create products such as soaps, oils, shampoo, antibacterial gel, creams, lotions, and much more.

At Rancho San Martín you can tour their greenhouses, pick flowers, buy your own plant, participate in their workshop to make lavender soap, or have a picnic in nature. They are located on the Federal Highway Mexico-Puebla km 53.75, Santa Rita Tlahuapan, Puebla, Tlahuapan. It is 40 minutes from the capital and an hour and a half from Mexico City.

There is no cost to enter, but the workshop is priced at $60 per person. For more information, call (55) 4026 4613 or visit their website ranchosanmartin.com.mx or Facebook page ‘Rancho San Martín’.

Hotel La Santísima Trinidad, close to San Miguel de Allende and Dolores Hidalgo.
If you want to relax, between San Miguel de Allende and Dolores Hidalgo, this luxurious boutique hotel with architecture looks like a mix of Tuscan villa and Mexican hacienda. In addition to vineyards and large natural areas with forests and lakes, lavender flourishes here.

It has an international food restaurant and tastings in its extensive wine cellar or equestrian activities; a must is to walk or cycle through its beautiful trails, where you can find workshops to learn more about this flower in the beautiful lavender fields that adorn the complex.

It is located on the San Miguel de Allende – Dolores Hidalgo highway Km 81+100.

Rooms from $4,500 pesos per night for two people. The lavender workshop includes wine tasting, a cheese board, a visit to the winery, and olive oil tasting. It is priced at $790 pesos. More information at: lasantisimatrinidad.com.mx.

Lavender Project in Dolores Hidalgo
A half-hour north of the Cradle of Independence, Dolores Hidalgo, is the Lavender Project, a rural initiative that seeks to create jobs, support families, improve the community, and create innovative products by cultivating lavender with alternative and sustainable processes.

It should be noted that everything is handmade. In their tours, in addition to walking through their plantations, you will have an immersion and interaction with the processes used in the cultivation. In addition, there is an exhibition of products, and a demonstration of sewing, embroidery, and soap-making processes.

A tour of the lavender fields costs $30 pesos per person. It includes a guided tour, honey and jam tasting, and a product exhibition. If you go in a group of more than 10 people, you can request a meal. They are located at Río Colorado 14, San Cristóbal, Dolores Hidalgo, Guanajuato.

More information at: elproyectodelavanda.com.mx/wp.

At (418) 112 6727

On Facebook ‘El Proyecto de Lavanda – The Lavender Project’.