The City Of Violets

Tourrettes-Sur-Loup is a mountaintop village in France.  It is also one of my favorite places in France.  Tourrettes-Sur-Loup is not crowed or made for tourists.  It is friendly, beautiful, and very unique.

The History Of Tourrettes-Sur-Loup

Tourrettes-Sur-Loup was first settled on in the 9th century B.C. by a tribe of Celtic Ligurians.  Romans than took over the city in 262 B.C. until 476 A.D..  The city was invaded for hundreds of years.  Then the Saracens took over till 972 A.D.. Tourrettes-Sur-Loup continued to be passed around for years.  The city even suffered from the black plague for 70 years.  In 1894 it was named Tourrettes-Sur-Loup.  Now the city is thriving and continues to be a beautiful place.  For more history on Tourrettes-Sur-Loup click here.

Make sure you stop at Tom’s Ice cream shop while you are there to cool off.  Tom’s has a multitude of unique flavors such as violet, rose, grapefruit, and much more.  I had a violet ice cream seeing as how I was in the City of Violets.  The ice cream was topped with a candied violet.  That ice cream was delicious, so make sure you get to try some too!

La Baside Aux Violettes

Make sure you get to go to La Baside aux Violettes while you are visiting.  You will get to see how the violets are grown and you will also get to try multiple different types of candied flowers!