We want to join the region and have been watching videos. Seeing the lavender fields would be nice, but we avoid the busy season and would forgo lavender to dodge the hordes of tourists.
I started checking on going in the shoulder seasons, either Fall or Spring. However, I've found articles that say that is the peak time for cruise ship tourists. Has anyone found that to be true? If so, are they concentrated in Avignon and Aix-en-Provence and don't venture out to the smaller towns? For me, the only thing worse than summer tourists are cruise ship tourists.