We visited this beautiful vanilla refinery when driving around and we were very suprised by kind aproach to visitors. Mr. Jonathan provided us with excelent guided tour in english and told us lots of interesting information about growing, harvesting and refining vanilla including facts about history of vanilla on the island and modern scientific researches as well. We really enjoyed his presentation. Blue Escale also has nice souvenir shop with lots of original vanilla gifts. Definitely...
   Read moreWent there for the guided visit. Done just in the same place.. bit of the garden and the 2 rooms so don't expect a big setup! It's a small family run place. How the vanilla is done was very well explained from A to Z. Bought vanilla made by them..some of the best quality available according to the experts..or so I heard. Don't know whether they do explanations in English though as the group I was in...
   Read moreNous nous sommes arrĂȘtĂ©es un matin spĂ©cialement pour acheter de la vanille. Nicole Ă©tait au comptoir de son magasin, paraissant un peu froide de premier abord. Personne d'autre que nous. L'ambiance s'est vite dĂ©tendue quand elle a entendu les renseignements et les conseils que je communiquais Ă mon amie, sur la conservation de la vanille (je m'Ă©tais bien renseignĂ©e la veille sur internet en prenant des infos sur les produits et l'atelier). Nicole est finalement super sympa, on a bien rigolĂ© et elle nous a donnĂ© de supers conseils, nous a fait goĂ»ter la vanille et ses subtilitĂ©s et nous a transmis sa passion, ce fut un excellent moment au magasin. Une belle rencontre et des produits exceptionnels Ă leurs juste coĂ»ts. Ă recommander les...
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