Lavender Essential Oil of Tihany

In 1926, Gyula Bittera brought the first lavender blossoms from Provence to Tihany, the most valuable and purest lavender species, lavandula angustifolia.

Until the 1950s, lavender was cultivated over a large area, and the location and climate of Tihany favoured the plant so much that, according to some records, more valuable essential oil was obtained from distillation here than in France.
After nationalisation, most of the lavender field was grubbed up and the lavender distillery was closed.However, in 2019, the Tihany essential oil distillery was restored and you can see it in operation in the Lavender Tihany building.