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Tætpakket — Cheval Passion, Christmas holidays i France

• Festival

  Cheval Passion

  14.–18. jan. · normaltStor festivalTætpakketBook tidligt

  Five days of horses at the Parc des Expositions in the middle of January, and the one week of the winter when the hotels inside the walls sell out. Kilde ↗

Stadig i gang: The mistral (1. dec. – 30. apr. (normalt))

Travlt — Winter (February) holidays i France, skoleferie på 2 af de markeder, der fylder stedet

• Festival

  Les Hivernales dance festival

  3.–21. feb. · normaltKunstfestival

  Three weeks of contemporary dance across the town in February, on a scale you can still book into a week ahead. The opposite of July in every respect. Kilde ↗

Stadig i gang: The mistral (1. dec. – 30. apr. (normalt))

Travlt — Winter (February) holidays i France, skoleferie på 3 af de markeder, der fylder stedet

• Helligdag

  Easter weekend

  4.–6. apr.Påske & den stille ugeTætpakketLukninger

  Easter Monday is a public holiday and the long weekend is spring's first big getaway: motorways and TGVs fill, towns that draw holidaymakers get busy and some rooms are priced up, and many shops close on the Monday. Kilde ↗

Stadig i gang: The mistral (1. dec. – 30. apr. (normalt))

Tætpakket — Easter weekend, Spring holidays i France

Intet nyt begynder i april.

Stadig i gang: Easter weekend (4.–6. apr.), The mistral (1. dec. – 30. apr. (normalt))

Tætpakket — May holidays and ponts, Feria de Pentecote in Nimes

• Helligdag

  May holidays and ponts

  1.–25. majNational helligdagTætpakketBook tidligtLukninger

  1 May, 8 May, Ascension Thursday and Whit Monday are public holidays, and the French bridge the gaps with a day off, the pont. Expect four-day weekends of busy trains, jammed roads and full rooms in towns that draw visitors, and near-total closures on 1 May. Kilde ↗

• Festival

  Feria de Pentecote in Nimes

  10. maj – 15. jun. · normaltStor festivalTætpakket

  Over the Pentecost weekend Nimes, 30 minutes away by train, fills with bodegas, brass bands, bull runs in the streets and corridas in the Roman arena. Loud, late and not for everyone. Kilde ↗

Travlt — Feria de Pentecote in Nimes, skoleferie på 4 af de markeder, der fylder stedet

• Natur

  Lavender in bloom

  15. jun. – 20. jul. · normaltVilde blomster & blomstring

  The lavender fields of the Luberon, Senanque Abbey and the Sault plateau flower from late June, an hour's drive away. Harvest starts in mid-July and the colour goes quickly after that.

Stadig i gang: May holidays and ponts (1.–25. maj), Feria de Pentecote in Nimes (10. maj – 15. jun. (normalt))

Tætpakket — Festival d'Avignon and the Off, Bastille Day (14 juillet)

• Risiko

  Heatwave weeks

  1. jul. – 25. aug. · normaltEkstrem varme

  Avignon sits in one of the hottest corners of France and the festival plays straight through it: the stone courtyards hold the day until well past midnight. Meteo-France runs the warnings. Kilde ↗

• Festival

  Festival d'Avignon and the Off

  4.–26. jul. · normaltKunstfestivalTætpakketBook tidligt

  For three weeks the official programme plays in the Cour d'honneur of the Palais des Papes while well over a thousand Off shows fill every hall, chapel and garage in the walls. Rooms go by spring. Kilde ↗

• Helligdag

  Bastille Day (14 juillet)

  13.–14. jul.National helligdagTætpakketLukninger

  14 July is the national holiday: towns hold fireworks on the evening of the 13th or 14th, often with a firemen's ball, a parade or a concert, and banks, offices and many shops close for the day. Kilde ↗

Stadig i gang: Lavender in bloom (15. jun. – 20. jul. (normalt))

Travlt — Summer holidays i France, skoleferie på 6 af de markeder, der fylder stedet

Intet nyt begynder i august.

Stadig i gang: Heatwave weeks (1. jul. – 25. aug. (normalt))

Travlt — skoleferie på 3 af de markeder, der fylder stedet, en af stedets bedste måneder vejrmæssigt

• Natur

  Chateauneuf-du-Pape grape harvest

  1. sep. – 5. okt. · normalt

  The harvest opens with the Ban des Vendanges on the first Friday of September, when the wine brotherhood in medieval dress proclaims it in the village, 20 minutes north. Cellars are busy but still open for tastings. Kilde ↗

• Risiko

  Autumn flash floods

  10. sep. – 30. nov. · normaltOversvømmelsessæson

  Mediterranean downpours can drop months of rain in a few hours on the Vaucluse and Gard in autumn. Rivers rise fast, roads flood and trains stop; follow Meteo-France orange and red warnings. Kilde ↗

Travlt — All Saints (autumn) holidays i France, skoleferie på 3 af de markeder, der fylder stedet

Intet nyt begynder i oktober.

Stadig i gang: Chateauneuf-du-Pape grape harvest (1. sep. – 5. okt. (normalt)), Autumn flash floods (10. sep. – 30. nov. (normalt))

Stille — rejsende beskriver det som stille, Christmas market

• Festival

  Christmas market

  20. nov. – 31. dec. · normaltJul & nytårTætpakket

  Chalets on the Place de l'Horloge and down the Rue de la Republique from late November, with the provencal santon stalls beside them. December is otherwise the quietest month here. Kilde ↗

Stadig i gang: Autumn flash floods (10. sep. – 30. nov. (normalt))

Tætpakket — Christmas market, Christmas holidays i France

• Sæson

  The mistral

  1. dec. – 30. apr. · normaltVindsæsonRisiko

  The Rhone valley funnels the wind straight past the ramparts, hardest from December to April. It takes the cloud with it, and the terraces on the Place de l'Horloge with it too. Kilde ↗

Stadig i gang: Christmas market (20. nov. – 31. dec. (normalt))