Qué hay en Aviñón, Francia, a lo largo del año

Máxima afluencia — Cheval Passion, Christmas holidays en Francia

• Festival

  Cheval Passion

  14–18 Ene · normalmenteGran festivalMucha genteReserva pronto

  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. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: The mistral (1 Dic – 30 Abr (normalmente))

Concurrido — Winter (February) holidays en Francia, vacaciones escolares en 2 de los mercados que lo llenan

• Festival

  Les Hivernales dance festival

  3–21 Feb · normalmenteFestival de artes

  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. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: The mistral (1 Dic – 30 Abr (normalmente))

Concurrido — Winter (February) holidays en Francia, vacaciones escolares en 3 de los mercados que lo llenan

• Festivo

  Easter weekend

  4–6 AbrSemana Santa y PascuaMucha genteCierres

  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. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: The mistral (1 Dic – 30 Abr (normalmente))

Máxima afluencia — Easter weekend, Spring holidays en Francia

En abril no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: Easter weekend (4–6 Abr), The mistral (1 Dic – 30 Abr (normalmente))

Máxima afluencia — May holidays and ponts, Feria de Pentecote in Nimes

• Festivo

  May holidays and ponts

  1–25 MayFiesta nacionalMucha genteReserva prontoCierres

  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. Fuente ↗

• Festival

  Feria de Pentecote in Nimes

  10 May – 15 Jun · normalmenteGran festivalMucha gente

  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. Fuente ↗

Concurrido — Feria de Pentecote in Nimes, vacaciones escolares en 4 de los mercados que lo llenan

• Naturaleza

  Lavender in bloom

  15 Jun – 20 Jul · normalmenteFlores silvestres

  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.

Sigue en marcha: May holidays and ponts (1–25 May), Feria de Pentecote in Nimes (10 May – 15 Jun (normalmente))

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

• Riesgo

  Heatwave weeks

  1 Jul – 25 Ago · normalmenteCalor extremo

  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. Fuente ↗

• Festival

  Festival d'Avignon and the Off

  4–26 Jul · normalmenteFestival de artesMucha genteReserva pronto

  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. Fuente ↗

• Festivo

  Bastille Day (14 juillet)

  13–14 JulFiesta nacionalMucha genteCierres

  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. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Lavender in bloom (15 Jun – 20 Jul (normalmente))

Concurrido — Summer holidays en Francia, vacaciones escolares en 6 de los mercados que lo llenan

En agosto no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: Heatwave weeks (1 Jul – 25 Ago (normalmente))

Concurrido — vacaciones escolares en 3 de los mercados que lo llenan, uno de sus mejores meses por clima

• Naturaleza

  Chateauneuf-du-Pape grape harvest

  1 Sep – 5 Oct · normalmente

  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. Fuente ↗

• Riesgo

  Autumn flash floods

  10 Sep – 30 Nov · normalmenteTemporada de inundaciones

  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. Fuente ↗

Concurrido — All Saints (autumn) holidays en Francia, vacaciones escolares en 3 de los mercados que lo llenan

En octubre no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: Chateauneuf-du-Pape grape harvest (1 Sep – 5 Oct (normalmente)), Autumn flash floods (10 Sep – 30 Nov (normalmente))

Tranquilo — los viajeros lo describen como tranquilo, Christmas market

• Festival

  Christmas market

  20 Nov – 31 Dic · normalmenteNavidad y Año NuevoMucha gente

  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. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Autumn flash floods (10 Sep – 30 Nov (normalmente))

Máxima afluencia — Christmas market, Christmas holidays en Francia

• Temporada

  The mistral

  1 Dic – 30 Abr · normalmenteTemporada de vientoRiesgo

  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. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Christmas market (20 Nov – 31 Dic (normalmente))