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

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

En enero no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: Christmas village and rink (28 Nov – 4 Ene (normalmente)), Ski day trips open (5 Dic – 10 Abr (normalmente))

Máxima afluencia — Carnaval de Nice, Winter (February) holidays en Francia

• Festival

  Carnaval de Nice

  10 Feb – 5 Mar · normalmenteCarnavalMucha genteReserva pronto

  A fortnight of float parades and flower battles on the Promenade and Place Massena, running at the same time as Menton's lemon festival half an hour along the coast. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Ski day trips open (5 Dic – 10 Abr (normalmente))

Máxima afluencia — los viajeros lo describen como muy concurrido, Carnaval de Nice

• 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: Carnaval de Nice (10 Feb – 5 Mar (normalmente)), Ski day trips open (5 Dic – 10 Abr (normalmente))

Máxima afluencia — Easter weekend, Spring holidays en Francia

En abril no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: Easter weekend (4–6 Abr), Ski day trips open (5 Dic – 10 Abr (normalmente))

Máxima afluencia — May holidays and ponts, Cannes Film Festival

• 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

  Cannes Film Festival

  10–28 May · normalmenteMucha genteReserva pronto

  The festival is forty minutes down the coast, but the hotel market is regional: Nice reprices for the fortnight and the airport transfer queue doubles. Fuente ↗

Temporada media — vacaciones escolares en 4 de los mercados que lo llenan, un mes normal

• Riesgo

  Forest access closures

  15 Jun – 30 Sep · normalmenteTemporada de humoCierres

  The department grades fire risk daily through the summer and closes the massifs behind the city — the Esterel, the approaches to the Mercantour — to walkers on the worst days, decided the evening before. Fuente ↗

• Naturaleza

  Lavender in Provence

  20 Jun – 25 Jul · normalmenteFlores silvestres

  The Valensole plateau and the Sault fields usually peak between late June and the third week of July, and are cut soon after. It is a long day trip inland rather than an afternoon. Fuente ↗

• Temporada

  Sea warm enough to swim

  25 Jun – 15 Oct · normalmente

  The Mediterranean here holds its heat into October, well after the crowds have gone. Bring something for your feet: the beach is pebbles the whole way along.

Sigue en marcha: May holidays and ponts (1–25 May)

Tranquilo — los viajeros lo describen como tranquilo, Bastille Day (14 juillet)

• 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 ↗

• Festival

  Nice Jazz Festival

  23–25 JulFestival de músicaMucha gente

  Several nights in the second half of July in the gardens and squares off the Promenade. It is the oldest festival of its kind in Europe and the programme now stretches well past jazz. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Forest access closures (15 Jun – 30 Sep (normalmente)), Lavender in Provence (20 Jun – 25 Jul (normalmente)), Sea warm enough to swim (25 Jun – 15 Oct (normalmente))

Máxima afluencia — French holiday peak, Summer holidays en Francia

• Temporada

  French holiday peak

  1–25 AgoVacaciones escolaresMucha gente

  France takes August off and a good share of it comes here. The corniche roads back up, the beach clubs sell out days ahead, and the family restaurants in the old town raise their prices with the demand.

Sigue en marcha: Forest access closures (15 Jun – 30 Sep (normalmente)), Sea warm enough to swim (25 Jun – 15 Oct (normalmente))

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

En septiembre no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: Forest access closures (15 Jun – 30 Sep (normalmente)), Sea warm enough to swim (25 Jun – 15 Oct (normalmente))

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: Sea warm enough to swim (25 Jun – 15 Oct (normalmente))

Concurrido — All Saints (autumn) holidays en Francia

• Festival

  Christmas village and rink

  28 Nov – 4 Ene · normalmenteNavidad y Año Nuevo

  The gardens between the old town and Place Massena take a market, a big wheel and an outdoor rink for five weeks, in the mildest winter of any city in France. Fuente ↗

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

• Apertura

  Ski day trips open

  5 Dic – 10 Abr · normalmenteTemporada de esquí

  Isola 2000 and Auron are about ninety minutes from the seafront and run from December to early April. It is the one thing that makes a winter week here different from the rest of the coast. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Christmas village and rink (28 Nov – 4 Ene (normalmente))