Cosa c'è in programma a Avignone (Francia) durante l'anno

Folla al massimo — Cheval Passion, Christmas holidays in Francia

• Festival

  Cheval Passion

  14–18 gen · di solitoGrande festaAffollatoPrenota presto

  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. Fonte ↗

Ancora in corso: The mistral (1 dic – 30 apr (di solito))

Affollato — Winter (February) holidays in Francia, vacanze scolastiche in 2 dei paesi da cui arrivano i visitatori

• Festival

  Les Hivernales dance festival

  3–21 feb · di solitoFestival delle arti

  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. Fonte ↗

Ancora in corso: The mistral (1 dic – 30 apr (di solito))

Affollato — Winter (February) holidays in Francia, vacanze scolastiche in 3 dei paesi da cui arrivano i visitatori

• Festività

  Easter weekend

  4–6 aprPasqua e Settimana SantaAffollatoChiusure

  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. Fonte ↗

Ancora in corso: The mistral (1 dic – 30 apr (di solito))

Folla al massimo — Easter weekend, Spring holidays in Francia

In aprile non inizia nulla di nuovo.

Ancora in corso: Easter weekend (4–6 apr), The mistral (1 dic – 30 apr (di solito))

Folla al massimo — May holidays and ponts, Feria de Pentecote in Nimes

• Festività

  May holidays and ponts

  1–25 magFesta nazionaleAffollatoPrenota prestoChiusure

  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. Fonte ↗

• Festival

  Feria de Pentecote in Nimes

  10 mag – 15 giu · di solitoGrande festaAffollato

  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. Fonte ↗

Affollato — Feria de Pentecote in Nimes, vacanze scolastiche in 4 dei paesi da cui arrivano i visitatori

• Natura

  Lavender in bloom

  15 giu – 20 lug · di solitoFiori e fioriture

  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.

Ancora in corso: May holidays and ponts (1–25 mag), Feria de Pentecote in Nimes (10 mag – 15 giu (di solito))

Folla al massimo — Festival d'Avignon and the Off, Bastille Day (14 juillet)

• Rischio

  Heatwave weeks

  1 lug – 25 ago · di solitoCaldo estremo

  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. Fonte ↗

• Festival

  Festival d'Avignon and the Off

  4–26 lug · di solitoFestival delle artiAffollatoPrenota presto

  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. Fonte ↗

• Festività

  Bastille Day (14 juillet)

  13–14 lugFesta nazionaleAffollatoChiusure

  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. Fonte ↗

Ancora in corso: Lavender in bloom (15 giu – 20 lug (di solito))

Affollato — Summer holidays in Francia, vacanze scolastiche in 6 dei paesi da cui arrivano i visitatori

In agosto non inizia nulla di nuovo.

Ancora in corso: Heatwave weeks (1 lug – 25 ago (di solito))

Affollato — vacanze scolastiche in 3 dei paesi da cui arrivano i visitatori, uno dei mesi con il clima migliore

• Natura

  Chateauneuf-du-Pape grape harvest

  1 set – 5 ott · di solito

  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. Fonte ↗

• Rischio

  Autumn flash floods

  10 set – 30 nov · di solitoStagione delle alluvioni

  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. Fonte ↗

Affollato — All Saints (autumn) holidays in Francia, vacanze scolastiche in 3 dei paesi da cui arrivano i visitatori

In ottobre non inizia nulla di nuovo.

Ancora in corso: Chateauneuf-du-Pape grape harvest (1 set – 5 ott (di solito)), Autumn flash floods (10 set – 30 nov (di solito))

Tranquillo — i viaggiatori la descrivono come tranquilla, Christmas market

• Festival

  Christmas market

  20 nov – 31 dic · di solitoNatale e CapodannoAffollato

  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. Fonte ↗

Ancora in corso: Autumn flash floods (10 set – 30 nov (di solito))

Folla al massimo — Christmas market, Christmas holidays in Francia

• Stagione

  The mistral

  1 dic – 30 apr · di solitoStagione del ventoRischio

  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. Fonte ↗

Ancora in corso: Christmas market (20 nov – 31 dic (di solito))