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Travelt — Christmas holidays i France, skoleferie i 6 av markedene som fyller stedet

Ingenting nytt starter i januar.

Fortsatt på gang: The mistral (1. des – 30. apr (vanligvis))

Travelt — Winter (February) holidays i France, skoleferie i 2 av markedene som fyller stedet

Ingenting nytt starter i februar.

Fortsatt på gang: The mistral (1. des – 30. apr (vanligvis))

Travelt — Winter (February) holidays i France, skoleferie i 3 av markedene som fyller stedet

• Helligdag

  Easter weekend

  4.–6. aprPåske og stillehelgMye folkStengninger

  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 ↗

Fortsatt på gang: The mistral (1. des – 30. apr (vanligvis))

Toppsesong — Easter weekend, Spring holidays i France

Ingenting nytt starter i april.

Fortsatt på gang: Easter weekend (4.–6. apr), The mistral (1. des – 30. apr (vanligvis))

Toppsesong — May holidays and ponts, Spring holidays i France

• Helligdag

  May holidays and ponts

  1.–25. maiNasjonaldagMye folkBestill tidligStengninger

  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 ↗

Travelt — skoleferie i 4 av markedene som fyller stedet, en av de beste månedene værmessig

• Natur

  Lavender on the Valensole plateau

  20. jun – 25. jul · vanligvisVillblomster og blomstring

  The fields an hour north of town come out in the last days of June and are cut through July. Go early: the coaches reach Valensole by ten and the roadside pull-ins fill.

Fortsatt på gang: May holidays and ponts (1.–25. mai)

Toppsesong — Festival d'Aix, Bastille Day (14 juillet)

• Fare

  Heatwave weeks

  1. jul – 25. aug · vanligvisEkstrem varme

  Most summers bring stretches where the town moves indoors until six and the fountains are the only shade worth having. Meteo-France runs the warnings department by department. Kilde ↗

• Festival

  Festival d'Aix

  2.–21. julMusikkfestivalMye folkBestill tidlig

  Three weeks of opera in the open courtyard of the Archeveche and at the Grand Theatre. The audience books in the spring, and the restaurant tables at eight go with it. Kilde ↗

• Helligdag

  Bastille Day (14 juillet)

  13.–14. julNasjonaldagMye folkStengninger

  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 ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Lavender on the Valensole plateau (20. jun – 25. jul (vanligvis))

Travelt — Summer holidays i France, skoleferie i 6 av markedene som fyller stedet

• Sesong

  Vendanges in the Coteaux d'Aix

  25. aug – 10. okt · vanligvisInnhøsting

  Picking runs from the end of August into early October across the hills either side of the town. Estates that take visitors often shut the tasting room while the crop is in, so ring ahead.

Fortsatt på gang: Heatwave weeks (1. jul – 25. aug (vanligvis))

Travelt — skoleferie i 3 av markedene som fyller stedet, en av de beste månedene værmessig

Ingenting nytt starter i september.

Fortsatt på gang: Vendanges in the Coteaux d'Aix (25. aug – 10. okt (vanligvis))

Travelt — All Saints (autumn) holidays i France, skoleferie i 3 av markedene som fyller stedet

Ingenting nytt starter i oktober.

Fortsatt på gang: Vendanges in the Coteaux d'Aix (25. aug – 10. okt (vanligvis))

Rolig — reisende beskriver det som rolig, Christmas market and santon fair

• Festival

  Christmas market and santon fair

  13. nov – 31. des · vanligvisJul og nyttårMye folk

  About fifty chalets down the Cours Mirabeau from the middle of November, with the santon makers alongside selling nativity figures by the tray. The fair shuts on 25 December, the market runs to the 31st. Kilde ↗

Toppsesong — Christmas market and santon fair, Christmas holidays i France

• Sesong

  The mistral

  1. des – 30. apr · vanligvisVindsesongRisiko

  The valley wind comes down for two or three days at a time, hardest between December and April. It scours the sky clear and empties every terrace on the Cours Mirabeau while it lasts. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Christmas market and santon fair (13. nov – 31. des (vanligvis))