Hva som skjer i Avignon, France gjennom året

Toppsesong — Cheval Passion, Christmas holidays i France

• Festival

  Cheval Passion

  14.–18. jan · vanligvisStor festivalMye folkBestill tidlig

  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 ↗

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

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

• Festival

  Les Hivernales dance festival

  3.–21. feb · vanligvisKunstfestival

  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 ↗

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, Feria de Pentecote in Nimes

• 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 ↗

• Festival

  Feria de Pentecote in Nimes

  10. mai – 15. jun · vanligvisStor festivalMye folk

  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 ↗

Travelt — Feria de Pentecote in Nimes, skoleferie i 4 av markedene som fyller stedet

• Natur

  Lavender in bloom

  15. jun – 20. jul · vanligvisVillblomster og 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.

Fortsatt på gang: May holidays and ponts (1.–25. mai), Feria de Pentecote in Nimes (10. mai – 15. jun (vanligvis))

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

• Fare

  Heatwave weeks

  1. jul – 25. aug · vanligvisEkstrem 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 · vanligvisKunstfestivalMye folkBestill tidlig

  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. 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 in bloom (15. jun – 20. jul (vanligvis))

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

Ingenting nytt starter i august.

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

• Natur

  Chateauneuf-du-Pape grape harvest

  1. sep – 5. okt · vanligvis

  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 ↗

• Fare

  Autumn flash floods

  10. sep – 30. nov · vanligvisFlomsesong

  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 ↗

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

Ingenting nytt starter i oktober.

Fortsatt på gang: Chateauneuf-du-Pape grape harvest (1. sep – 5. okt (vanligvis)), Autumn flash floods (10. sep – 30. nov (vanligvis))

Rolig — reisende beskriver det som rolig, Christmas market

• Festival

  Christmas market

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

  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 ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Autumn flash floods (10. sep – 30. nov (vanligvis))

Toppsesong — Christmas market, Christmas holidays i France

• Sesong

  The mistral

  1. des – 30. apr · vanligvisVindsesongRisiko

  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 ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Christmas market (20. nov – 31. des (vanligvis))