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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: Atlantic swell season (15. sep – 31. mar), Winter shutdown (1. nov – 15. mar)

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

Ingenting nytt starter i februar.

Fortsatt på gang: Atlantic swell season (15. sep – 31. mar), Winter shutdown (1. nov – 15. mar)

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: Atlantic swell season (15. sep – 31. mar), Winter shutdown (1. nov – 15. mar)

Toppsesong — Easter weekend, Spring holidays i France

Ingenting nytt starter i april.

Fortsatt på gang: Easter weekend (4.–6. apr)

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 ↗

Toppsesong — Wheels and Waves, Lifeguarded beach season

• Festival

  Wheels and Waves

  10.–14. junMotorsporthelgMye folkBestill tidlig

  Custom motorcycles, a hill climb on the Basque coast and surfing, held on the Cite de l'Ocean plateau. The town fills a fortnight before the summer season proper starts, so rooms go early for it. Kilde ↗

• Sesong

  Lifeguarded beach season

  15. jun – 15. sep · vanligvisSommersesongen åpnerMye folk

  The Grande Plage and Cote des Basques are only flagged and patrolled through the summer, and the beach clubs open with them. Outside that the water is unsupervised and the rip off the Grande Plage is the local hazard. Kilde ↗

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

Toppsesong — reisende beskriver det som høysesong, Lifeguarded beach season

• 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: Lifeguarded beach season (15. jun – 15. sep (vanligvis))

Toppsesong — Lifeguarded beach season, Summer holidays i France

Ingenting nytt starter i august.

Fortsatt på gang: Lifeguarded beach season (15. jun – 15. sep (vanligvis))

Travelt — Lifeguarded beach season, skoleferie i 3 av markedene som fyller stedet

• Festival

  Le Temps d'Aimer la Danse

  10.–21. sepKunstfestival

  A fortnight of dance in the Gare du Midi and out on the beach and the squares, running as the summer crowd thins. Free outdoor pieces make it the easiest festival here to walk into. Kilde ↗

• Sesong

  Atlantic swell season

  15. sep – 31. marSurfesesongRisiko

  The long-period groundswell arrives with the autumn and the beach breaks turn serious; the Belharra reef off Saint-Jean-de-Luz only breaks on the biggest of them. Summer here is a learner's ocean, winter is not. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Lifeguarded beach season (15. jun – 15. sep (vanligvis))

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

Ingenting nytt starter i oktober.

Fortsatt på gang: Atlantic swell season (15. sep – 31. mar)

Travelt — All Saints (autumn) holidays i France

• Sesong

  Winter shutdown

  1. nov – 15. marStengt utenfor sesongStengninger

  A chunk of the seafront restaurants and the surf schools close between the Toussaint holiday and the spring, and the town returns to its residents. The thalasso spas and the Basque bars stay open through it. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Atlantic swell season (15. sep – 31. mar)

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

Ingenting nytt starter i desember.

Fortsatt på gang: Atlantic swell season (15. sep – 31. mar), Winter shutdown (1. nov – 15. mar)