Hva som skjer i Carcassonne, France gjennom året

Toppsesong — Magie de Noel, Christmas holidays i France

Ingenting nytt starter i januar.

Fortsatt på gang: Magie de Noel (28. nov – 3. jan (vanligvis))

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

Ingenting nytt starter i februar.

Toppsesong — reisende beskriver det som høysesong, Winter (February) holidays i France

• 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 ↗

• Sesong

  Canal du Midi boating season

  25. mar – 5. nov · vanligvisSommersesongen åpner

  Hire boats work the canal through the town from the end of March to the start of November; the locks come out of service for maintenance over the winter. The towpath walks all year.

Toppsesong — Easter weekend, Spring holidays i France

Ingenting nytt starter i april.

Fortsatt på gang: Easter weekend (4.–6. apr), Canal du Midi boating season (25. mar – 5. nov (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 ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Canal du Midi boating season (25. mar – 5. nov (vanligvis))

Travelt — Festival de Carcassonne, skoleferie i 4 av markedene som fyller stedet

• Festival

  Festival de Carcassonne

  26. jun – 31. jul · vanligvisMusikkfestivalMye folkBestill tidlig

  Five weeks of concerts in the Theatre Jean-Deschamps inside the walls and in the castle courtyard, with about a hundred free shows alongside the ticketed ones running into late August. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Canal du Midi boating season (25. mar – 5. nov (vanligvis)), May holidays and ponts (1.–25. mai)

Toppsesong — Festival de Carcassonne, Bastille Day (14 juillet)

• Fare

  Heatwave weeks

  1. jul – 25. aug · vanligvisEkstrem varme

  The Aude valley takes the worst of the southern summer, and the walled city has almost no shade in it. Walk the ramparts before ten; Meteo-France runs the department warnings. 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 ↗

• Festival

  Embrasement de la Cite

  14. julLys og ildMye folkBestill tidlig

  At half past ten on 14 July the lights go out and the ramparts appear to burn, for about twenty-five minutes. Several hundred thousand people watch it; the bridges and the approach roads shut hours before. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Canal du Midi boating season (25. mar – 5. nov (vanligvis)), Festival de Carcassonne (26. jun – 31. jul (vanligvis))

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

Ingenting nytt starter i august.

Fortsatt på gang: Canal du Midi boating season (25. mar – 5. nov (vanligvis)), 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: Canal du Midi boating season (25. mar – 5. nov (vanligvis))

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

Ingenting nytt starter i oktober.

Fortsatt på gang: Canal du Midi boating season (25. mar – 5. nov (vanligvis))

Toppsesong — Magie de Noel, All Saints (autumn) holidays i France

• Festival

  Magie de Noel

  28. nov – 3. jan · vanligvisJul og nyttårMye folk

  Chalets and a rink go up in the lower town around the Place Carnot from the end of November, and the walled city is lit and largely empty, which is the better half of the deal. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Canal du Midi boating season (25. mar – 5. nov (vanligvis))

Toppsesong — Magie de Noel, Christmas holidays i France

Ingenting nytt starter i desember.

Fortsatt på gang: Magie de Noel (28. nov – 3. jan (vanligvis))