Hva som skjer i Nice (French Riviera), France gjennom året

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

Ingenting nytt starter i januar.

Fortsatt på gang: Christmas village and rink (28. nov – 4. jan (vanligvis)), Ski day trips open (5. des – 10. apr (vanligvis))

Toppsesong — Carnaval de Nice, Winter (February) holidays i France

• Festival

  Carnaval de Nice

  10. feb – 5. mar · vanligvisKarnevalMye folkBestill tidlig

  A fortnight of float parades and flower battles on the Promenade and Place Massena, running at the same time as Menton's lemon festival half an hour along the coast. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Ski day trips open (5. des – 10. apr (vanligvis))

Toppsesong — reisende beskriver det som høysesong, Carnaval de Nice

• 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: Carnaval de Nice (10. feb – 5. mar (vanligvis)), Ski day trips open (5. des – 10. apr (vanligvis))

Toppsesong — Easter weekend, Spring holidays i France

Ingenting nytt starter i april.

Fortsatt på gang: Easter weekend (4.–6. apr), Ski day trips open (5. des – 10. apr (vanligvis))

Toppsesong — May holidays and ponts, Cannes Film Festival

• 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

  Cannes Film Festival

  10.–28. mai · vanligvisMye folkBestill tidlig

  The festival is forty minutes down the coast, but the hotel market is regional: Nice reprices for the fortnight and the airport transfer queue doubles. Kilde ↗

Skuldersesong — skoleferie i 4 av markedene som fyller stedet, en helt vanlig måned

• Fare

  Forest access closures

  15. jun – 30. sep · vanligvisRøyksesongStengninger

  The department grades fire risk daily through the summer and closes the massifs behind the city — the Esterel, the approaches to the Mercantour — to walkers on the worst days, decided the evening before. Kilde ↗

• Natur

  Lavender in Provence

  20. jun – 25. jul · vanligvisVillblomster og blomstring

  The Valensole plateau and the Sault fields usually peak between late June and the third week of July, and are cut soon after. It is a long day trip inland rather than an afternoon. Kilde ↗

• Sesong

  Sea warm enough to swim

  25. jun – 15. okt · vanligvis

  The Mediterranean here holds its heat into October, well after the crowds have gone. Bring something for your feet: the beach is pebbles the whole way along.

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

Rolig — reisende beskriver det som rolig, Bastille Day (14 juillet)

• 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

  Nice Jazz Festival

  23.–25. julMusikkfestivalMye folk

  Several nights in the second half of July in the gardens and squares off the Promenade. It is the oldest festival of its kind in Europe and the programme now stretches well past jazz. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Forest access closures (15. jun – 30. sep (vanligvis)), Lavender in Provence (20. jun – 25. jul (vanligvis)), Sea warm enough to swim (25. jun – 15. okt (vanligvis))

Toppsesong — French holiday peak, Summer holidays i France

• Sesong

  French holiday peak

  1.–25. augSkoleferieMye folk

  France takes August off and a good share of it comes here. The corniche roads back up, the beach clubs sell out days ahead, and the family restaurants in the old town raise their prices with the demand.

Fortsatt på gang: Forest access closures (15. jun – 30. sep (vanligvis)), Sea warm enough to swim (25. jun – 15. okt (vanligvis))

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

Ingenting nytt starter i september.

Fortsatt på gang: Forest access closures (15. jun – 30. sep (vanligvis)), Sea warm enough to swim (25. jun – 15. 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: Sea warm enough to swim (25. jun – 15. okt (vanligvis))

Travelt — All Saints (autumn) holidays i France

• Festival

  Christmas village and rink

  28. nov – 4. jan · vanligvisJul og nyttår

  The gardens between the old town and Place Massena take a market, a big wheel and an outdoor rink for five weeks, in the mildest winter of any city in France. Kilde ↗

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

• Åpning

  Ski day trips open

  5. des – 10. apr · vanligvisSkisesong

  Isola 2000 and Auron are about ninety minutes from the seafront and run from December to early April. It is the one thing that makes a winter week here different from the rest of the coast. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Christmas village and rink (28. nov – 4. jan (vanligvis))