Wat er het hele jaar speelt in Aix-en-Provence (Provence), Frankrijk

Druk — Christmas holidays in Frankrijk, schoolvakanties in 6 van de markten die de plek vullen

In januari begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: The mistral (1 dec – 30 apr (meestal))

Druk — Winter (February) holidays in Frankrijk, schoolvakanties in 2 van de markten die de plek vullen

In februari begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: The mistral (1 dec – 30 apr (meestal))

Druk — Winter (February) holidays in Frankrijk, schoolvakanties in 3 van de markten die de plek vullen

• Feestdag

  Easter weekend

  4–6 aprPasen & Goede WeekDrukSluitingen

  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. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: The mistral (1 dec – 30 apr (meestal))

Topdrukte — Easter weekend, Spring holidays in Frankrijk

In april begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Easter weekend (4–6 apr), The mistral (1 dec – 30 apr (meestal))

Topdrukte — May holidays and ponts, Spring holidays in Frankrijk

• Feestdag

  May holidays and ponts

  1–25 meiNationale feestdagDrukBoek vroegSluitingen

  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. Bron ↗

Druk — schoolvakanties in 4 van de markten die de plek vullen, een van de beste maanden qua weer

• Natuur

  Lavender on the Valensole plateau

  20 jun – 25 jul · meestalWilde bloemen & bloei

  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.

Nog steeds bezig: May holidays and ponts (1–25 mei)

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

• Risico

  Heatwave weeks

  1 jul – 25 aug · meestalExtreme hitte

  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. Bron ↗

• Festival

  Festival d'Aix

  2–21 julMuziekfestivalDrukBoek vroeg

  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. Bron ↗

• Feestdag

  Bastille Day (14 juillet)

  13–14 julNationale feestdagDrukSluitingen

  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. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Lavender on the Valensole plateau (20 jun – 25 jul (meestal))

Druk — Summer holidays in Frankrijk, schoolvakanties in 6 van de markten die de plek vullen

• Seizoen

  Vendanges in the Coteaux d'Aix

  25 aug – 10 okt · meestalOogsttijd

  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.

Nog steeds bezig: Heatwave weeks (1 jul – 25 aug (meestal))

Druk — schoolvakanties in 3 van de markten die de plek vullen, een van de beste maanden qua weer

In september begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Vendanges in the Coteaux d'Aix (25 aug – 10 okt (meestal))

Druk — All Saints (autumn) holidays in Frankrijk, schoolvakanties in 3 van de markten die de plek vullen

In oktober begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Vendanges in the Coteaux d'Aix (25 aug – 10 okt (meestal))

Rustig — reizigers noemen het rustig, Christmas market and santon fair

• Festival

  Christmas market and santon fair

  13 nov – 31 dec · meestalKerst & nieuwjaarDruk

  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. Bron ↗

Topdrukte — Christmas market and santon fair, Christmas holidays in Frankrijk

• Seizoen

  The mistral

  1 dec – 30 apr · meestalWindseizoenRisico

  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. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Christmas market and santon fair (13 nov – 31 dec (meestal))