Wat er het hele jaar speelt in Annecy (Lake Annecy), Frankrijk

Topdrukte — Christmas village, Ski season in the Aravis

In januari begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Christmas village (26 nov – 3 jan), Ski season in the Aravis (15 dec – 10 apr (meestal))

Rustig — reizigers noemen het rustig, Ski season in the Aravis

In februari begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Ski season in the Aravis (15 dec – 10 apr (meestal))

Topdrukte — Ski season in the Aravis, Winter (February) holidays in Frankrijk

• 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: Ski season in the Aravis (15 dec – 10 apr (meestal))

Topdrukte — Easter weekend, Ski season in the Aravis

In april begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Easter weekend (4–6 apr), Ski season in the Aravis (15 dec – 10 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 — Annecy animation film festival, schoolvakanties in 4 van de markten die de plek vullen

• Festival

  Annecy animation film festival

  21–27 junDrukBoek vroeg

  The animation industry takes the town for a week; the fiftieth edition moved to the end of June. Rooms within an hour of the lake go by spring, and the free lakeside screenings need no badge. Bron ↗

• Seizoen

  Lake warm enough to swim

  25 jun – 10 sep · meestalZee op temperatuur

  The lake comes up to swimming temperature in the last week of June and holds it into September. The town beaches are lifeguarded only through the school holidays; the rest of the shore is not.

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

Topdrukte — Bastille Day (14 juillet), Summer holidays in Frankrijk

• 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: Lake warm enough to swim (25 jun – 10 sep (meestal))

Topdrukte — Fete du lac, Summer holidays in Frankrijk

• Festival

  Fete du lac

  1 augLicht & vuurDrukBoek vroeg

  The pyrotechnic show over the water on the first Saturday of August pulls a six-figure crowd into a small town. Seated tickets sell from the spring and the free banks fill from mid-afternoon. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Lake warm enough to swim (25 jun – 10 sep (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: Lake warm enough to swim (25 jun – 10 sep (meestal))

Topdrukte — Retour des Alpages, All Saints (autumn) holidays in Frankrijk

• Festival

  Retour des Alpages

  10 oktGroot festivalDruk

  The herds come down off the high pastures and are walked through the old town on a Saturday in October, with cheese makers and old trades set up along the canals from the morning. Bron ↗

Topdrukte — Christmas village, All Saints (autumn) holidays in Frankrijk

• Festival

  Christmas village

  26 nov – 3 janKerst & nieuwjaarDruk

  Close to two hundred chalets go up through the old town, along the quays and in the Jardins de l'Europe from late November into the first days of January. The canal streets are single file after dark. Bron ↗

Topdrukte — Christmas village, Ski season in the Aravis

• Seizoen

  Ski season in the Aravis

  15 dec – 10 apr · meestalDruk

  La Clusaz, Le Grand-Bornand and the Semnoz are inside an hour, so from mid-December the town carries Saturday transfer traffic it was not built for. Annecy itself stays a lake town.

Nog steeds bezig: Christmas village (26 nov – 3 jan)