Wat er het hele jaar speelt in Avignon, Frankrijk

Topdrukte — Cheval Passion, Christmas holidays in Frankrijk

• Festival

  Cheval Passion

  14–18 jan · meestalGroot festivalDrukBoek vroeg

  Five days of horses at the Parc des Expositions in the middle of January, and the one week of the winter when the hotels inside the walls sell out. Bron ↗

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

• Festival

  Les Hivernales dance festival

  3–21 feb · meestalKunstenfestival

  Three weeks of contemporary dance across the town in February, on a scale you can still book into a week ahead. The opposite of July in every respect. Bron ↗

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, Feria de Pentecote in Nimes

• 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 ↗

• Festival

  Feria de Pentecote in Nimes

  10 mei – 15 jun · meestalGroot festivalDruk

  Over the Pentecost weekend Nimes, 30 minutes away by train, fills with bodegas, brass bands, bull runs in the streets and corridas in the Roman arena. Loud, late and not for everyone. Bron ↗

Druk — Feria de Pentecote in Nimes, schoolvakanties in 4 van de markten die de plek vullen

• Natuur

  Lavender in bloom

  15 jun – 20 jul · meestalWilde bloemen & bloei

  The lavender fields of the Luberon, Senanque Abbey and the Sault plateau flower from late June, an hour's drive away. Harvest starts in mid-July and the colour goes quickly after that.

Nog steeds bezig: May holidays and ponts (1–25 mei), Feria de Pentecote in Nimes (10 mei – 15 jun (meestal))

Topdrukte — Festival d'Avignon and the Off, Bastille Day (14 juillet)

• Risico

  Heatwave weeks

  1 jul – 25 aug · meestalExtreme hitte

  Avignon sits in one of the hottest corners of France and the festival plays straight through it: the stone courtyards hold the day until well past midnight. Meteo-France runs the warnings. Bron ↗

• Festival

  Festival d'Avignon and the Off

  4–26 jul · meestalKunstenfestivalDrukBoek vroeg

  For three weeks the official programme plays in the Cour d'honneur of the Palais des Papes while well over a thousand Off shows fill every hall, chapel and garage in the walls. Rooms go by spring. 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 in bloom (15 jun – 20 jul (meestal))

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

In augustus begint er niets nieuws.

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

• Natuur

  Chateauneuf-du-Pape grape harvest

  1 sep – 5 okt · meestal

  The harvest opens with the Ban des Vendanges on the first Friday of September, when the wine brotherhood in medieval dress proclaims it in the village, 20 minutes north. Cellars are busy but still open for tastings. Bron ↗

• Risico

  Autumn flash floods

  10 sep – 30 nov · meestalOverstromingsseizoen

  Mediterranean downpours can drop months of rain in a few hours on the Vaucluse and Gard in autumn. Rivers rise fast, roads flood and trains stop; follow Meteo-France orange and red warnings. Bron ↗

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: Chateauneuf-du-Pape grape harvest (1 sep – 5 okt (meestal)), Autumn flash floods (10 sep – 30 nov (meestal))

Rustig — reizigers noemen het rustig, Christmas market

• Festival

  Christmas market

  20 nov – 31 dec · meestalKerst & nieuwjaarDruk

  Chalets on the Place de l'Horloge and down the Rue de la Republique from late November, with the provencal santon stalls beside them. December is otherwise the quietest month here. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Autumn flash floods (10 sep – 30 nov (meestal))

Topdrukte — Christmas market, Christmas holidays in Frankrijk

• Seizoen

  The mistral

  1 dec – 30 apr · meestalWindseizoenRisico

  The Rhone valley funnels the wind straight past the ramparts, hardest from December to April. It takes the cloud with it, and the terraces on the Place de l'Horloge with it too. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Christmas market (20 nov – 31 dec (meestal))