Wat er het hele jaar speelt in Biarritz, 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: Atlantic swell season (15 sep – 31 mrt), Winter shutdown (1 nov – 15 mrt)

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: Atlantic swell season (15 sep – 31 mrt), Winter shutdown (1 nov – 15 mrt)

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: Atlantic swell season (15 sep – 31 mrt), Winter shutdown (1 nov – 15 mrt)

Topdrukte — Easter weekend, Spring holidays in Frankrijk

In april begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Easter weekend (4–6 apr)

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 ↗

Topdrukte — Wheels and Waves, Lifeguarded beach season

• Festival

  Wheels and Waves

  10–14 junRaceweekendDrukBoek vroeg

  Custom motorcycles, a hill climb on the Basque coast and surfing, held on the Cite de l'Ocean plateau. The town fills a fortnight before the summer season proper starts, so rooms go early for it. Bron ↗

• Seizoen

  Lifeguarded beach season

  15 jun – 15 sep · meestalZomerseizoen opentDruk

  The Grande Plage and Cote des Basques are only flagged and patrolled through the summer, and the beach clubs open with them. Outside that the water is unsupervised and the rip off the Grande Plage is the local hazard. Bron ↗

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

Topdrukte — reizigers noemen het hoogseizoen, Lifeguarded beach season

• 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: Lifeguarded beach season (15 jun – 15 sep (meestal))

Topdrukte — Lifeguarded beach season, Summer holidays in Frankrijk

In augustus begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Lifeguarded beach season (15 jun – 15 sep (meestal))

Druk — Lifeguarded beach season, schoolvakanties in 3 van de markten die de plek vullen

• Festival

  Le Temps d'Aimer la Danse

  10–21 sepKunstenfestival

  A fortnight of dance in the Gare du Midi and out on the beach and the squares, running as the summer crowd thins. Free outdoor pieces make it the easiest festival here to walk into. Bron ↗

• Seizoen

  Atlantic swell season

  15 sep – 31 mrtSurfseizoenRisico

  The long-period groundswell arrives with the autumn and the beach breaks turn serious; the Belharra reef off Saint-Jean-de-Luz only breaks on the biggest of them. Summer here is a learner's ocean, winter is not. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Lifeguarded beach season (15 jun – 15 sep (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: Atlantic swell season (15 sep – 31 mrt)

Druk — All Saints (autumn) holidays in Frankrijk

• Seizoen

  Winter shutdown

  1 nov – 15 mrtSeizoensluitingSluitingen

  A chunk of the seafront restaurants and the surf schools close between the Toussaint holiday and the spring, and the town returns to its residents. The thalasso spas and the Basque bars stay open through it. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Atlantic swell season (15 sep – 31 mrt)

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

In december begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Atlantic swell season (15 sep – 31 mrt), Winter shutdown (1 nov – 15 mrt)