Wat er het hele jaar speelt in La Rochelle, 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: Oyster and mussel season (1 sep – 30 apr (meestal)), Atlantic storm season (1 nov – 28 feb (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: Oyster and mussel season (1 sep – 30 apr (meestal)), Atlantic storm season (1 nov – 28 feb (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: Oyster and mussel season (1 sep – 30 apr (meestal))

Topdrukte — reizigers noemen het hoogseizoen, Easter weekend

In april begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Easter weekend (4–6 apr), Oyster and mussel season (1 sep – 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 ↗

Tussenseizoen — schoolvakanties in 4 van de markten die de plek vullen, een gewone maand

• Seizoen

  Atlantic swimming season

  25 jun – 20 sep · meestalZee op temperatuur

  The bay only really warms up from the end of June and cools quickly after the first September gales. Locals swim either side of that in a wetsuit and think nothing of it.

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

Topdrukte — Francofolies, The Ile de Re summer

• Festival

  Francofolies

  10–14 julMuziekfestivalDrukBoek vroeg

  Five days of French-language music on stages around the old port in the middle of July, a hundred-odd acts, and the whole town given over to it. Rooms are gone months before the line-up is out. Bron ↗

• Feestdag

  The Ile de Re summer

  10 jul – 25 augSchoolvakantiesDrukBoek vroeg

  Half of Paris takes the island for the school holidays and everything crosses the same toll bridge. Go over early or late in the day, and do not expect to park in the old port at all. 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: Atlantic swimming season (25 jun – 20 sep (meestal))

Topdrukte — The Ile de Re summer, Summer holidays in Frankrijk

In augustus begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Atlantic swimming season (25 jun – 20 sep (meestal)), The Ile de Re summer (10 jul – 25 aug)

Druk — Grand Pavois boat show, schoolvakanties in 3 van de markten die de plek vullen

• Seizoen

  Oyster and mussel season

  1 sep – 30 apr · meestalPlukseizoen

  Marennes-Oleron oysters and the bouchot mussels of the bay run through the cold half of the year, and the market on the Place du Marche is where to eat them standing up.

• Festival

  Grand Pavois boat show

  22–27 sepGroot festivalDrukBoek vroeg

  Six days at the Port des Minimes with several hundred boats afloat and tens of thousands of visitors, which is why late September here is not the cheap shoulder it looks like. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Atlantic swimming season (25 jun – 20 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: Oyster and mussel season (1 sep – 30 apr (meestal))

Druk — All Saints (autumn) holidays in Frankrijk

• Risico

  Atlantic storm season

  1 nov – 28 feb · meestal

  Depressions come in off the Atlantic all winter, and on a high spring tide the sea gets over the sea wall on the Vieux Port. Meteo-France runs the coastal and wave warnings for the department. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Oyster and mussel season (1 sep – 30 apr (meestal))

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

In december begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Oyster and mussel season (1 sep – 30 apr (meestal)), Atlantic storm season (1 nov – 28 feb (meestal))