Wat er het hele jaar speelt in Marseille, 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

• Regel

  Calanques summer access rules

  1 jun – 30 sepSluitingenRisico

  From 1 June to 30 September the prefecture rates the massif for fire risk daily and closes every trail on red and black days. Sugiton is capped by free permit through high summer; the map goes up the evening before. Bron ↗

• Festival

  Festival de Marseille

  14 jun – 8 julKunstenfestival

  Three weeks of dance and live art spread across a dozen venues from the Friche to the beaches, in June and early July. Much of it plays outdoors and late, which is the only sensible hour by then. Bron ↗

• Seizoen

  Sea warm enough to swim

  15 jun – 10 okt · meestal

  The city swims from the Corniche and the Prado beaches from the middle of June into October. A hard mistral drops the water several degrees overnight and empties the coves for a day or two.

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: Calanques summer access rules (1 jun – 30 sep), Festival de Marseille (14 jun – 8 jul), Sea warm enough to swim (15 jun – 10 okt (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: Calanques summer access rules (1 jun – 30 sep), Sea warm enough to swim (15 jun – 10 okt (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: Calanques summer access rules (1 jun – 30 sep), Sea warm enough to swim (15 jun – 10 okt (meestal))

Topdrukte — Marseille-Cassis road race, All Saints (autumn) holidays in Frankrijk

• Festival

  Marseille-Cassis road race

  25 oktSportevenementDrukSluitingen

  Twenty thousand runners go from the Velodrome over the Col de la Gineste to Cassis on the last Sunday of October. The coast road and half the eastern exits are shut until the early afternoon. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Sea warm enough to swim (15 jun – 10 okt (meestal))

Topdrukte — Foire aux santons, All Saints (autumn) holidays in Frankrijk

• Festival

  Foire aux santons

  20 nov – 31 dec · meestalKerst & nieuwjaarDruk

  The santon makers set up on the Cours d'Estienne d'Orves from late November, the oldest fair of its kind in Provence, and the navettes come out of the oven at Saint-Victor alongside it. Bron ↗

Topdrukte — Foire aux santons, Christmas holidays in Frankrijk

• Seizoen

  The mistral

  1 dec – 30 apr · meestalWindseizoenRisico

  Three days at a time of hard, cold, clean wind, most often between December and April. The boats to the Frioul and the Calanques stop, and the light afterwards is the best of the year.

Nog steeds bezig: Foire aux santons (20 nov – 31 dec (meestal))