Wat er het hele jaar speelt in Nice (French Riviera), 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: Christmas village and rink (28 nov – 4 jan (meestal)), Ski day trips open (5 dec – 10 apr (meestal))

Topdrukte — Carnaval de Nice, Winter (February) holidays in Frankrijk

• Festival

  Carnaval de Nice

  10 feb – 5 mrt · meestalCarnavalDrukBoek vroeg

  A fortnight of float parades and flower battles on the Promenade and Place Massena, running at the same time as Menton's lemon festival half an hour along the coast. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Ski day trips open (5 dec – 10 apr (meestal))

Topdrukte — reizigers noemen het hoogseizoen, Carnaval de Nice

• 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: Carnaval de Nice (10 feb – 5 mrt (meestal)), Ski day trips open (5 dec – 10 apr (meestal))

Topdrukte — Easter weekend, Spring holidays in Frankrijk

In april begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Easter weekend (4–6 apr), Ski day trips open (5 dec – 10 apr (meestal))

Topdrukte — May holidays and ponts, Cannes Film Festival

• 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

  Cannes Film Festival

  10–28 mei · meestalDrukBoek vroeg

  The festival is forty minutes down the coast, but the hotel market is regional: Nice reprices for the fortnight and the airport transfer queue doubles. Bron ↗

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

• Risico

  Forest access closures

  15 jun – 30 sep · meestalRookseizoenSluitingen

  The department grades fire risk daily through the summer and closes the massifs behind the city — the Esterel, the approaches to the Mercantour — to walkers on the worst days, decided the evening before. Bron ↗

• Natuur

  Lavender in Provence

  20 jun – 25 jul · meestalWilde bloemen & bloei

  The Valensole plateau and the Sault fields usually peak between late June and the third week of July, and are cut soon after. It is a long day trip inland rather than an afternoon. Bron ↗

• Seizoen

  Sea warm enough to swim

  25 jun – 15 okt · meestal

  The Mediterranean here holds its heat into October, well after the crowds have gone. Bring something for your feet: the beach is pebbles the whole way along.

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

Rustig — reizigers noemen het rustig, Bastille Day (14 juillet)

• 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 ↗

• Festival

  Nice Jazz Festival

  23–25 julMuziekfestivalDruk

  Several nights in the second half of July in the gardens and squares off the Promenade. It is the oldest festival of its kind in Europe and the programme now stretches well past jazz. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Forest access closures (15 jun – 30 sep (meestal)), Lavender in Provence (20 jun – 25 jul (meestal)), Sea warm enough to swim (25 jun – 15 okt (meestal))

Topdrukte — French holiday peak, Summer holidays in Frankrijk

• Seizoen

  French holiday peak

  1–25 augSchoolvakantiesDruk

  France takes August off and a good share of it comes here. The corniche roads back up, the beach clubs sell out days ahead, and the family restaurants in the old town raise their prices with the demand.

Nog steeds bezig: Forest access closures (15 jun – 30 sep (meestal)), Sea warm enough to swim (25 jun – 15 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: Forest access closures (15 jun – 30 sep (meestal)), Sea warm enough to swim (25 jun – 15 okt (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: Sea warm enough to swim (25 jun – 15 okt (meestal))

Druk — All Saints (autumn) holidays in Frankrijk

• Festival

  Christmas village and rink

  28 nov – 4 jan · meestalKerst & nieuwjaar

  The gardens between the old town and Place Massena take a market, a big wheel and an outdoor rink for five weeks, in the mildest winter of any city in France. Bron ↗

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

• Opening

  Ski day trips open

  5 dec – 10 apr · meestalSkiseizoen

  Isola 2000 and Auron are about ninety minutes from the seafront and run from December to early April. It is the one thing that makes a winter week here different from the rest of the coast. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Christmas village and rink (28 nov – 4 jan (meestal))