O que acontece em Nice (French Riviera), França, ao longo do ano

Movimentado — Christmas holidays em França, férias escolares em 6 dos países que mais mandam visitantes

Nada novo começa em janeiro.

Ainda em andamento: Christmas village and rink (28 Nov – 4 Jan (normalmente)), Ski day trips open (5 Dez – 10 Abr (normalmente))

Lotação máxima — Carnaval de Nice, Winter (February) holidays em França

• Festival

  Carnaval de Nice

  10 Fev – 5 Mar · normalmenteCarnavalLotadoReserve cedo

  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. Fonte ↗

Ainda em andamento: Ski day trips open (5 Dez – 10 Abr (normalmente))

Lotação máxima — viajantes descrevem como alta temporada, Carnaval de Nice

• Feriado

  Easter weekend

  4–6 AbrPáscoa e Semana SantaLotadoFechamentos

  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. Fonte ↗

Ainda em andamento: Carnaval de Nice (10 Fev – 5 Mar (normalmente)), Ski day trips open (5 Dez – 10 Abr (normalmente))

Lotação máxima — Easter weekend, Spring holidays em França

Nada novo começa em abril.

Ainda em andamento: Easter weekend (4–6 Abr), Ski day trips open (5 Dez – 10 Abr (normalmente))

Lotação máxima — May holidays and ponts, Cannes Film Festival

• Feriado

  May holidays and ponts

  1–25 MaiFeriado nacionalLotadoReserve cedoFechamentos

  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. Fonte ↗

• Festival

  Cannes Film Festival

  10–28 Mai · normalmenteLotadoReserve cedo

  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. Fonte ↗

Meia-estação — férias escolares em 4 dos países que mais mandam visitantes, um mês comum

• Risco

  Forest access closures

  15 Jun – 30 Set · normalmenteTemporada de fumaçaFechamentos

  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. Fonte ↗

• Natureza

  Lavender in Provence

  20 Jun – 25 Jul · normalmenteFlores silvestres e floradas

  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. Fonte ↗

• Temporada

  Sea warm enough to swim

  25 Jun – 15 Out · normalmente

  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.

Ainda em andamento: May holidays and ponts (1–25 Mai)

Tranquilo — viajantes descrevem como tranquilo, Bastille Day (14 juillet)

• Feriado

  Bastille Day (14 juillet)

  13–14 JulFeriado nacionalLotadoFechamentos

  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. Fonte ↗

• Festival

  Nice Jazz Festival

  23–25 JulFestival de músicaLotado

  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. Fonte ↗

Ainda em andamento: Forest access closures (15 Jun – 30 Set (normalmente)), Lavender in Provence (20 Jun – 25 Jul (normalmente)), Sea warm enough to swim (25 Jun – 15 Out (normalmente))

Lotação máxima — French holiday peak, Summer holidays em França

• Temporada

  French holiday peak

  1–25 AgoFérias escolaresLotado

  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.

Ainda em andamento: Forest access closures (15 Jun – 30 Set (normalmente)), Sea warm enough to swim (25 Jun – 15 Out (normalmente))

Movimentado — férias escolares em 3 dos países que mais mandam visitantes, um dos melhores meses em clima

Nada novo começa em setembro.

Ainda em andamento: Forest access closures (15 Jun – 30 Set (normalmente)), Sea warm enough to swim (25 Jun – 15 Out (normalmente))

Movimentado — All Saints (autumn) holidays em França, férias escolares em 3 dos países que mais mandam visitantes

Nada novo começa em outubro.

Ainda em andamento: Sea warm enough to swim (25 Jun – 15 Out (normalmente))

Movimentado — All Saints (autumn) holidays em França

• Festival

  Christmas village and rink

  28 Nov – 4 Jan · normalmenteNatal e Ano-Novo

  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. Fonte ↗

Movimentado — Christmas holidays em França, férias escolares em 6 dos países que mais mandam visitantes

• Abertura

  Ski day trips open

  5 Dez – 10 Abr · normalmenteTemporada de esqui

  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. Fonte ↗

Ainda em andamento: Christmas village and rink (28 Nov – 4 Jan (normalmente))