På gång i Aix-en-Provence (Provence), France under året

Mycket folk — Christmas holidays i France, skollov i 6 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

Inget nytt börjar i januari.

Pågår fortfarande: The mistral (1 dec – 30 apr (vanligtvis))

Mycket folk — Winter (February) holidays i France, skollov i 2 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

Inget nytt börjar i februari.

Pågår fortfarande: The mistral (1 dec – 30 apr (vanligtvis))

Mycket folk — Winter (February) holidays i France, skollov i 3 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

• Helg

  Easter weekend

  4–6 aprPåsk & stilla veckanTrångtStängningar

  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. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: The mistral (1 dec – 30 apr (vanligtvis))

Mest folk — Easter weekend, Spring holidays i France

Inget nytt börjar i april.

Pågår fortfarande: Easter weekend (4–6 apr), The mistral (1 dec – 30 apr (vanligtvis))

Mest folk — May holidays and ponts, Spring holidays i France

• Helg

  May holidays and ponts

  1–25 majNationell helgdagTrångtBoka tidigtStängningar

  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. Källa ↗

Mycket folk — skollov i 4 av marknaderna som fyller platsen, en av dess bästa vädermånader

• Natur

  Lavender on the Valensole plateau

  20 jun – 25 jul · vanligtvisVildblommor & blomning

  The fields an hour north of town come out in the last days of June and are cut through July. Go early: the coaches reach Valensole by ten and the roadside pull-ins fill.

Pågår fortfarande: May holidays and ponts (1–25 maj)

Mest folk — Festival d'Aix, Bastille Day (14 juillet)

• Risk

  Heatwave weeks

  1 jul – 25 aug · vanligtvisExtrem värme

  Most summers bring stretches where the town moves indoors until six and the fountains are the only shade worth having. Meteo-France runs the warnings department by department. Källa ↗

• Festival

  Festival d'Aix

  2–21 julMusikfestivalTrångtBoka tidigt

  Three weeks of opera in the open courtyard of the Archeveche and at the Grand Theatre. The audience books in the spring, and the restaurant tables at eight go with it. Källa ↗

• Helg

  Bastille Day (14 juillet)

  13–14 julNationell helgdagTrångtStängningar

  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. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Lavender on the Valensole plateau (20 jun – 25 jul (vanligtvis))

Mycket folk — Summer holidays i France, skollov i 6 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

• Säsong

  Vendanges in the Coteaux d'Aix

  25 aug – 10 okt · vanligtvisSkörd

  Picking runs from the end of August into early October across the hills either side of the town. Estates that take visitors often shut the tasting room while the crop is in, so ring ahead.

Pågår fortfarande: Heatwave weeks (1 jul – 25 aug (vanligtvis))

Mycket folk — skollov i 3 av marknaderna som fyller platsen, en av dess bästa vädermånader

Inget nytt börjar i september.

Pågår fortfarande: Vendanges in the Coteaux d'Aix (25 aug – 10 okt (vanligtvis))

Mycket folk — All Saints (autumn) holidays i France, skollov i 3 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

Inget nytt börjar i oktober.

Pågår fortfarande: Vendanges in the Coteaux d'Aix (25 aug – 10 okt (vanligtvis))

Lugnt — resenärer beskriver det som lugnt, Christmas market and santon fair

• Festival

  Christmas market and santon fair

  13 nov – 31 dec · vanligtvisJul & nyårTrångt

  About fifty chalets down the Cours Mirabeau from the middle of November, with the santon makers alongside selling nativity figures by the tray. The fair shuts on 25 December, the market runs to the 31st. Källa ↗

Mest folk — Christmas market and santon fair, Christmas holidays i France

• Säsong

  The mistral

  1 dec – 30 apr · vanligtvisVindsäsongRisk

  The valley wind comes down for two or three days at a time, hardest between December and April. It scours the sky clear and empties every terrace on the Cours Mirabeau while it lasts. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Christmas market and santon fair (13 nov – 31 dec (vanligtvis))