På gång i Annecy (Lake Annecy), France under året

Mest folk — Christmas village, Ski season in the Aravis

Inget nytt börjar i januari.

Pågår fortfarande: Christmas village (26 nov – 3 jan), Ski season in the Aravis (15 dec – 10 apr (vanligtvis))

Lugnt — resenärer beskriver det som lugnt, Ski season in the Aravis

Inget nytt börjar i februari.

Pågår fortfarande: Ski season in the Aravis (15 dec – 10 apr (vanligtvis))

Mest folk — Ski season in the Aravis, Winter (February) holidays i France

• 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: Ski season in the Aravis (15 dec – 10 apr (vanligtvis))

Mest folk — Easter weekend, Ski season in the Aravis

Inget nytt börjar i april.

Pågår fortfarande: Easter weekend (4–6 apr), Ski season in the Aravis (15 dec – 10 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 — Annecy animation film festival, skollov i 4 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

• Festival

  Annecy animation film festival

  21–27 junTrångtBoka tidigt

  The animation industry takes the town for a week; the fiftieth edition moved to the end of June. Rooms within an hour of the lake go by spring, and the free lakeside screenings need no badge. Källa ↗

• Säsong

  Lake warm enough to swim

  25 jun – 10 sep · vanligtvisHavet varmt nog

  The lake comes up to swimming temperature in the last week of June and holds it into September. The town beaches are lifeguarded only through the school holidays; the rest of the shore is not.

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

Mest folk — Bastille Day (14 juillet), Summer holidays i France

• 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: Lake warm enough to swim (25 jun – 10 sep (vanligtvis))

Mest folk — Fete du lac, Summer holidays i France

• Festival

  Fete du lac

  1 augLjus & eldTrångtBoka tidigt

  The pyrotechnic show over the water on the first Saturday of August pulls a six-figure crowd into a small town. Seated tickets sell from the spring and the free banks fill from mid-afternoon. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Lake warm enough to swim (25 jun – 10 sep (vanligtvis))

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

Inget nytt börjar i september.

Pågår fortfarande: Lake warm enough to swim (25 jun – 10 sep (vanligtvis))

Mest folk — Retour des Alpages, All Saints (autumn) holidays i France

• Festival

  Retour des Alpages

  10 oktStor festivalTrångt

  The herds come down off the high pastures and are walked through the old town on a Saturday in October, with cheese makers and old trades set up along the canals from the morning. Källa ↗

Mest folk — Christmas village, All Saints (autumn) holidays i France

• Festival

  Christmas village

  26 nov – 3 janJul & nyårTrångt

  Close to two hundred chalets go up through the old town, along the quays and in the Jardins de l'Europe from late November into the first days of January. The canal streets are single file after dark. Källa ↗

Mest folk — Christmas village, Ski season in the Aravis

• Säsong

  Ski season in the Aravis

  15 dec – 10 apr · vanligtvisTrångt

  La Clusaz, Le Grand-Bornand and the Semnoz are inside an hour, so from mid-December the town carries Saturday transfer traffic it was not built for. Annecy itself stays a lake town.

Pågår fortfarande: Christmas village (26 nov – 3 jan)