På gång i Avignon, France under året

Mest folk — Cheval Passion, Christmas holidays i France

• Festival

  Cheval Passion

  14–18 jan · vanligtvisStor festivalTrångtBoka tidigt

  Five days of horses at the Parc des Expositions in the middle of January, and the one week of the winter when the hotels inside the walls sell out. Källa ↗

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

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

• Festival

  Les Hivernales dance festival

  3–21 feb · vanligtvisKulturfestival

  Three weeks of contemporary dance across the town in February, on a scale you can still book into a week ahead. The opposite of July in every respect. Källa ↗

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, Feria de Pentecote in Nimes

• 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 ↗

• Festival

  Feria de Pentecote in Nimes

  10 maj – 15 jun · vanligtvisStor festivalTrångt

  Over the Pentecost weekend Nimes, 30 minutes away by train, fills with bodegas, brass bands, bull runs in the streets and corridas in the Roman arena. Loud, late and not for everyone. Källa ↗

Mycket folk — Feria de Pentecote in Nimes, skollov i 4 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

• Natur

  Lavender in bloom

  15 jun – 20 jul · vanligtvisVildblommor & blomning

  The lavender fields of the Luberon, Senanque Abbey and the Sault plateau flower from late June, an hour's drive away. Harvest starts in mid-July and the colour goes quickly after that.

Pågår fortfarande: May holidays and ponts (1–25 maj), Feria de Pentecote in Nimes (10 maj – 15 jun (vanligtvis))

Mest folk — Festival d'Avignon and the Off, Bastille Day (14 juillet)

• Risk

  Heatwave weeks

  1 jul – 25 aug · vanligtvisExtrem värme

  Avignon sits in one of the hottest corners of France and the festival plays straight through it: the stone courtyards hold the day until well past midnight. Meteo-France runs the warnings. Källa ↗

• Festival

  Festival d'Avignon and the Off

  4–26 jul · vanligtvisKulturfestivalTrångtBoka tidigt

  For three weeks the official programme plays in the Cour d'honneur of the Palais des Papes while well over a thousand Off shows fill every hall, chapel and garage in the walls. Rooms go by spring. 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 in bloom (15 jun – 20 jul (vanligtvis))

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

Inget nytt börjar i augusti.

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

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

• Natur

  Chateauneuf-du-Pape grape harvest

  1 sep – 5 okt · vanligtvis

  The harvest opens with the Ban des Vendanges on the first Friday of September, when the wine brotherhood in medieval dress proclaims it in the village, 20 minutes north. Cellars are busy but still open for tastings. Källa ↗

• Risk

  Autumn flash floods

  10 sep – 30 nov · vanligtvisÖversvämningssäsong

  Mediterranean downpours can drop months of rain in a few hours on the Vaucluse and Gard in autumn. Rivers rise fast, roads flood and trains stop; follow Meteo-France orange and red warnings. Källa ↗

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

Inget nytt börjar i oktober.

Pågår fortfarande: Chateauneuf-du-Pape grape harvest (1 sep – 5 okt (vanligtvis)), Autumn flash floods (10 sep – 30 nov (vanligtvis))

Lugnt — resenärer beskriver det som lugnt, Christmas market

• Festival

  Christmas market

  20 nov – 31 dec · vanligtvisJul & nyårTrångt

  Chalets on the Place de l'Horloge and down the Rue de la Republique from late November, with the provencal santon stalls beside them. December is otherwise the quietest month here. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Autumn flash floods (10 sep – 30 nov (vanligtvis))

Mest folk — Christmas market, Christmas holidays i France

• Säsong

  The mistral

  1 dec – 30 apr · vanligtvisVindsäsongRisk

  The Rhone valley funnels the wind straight past the ramparts, hardest from December to April. It takes the cloud with it, and the terraces on the Place de l'Horloge with it too. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Christmas market (20 nov – 31 dec (vanligtvis))