På gång i Nice (French Riviera), France under året

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

Inget nytt börjar i januari.

Pågår fortfarande: Christmas village and rink (28 nov – 4 jan (vanligtvis)), Ski day trips open (5 dec – 10 apr (vanligtvis))

Mest folk — Carnaval de Nice, Winter (February) holidays i France

• Festival

  Carnaval de Nice

  10 feb – 5 mar · vanligtvisKarnevalTrångtBoka tidigt

  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. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Ski day trips open (5 dec – 10 apr (vanligtvis))

Mest folk — resenärer beskriver det som högsäsong, Carnaval de Nice

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

Mest folk — Easter weekend, Spring holidays i France

Inget nytt börjar i april.

Pågår fortfarande: Easter weekend (4–6 apr), Ski day trips open (5 dec – 10 apr (vanligtvis))

Mest folk — May holidays and ponts, Cannes Film Festival

• 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

  Cannes Film Festival

  10–28 maj · vanligtvisTrångtBoka tidigt

  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. Källa ↗

Mellansäsong — skollov i 4 av marknaderna som fyller platsen, en helt vanlig månad

• Risk

  Forest access closures

  15 jun – 30 sep · vanligtvisRöksäsongStängningar

  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. Källa ↗

• Natur

  Lavender in Provence

  20 jun – 25 jul · vanligtvisVildblommor & blomning

  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. Källa ↗

• Säsong

  Sea warm enough to swim

  25 jun – 15 okt · vanligtvis

  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.

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

Lugnt — resenärer beskriver det som lugnt, Bastille Day (14 juillet)

• 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 ↗

• Festival

  Nice Jazz Festival

  23–25 julMusikfestivalTrångt

  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. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Forest access closures (15 jun – 30 sep (vanligtvis)), Lavender in Provence (20 jun – 25 jul (vanligtvis)), Sea warm enough to swim (25 jun – 15 okt (vanligtvis))

Mest folk — French holiday peak, Summer holidays i France

• Säsong

  French holiday peak

  1–25 augSkollovTrångt

  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.

Pågår fortfarande: Forest access closures (15 jun – 30 sep (vanligtvis)), Sea warm enough to swim (25 jun – 15 okt (vanligtvis))

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

Inget nytt börjar i september.

Pågår fortfarande: Forest access closures (15 jun – 30 sep (vanligtvis)), Sea warm enough to swim (25 jun – 15 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: Sea warm enough to swim (25 jun – 15 okt (vanligtvis))

Mycket folk — All Saints (autumn) holidays i France

• Festival

  Christmas village and rink

  28 nov – 4 jan · vanligtvisJul & nyår

  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. Källa ↗

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

• Öppning

  Ski day trips open

  5 dec – 10 apr · vanligtvisSkidsäsong

  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. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Christmas village and rink (28 nov – 4 jan (vanligtvis))