French Vacation Calendar 2006 2007
It is that time again, time to think of when exactly are the French vacation times so that we can plan things like Skiing the Alps, séjours to Tunisia, weekends in Brittany and exactly when every single Parisian gets into their Citroen to leave gay Paris (a good thing to know if you are innocently driving on the Périphérique that day and find yourself in the biggest traffic jam ever).
Halloween (yes, we get ten days off for Halloween, how great is that?) and Christmas breaks are the same for all the regions—October 25th thru November 6th and December 22nd thru January 8th. But the others: Winter and Spring/Easter are spread out so that the roads don’t get too congested nor the ski slopes. Plenty of businesses follow the school break calendar to take their six weeks minimum of vacation time so this schedule affects almost everyone including tourists who innocently land in the midst of the mass exodus or worse the mass return!
The Hexagon is divided into three Zones A,B and C for each school region. To look at the nice colourful map go to the Government Website.
Zone A is the regions of Caen, Clermont-Ferrand, Grenoble, Lyon, Montpellier, Nancy-Metz, Nantes, Rennes, and Toulouse
Winter Break February 10th 2007 thru February 26th 2007
Spring Vacation March 31st 2007 thru April 16th 2007
Zone B consists of Besançon, Aix, Marseille, Amiens, Dijon, Lille, Limoges, Nice, Orléans-Tours, Poitiers, Reims, Rouen, and Strasbourg
Winter Break February 24th 2007 thru March 12th 2007
Spring Vacation April 14th 2007 thru May 2nd 2007
Zone C the big four : Bordeaux, Créteil, Paris, Versailles
Winter Break February 17th 2007 thru March 5th 2007
Spring Vacation April 7th 2007 thru April 23rd 2007
