If you are visiting the vineyards of France to buy your favourite wines, it helps to know when the French are on holiday and traffic is likely to peak. If you want to visit some of the 111 vineyards on our lists, then check out the Routes in our member's Premier Pages section.
If you don't want to drive all the way to the vineyard, Winedrive members living in the UK can order great French wine from home at low vineyard prices and have it shipped to Calais, then take a cheap day return from Dover to collect it.
January |
1 |
Holiday (Tuesday) |
March |
23 |
Easter Sunday |
March |
24 |
Easter Monday |
May |
1 |
Labour Day (Thursday) |
May |
1 |
Ascension Day (Thursday) |
May |
8 |
Victory in Europe Day (Thursday) |
May |
12 |
Whit Monday |
July |
14 |
Bastille Day (Monday) |
August |
15 |
Assumption Day (Friday) |
November |
1 |
Holiday (Monday) |
November |
11 |
Armistice Day 1918 (Tuesday) |
December |
25 |
Christmas Day (Thursday) |
Mar |
19 / 20 |
French Summertime Begins (Clocks go forward 1 hour) |
May |
25 |
Mothers Day (Sunday) |
June |
15 |
Fathers Day (Sunday) |
June |
21 |
Longest Day (Mon) |
Oct |
25 / 26 |
French Summertime Ends (Clocks go back 1 hour) |
Dec |
22 |
Shortest Day (Monday) |