Bank Holidays in UK and France for 2007

Plan your trip because in France shops and restaurants tend to close on national holidays

Please note that most shops and hypermarkets are closed on Sundays apart from Boulangeries (bakeries) which generally stay open until noon.

School Holidays in France

Note: French schools still have some of the longest school holidays in the world, attending school for only around 160 days out of the whole year. Summer school holidays start on July 4th 2007 and end 4th September 2007. Therefore expect all the coastal resorts to be very busy with French family holidaymakers. Other school holidays are staggered according to zones as follows:

ZONE A
Caen, Clermont-Ferrand, Grenoble, Lyon, Montpellier, Nancy-Metz, Nantes, Rennes, Toulouse
Winter: 10 February - 26 February
Spring: 31 march - 16 April

ZONE B
Aix-Marseille, Amiens, Besançon, Dijon, Lille, Limoges, Nice, Orléans-Tours, Poitiers, Reims, Rouen, Strasbourg
Winter: 24 February 07 - 12 March 07
Spring: 14 April - 2 May

ZONE C
Bordeaux, Créteil, Paris, Versailles
Winter: 17 February – 5 March
Spring: 7 April – 23 April

ALL ZONES
Summer Holiday: 4 July - 4 September
Christmas: 23 December 2007 – 7 January 2008