France Month by Month - Discover France: Experience the Best of France - page 82

Pèlerinage des Gitans
Roma from all over Europe flock to the Camargue on 24 and 25 May and again in
October (nearest Sunday to 22 October) for a flamboyant fiesta of street music,
dancing and dipping their toes in the sea ( www.gitans.fr , in French).
Starring at Cannes
In mid-May film stars and celebrities walk the red carpet at Cannes, the biggest of
Europe's cinema extravaganzas ( www.festival-cannes.com ) .
Monaco Grand Prix
How fitting that the most glamorous race of the Formula One season rips around
the streets of one of the world's most glam countries ( www.formula1monaco.com ).
June
With the onset of midsummer France's festival pace quickens and the first bathers
are tempted into the sea.
Fête de la Musique
Orchestras, crooners, buskers and bands fill streets and squares with music during
France's vibrant nationwide celebration of music on 21 June
( www.fetedelamusique.culture.fr , in French).
July
If lavender's your French love, this is the month to catch it in flower in Provence.
School's out for the summer, and the country teems with tourists and traffic.
Tour de France
The world's most prestigious cycling race ends on av des Champs-Élysées in Paris
on the third or fourth Sunday of July, but you can catch it for two weeks before all
over France - the route changes each year but the French Alps are a hot spot
( www.letour.fr ) .