THE
BUSIEST DAYS ON THE
ROADS IN FRANCE
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information
Spring
and Summer 2022
Below are the days on which to avoid the French motorway system if you
possibly can, based on official
traffic forecasts - from the French highways
agency.
Black spots = the classic points
of major congestion on the French motorway network on peak holiday
weekends
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Routes
through France including toll-free routes and routes to Spain
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2022 information
- Green from
11th May to 28th June except
Red Wed 25th and Thur
26th May (Ascension holiday) and Friday 3rd June
(whitsun)
- Summer
weekends: orange
or
red
on all routes every Friday and Saturday from 1st July to Friday 12th August.
- Black
Saturdays 2022 : 30th July on
all
routes.
9th and 22nd July, 6th and 13th August in Rhone valley
- Red days on all routes: Sats
9th 16th & 30th July , 6th and 13th August
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- Green
from
11th May to 28th June except
Sunday 29th May (end of Ascension weekend)
- Summer
weekends: orange
or red
on all routes every Friday and Saturday from 8th
July to 27th August.
- Weekend
1st - 2nd August: orange everywhere
- Weekends
5th and 12th August
Red everywhere
on the Saturdays,
Orange on Friday, Sunday and Monday
- Weekend Fri 19th - Mon 22nd
August
Friday
Saturday Sunday: red everywhere. Monday Orange everywhere
- Weekend Fri 26th - Mon 29th
August
Friday and Saturday red everywhere. Sunday
& Monday
Red in Paris area
and Rhone valley,
Orange everywhere else
- The
worst weekends for travelling north : the last three weekends of
August
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