DAYLIGHT SAVINGS: in France is Sunday, March thirtieth (at 2am, clocks will spring ahead to 3am), three weeks later than Daylight Financial savings within the US (which takes place March ninth).
VACANCES SCOLAIRES (French College Holidays): The winter holidays for 2025 are February 8 by means of March 10, relying on the area (Paris/Ile-de-France is February 15-March 3). This normally impacts how crowded a selected metropolis or resort could also be, in addition to practice and lodge costs.
First Sunday – March 2
As we speak is the primary Sunday of the month, which suggests many museums and monuments are open at no cost (most require reservations, examine their web sites): the Centre Pompidou, Orsay, l’Orangerie, Rodin, Picasso, Delacroix, Cluny, Arc de Triomphe, Sainte-Chapelle, the Panthéon, Versailles (already full) and Fontainebleau. You may need to attempt one of many (barely) much less crowded institutions, similar to Cité de l’Structure, Arts-et-Métiers, Cité de la Céramique de Sèvres, Guimet, Musée de la Chasse et de la Nature, Cité Nationale de l’Histoire de l’Immigration – Palais de la Porte Dorée, Musée Albert-Kahn, Château de Vincennes or the Saint-Denis Basilica. These which don’t require reservations might have lengthy strains, so bundle up!
By means of March 2
The magical Pavillons de Bercy — Musée des Arts Forains, or Carnival Arts Museum, is exceptionally open for guided excursions every day all through the French faculty holidays. The 90-minute excursions are led by a costumed actor, in French (a leaflet in English is supplied to observe alongside), for a journey by means of the totally different adorned rooms and halls, permitting you to trip a few of the vintage carrousel rides and revel in mechanical music reveals. Advance reserving on-line required, no ticket gross sales on website €18.80 for adults, €12.80 for youths 4-11.
Thursdays by means of March sixth
The celebrated Comédie Française theater at Place Colette (subsequent to the Palais Royal, 1st arrondissement) is having its third annual sale of uncommon costumes from their copious inventory of interval costumes and equipment worn on the stage for its repertoire of historic productions, for €50-€500. From now by means of March sixth, they’re releasing a dozen new outfits each Thursday of their boutique, open noon-8:30pm. If you would like to have the ability to attempt gadgets on, put on a physique go well with so that you don’t have to attend for the dressing room.
March 7-16
The 108th annual Foire de Chatou gathers almost 500 vintage and second-hand sellers at île des Impressionnistes, 10 minutes from Paris. Anticipate prime quality items from classic jewelry to industrial furnishings, mid-century lighting to 18th century antiquities. Plus regional French meals, oysters and each a cocktail and a champagne bar! Entry €10 (free for under-15s), buy on-site; there’s a free shuttle bus from RER station Rueil-Malmaison from 10am to 12:30pm and from 2pm to 6pm, roughly each half-hour. Open 10am-7pm.
March 8
As we speak is Worldwide Ladies’s Day, identified in France because the Journée Internationale des Droits des Femmes (Worldwide Ladies’s Rights Day). There are a lot of totally different occasions throughout Paris on March seventh and eighth, and this yr Individuals in Paris can take part within the French custom of 100% authorized and arranged) protest marches by becoming a member of the Democrats Overseas for an Worldwide Ladies’s Day Protest March (time/location TBC).
March 9
The Gros Marché is holding an enormous second-hand garments market at Floor Management (81, rue du Charolais, twelfth) right this moment from noon-7pm, with 40 stands promoting gadgets €5-€30. As ordinary, there would be the bookstore, report store, and the Floor Management meals court docket. Free entry.
By means of March 10
Calling all orchid lovers! The twelfth annual Mille & Une Orchidées exhibition returns to the Grandes Serres (historic greenhouses) of the Jardin des Plantes (57 Rue Cuvier, fifth arrondissement), highlighting the pure habitats of orchids with a lush botanical show, a images exhibition showcasing orchids in various ecosystems, and two curated discovery trails. Guests can discover a 1,000 m² floral set up that includes a whole lot of uncommon and unique orchid species. There are workshops and demonstrations (in French), and a pop-up boutique with orchids on the market. Open every day besides Tuesdays, from 10AM to 5PM (till 6PM from March 1). Tickets €7-€9.
March 15-16
Violette Sauvage is the most important “vide grenier” (empty your attic) clothes sale of the yr, this time on the Espace Bailly (5/9 rue Bailly, 75003). There might be clothes and niknaks from “thrift” to high-end designer manufacturers for a steal. Open 11am-6pm. Entry €2 (money and bank cards accepted).
March 23-25
The annual Printemps du Cinéma is a three-day pageant the place the entire taking part movies are simply €5, from indie movies to blockbusters (see the listing right here).
By means of September 7
The Bibliothèque Nationale de France (5 Rue Vivienne, 2nd) presents Le monde pour horizon, a year-long, three-part exhibition showcasing uncommon maps, prints, manuscripts, pictures, costumes, and stage jewellery. Highlights embrace Hokusai’s The Nice Wave and Toulouse-Lautrec’s Divan Japonais poster. With rotating reveals each 4 months, guests can return for brand new discoveries all year long. Open Tuesday 10am-8pm, Wednesday to Sunday 10am-6pm. Tickets €10, diminished €8.
By means of September 21
Musée d’Artwork et d’Histoire Louis-Senlecq (31 Grande Rue, L’Isle-Adam) presents Trois siècles à L’Isle-Adam, an exhibition showcasing the city’s historical past by means of work, sculptures, watercolors, engravings, classic posters, postcards, and historic images. Guests will discover L’Isle-Adam’s evolution from the 18th century to the mid-Twentieth century. Highlights embrace works by artists like Jules Dupré, depictions of the Oise River landscapes, and a spotlight in town’s industrial and leisure historical past. Open Tuesday to Sunday, 10am-6pm. €6.