News 2024: What’s new in France?

With many new and exciting openings, exhibitions, sustainable tourism initiatives, major anniversaries (including Impressionism and D-Day) and the Paris 2024 Summer Olympic & Paralympic Games, it is without doubt that 2024 is the year to travel to France!

Impressionist Oil Painting on the Alabaster Coast, Fécamp © Thomas Le Floc’H

Click to download the press release for full information on each item, plus major news from 2023.

Browse all 2024 news at a glance in the list below.

13-25 JANUARY 2024 – 20TH GRANDE ODYSSÉE VVF DOG SLED COMPETITION, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
25-28 JANUARY 2024 – 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE INTERNATIONAL COMICS FESTIVAL, Angoulême, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
27-28 JANUARY 2024 – 80TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE SAINT-VINCENT TOURNANTE, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
2-4 FEBRUARY 2024 – PARIS GRAND SLAM JUDO 2024, Paris, Île-de-France
16 FEBRUARY 2024 – UK RELEASE OF FILM ‘THE TASTE OF THINGS’, Loire Valley
8 MARCH 2024 – 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE INAUGURATION OF CHARLES-DE-GAULLE AIRPORT, Paris, Île-de-France
26 MARCH–1 APRIL 2024 – ESCALE À SÈTE (FESTIVAL OF MARITIME TRADITIONS), Sète, Occitanie
31 MARCH 2024 – 135TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE COMPLETION OF THE EIFFEL TOWER, Paris, Île-de-France
EARLY 2024 – OPENING OF HOTEL H4 PARIS PLEYEL, Paris, Île-de-France
5-7 APRIL 2024 – 20TH INTERNATIONAL QUAIS DU POLAR CRIME FICTION FESTIVAL, Lyon, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
10 APRIL 2024 – THE RENOVATED THERMES DE FUMADES THERMAL SPA HOTEL, Alès, Occitanie
APRIL 2024 – NORMANDY-MAINE REGIONAL PARK BECOMES UNESCO WORLD GEOPARK, Normandy & Pays de la Loire
APRIL 2024 – RYANAIR LAUNCHING NEW EDINBURGH-BERGERAC ROUTE, Bergerac, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
APRIL–SEPTEMBER 2024 – 150TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE BIRTH OF IMPRESSIONISM, Paris, Île-de-France & Normandy
SPRING 2024 – OPENING OF HOTEL AREV, St Tropez, Région Sud
SPRING 2024 – OPENING OF LA RÉGALANTE CYCLE ROUTE, Pays de la Loire, Brittany & Normandy
SPRING 2024 – OSCAR, SECOND RESTAURANT BY TOP CHEF’S DAVID GALLIENNE OPENING AT GIVERNY’S IMPRESSIONISM MUSEUM, Giverny, Normandy
SPRING/SUMMER 2024 – OPENING OF LE COUVENT HOTEL, Nice, Région Sud
MAY–AUGUST 2024 – 80TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE D-DAY LANDINGS AND THE BATTLE OF NORMANDY, Normandy
1 JUNE 2024 – 1 JULY 2024 – CHOPIN FESTIVAL, Paris, Île-de-France
10 JUNE 2024 – A CONSERVATION CAMPAIGN FOR ORADOUR-SUR-GLANE, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
14-16 JUNE 2024 – 20TH LILLE PIANO FESTIVAL, Lille, Hauts-de-France
16-18 JUNE 2024 – 4TH ‘NATURE IS BIKE’: GRAVEL AND ADVENTURE CYCLING FESTIVAL, Angers, Pays de la Loire
27-30 JUNE 2024 – BORDEAUX WINE FESTIVAL, Bordeaux, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
JUNE 2024 – OPENING OF CHÂTEAU DU PARC PÉZENAS, Pézenas, Occitanie
JUNE 2024 – REOPENING OF HAUTS-DE-FRANCE’S MATISSE MUSEUM, Le Cateau-Cambresis, Hauts-de-France
JUNE/JULY 2024 – REOPENING OF MAISON VERMOREL, Beaujolais, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
4 JULY 2024 – 90TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE DEATH OF MARIE CURIE, Paris, Île-de-France
21 JULY 2024 – A NEW FINISH FOR THE TOUR DE FRANCE 2024, Nice, Région Sud
26 JULY 2024 – 60TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE MAEGHT FOUNDATION, Saint-Paul-de-Vence, Région Sud
AUGUST 2024 – LES NUITS BULLEUSES, Massingy, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
SUMMER 2024 – OPENING OF MUSÉE FERMAT IN BEAUMONT-DE-LOMAGNE, Tarn-et-Garonne, Occitanie
SUMMER 2024 – REOPENING OF ÎLE SAINT-HONORAT’S FORTIFIED TOWER-MONASTERY, Cannes, Région Sud
SUMMER 2024 – PARIS 2024 SUMMER OLYMPIC & PARALYMPIC GAMES, Paris, Île-de-France & Marseille, Région Sud
SUMMER 2024 – LAUNCH OF 49-EURO SUMMER RAIL PASS, across France
SUMMER 2024 – D-DAY COMMEMORATIONS IN VAR, Région Sud
18-24 SEPTEMBER 2024 – IRONMAN WOMEN’S WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, Nice, Région Sud
SEPTEMBER 2024 – 50TH DEAUVILLE AMERICAN FILM FESTIVAL, Deauville, Normandy
3 NOVEMBER 2024 – 70TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE DEATH OF HENRI MATISSE & REOPENING OF MUSÉE MATISSE, Nice, Région Sud & Cateau-Cambresis, Hauts-de-France
10 NOVEMBER 2024 – 10TH VENDÉE GLOBE SOLO SAILING RACE, Les Sables-d’Olonne, Pays de la Loire
8 DECEMBER 2024 – REOPENING OF NOTRE-DAME CATHEDRAL TOWERS, Paris, Île-de-France
SECOND SEMESTER 2024 – OPENING OF FRANCE’S FIRST LOCKE APARTHOTEL BY EDEN, Paris Île-de-France
2024 – LAUNCH OF DRAKKAR VIKING SHIP, Vendée, Pays de la Loire
2024 – OPENING OF CIRCUS ANIMATION STUDIO, Avignon, Région Sud
2024 – STRASBOURG AS UNESCO WORLD BOOK CAPITAL FOR 2024, Strasbourg, Grand-Est
2024 – 300TH ANNIVERSARY OF MAISON RÉMY MARTIN, Cognac, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
2024 – 20TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE MILLAU VIADUCT, Millau, Occitanie
2024 – 10TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE MUSÉE SOULAGES, Rodez, Occitanie
2024 – 30TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE JEUDIS DE NÎMES, Nîmes, Occitanie
2024 – 900TH ANNIVERSARY OF ELEANOR OF AQUITAINE, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
2024 – CAUTERETS SKI RESORT LAUNCHES ECO ACCOMMODATION LABEL, Cauterets, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
2024 – 15TH ANNIVERSARY OF ART AT THE SUMMIT EXHIBITION, Courchevel, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
2024 – HOT AIR BALLOON EUROPEAN CUP, Sud Charentes, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
2024 – OPENING OF BARON AMEDÉE ARMAND HOTEL & SPA, Marseille, Région Sud
2024 – OPENING OF FIVE-STAR MAISON ALBAR HOTEL ‘LE VICTORIA’, Nice, Région Sud
2024 – OPENING OF HOTEL CURIO BY HILTON, Dijon, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
2024 – SINGLE TICKETS FOR RAIL AND SEA JOURNEYS BETWEEN IRELAND AND FRANCE, across France
2024 – 35TH BIRTHDAY OF PARC ASTERIX AND 65TH BIRTHDAY OF CHARACTER ASTERIX, Plailly, Hauts-de-France
2024 – HOTEL BARRIERE LE WESTMINSTER CELEBRATES ITS CENTENARY, Le Touquet, Hauts-de-France
2024 – NEWLY RENOVATED RESTAURANT PAUL BOCUSE CELEBRATES 100TH ANNIVERSARY, Collonges-au-Mont-d’Or, Lyon, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
2024/2025 – LAUNCH OF MIDNIGHT TRAINS’ SLEEPER TRAINS, Paris, Île-de-France

2025

EARLY 2025 – REOPENING OF MUSÉE DES BEAUX ARTS DE TOULOUSE, Toulouse, Occitanie
JUNE 2025 – THIRD UN OCEANS CONFERENCE, Nice, Région Sud
2025 – REOPENING OF BASTIDE DU JAS DE BOUFFAN, CÉZANNE’S FAMILY HOME, Aix-en-Provence, Région Sud
2025 – LAUNCH OF BRITTANY FERRIES‘ TWO NEW LNG-ELECTRIC HYBRID VESSELS, UK-France
2025 – LAUNCH OF TGV M, across France
2025 – REOPENING OF THE ACCOR ORIENT EXPRESS, Paris, Île-de-France
2025 – LAUNCH OF PUY DU FOU’S GRAND TOUR TRAIN, France