With a wide range of openings and reopenings, anniversaries, foodie milestones, sporting events, transport novelties and brand new accommodation, 2025 is a dynamic year to visit France! Read on to find out more about the exciting things coming to France this year.
Version updated February 2025
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Until 28 September – THE MET AT THE LOUVRE, Paris
Until September – FINAL YEAR TO VISIT THE CENTRE POMPIDOU BEFORE 2030, Paris
2 January – €2.50 TICKET INTRODUCED FOR METRO AND RER, Paris-IDF
January – EASYJET LAUNCHED NEW YEAR-ROUND NEWCASTLE-LYON ROUTE
7 March – 150 YEARS OF MAURICE RAVEL
March – SELF-CONTAINED COLIVING SPACE TO OPEN IN MONTPELLIER, Occitanie
End March – RYANAIR BEGINS SEASONAL ROUTE TO CLERMONT-FERRAND, AURA
6 April – 300 YEARS OF PASQUALE PAOLI, CORSICA’S PATRIOTIC LEADER, Corsica
12 April – 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE DEATH OF JOSEPHINE BAKER
14-19 April – THE NEW MEGA BELL COURSE, La Plagne, AURA
8 May – 80TH VE DAY (VICTORY IN EUROPE DAY)
11 May – 80TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE ‘SAINT-NAZAIRE POCKET’, Pays de la Loire
19 May – 100 YEARS OF INTERNATIONAL PLAYERS AT THE FRENCH OPEN, Paris
Spring – REOPENING OF CÉZANNE’S FORMER HOME AND STUDIO, Aix-en-Provence
Spring – BRITTANY FERRIES LAUNCHES TWO HYBRID SHIPS, Brittany & Normandy
25 June – EASYJET TO FLY MANCHESTER TO RENNES, Brittany
26 June – EASYJET TO FLY EDINBURGH TO BORDEAUX, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
28 June – BRITISH AIRWAYS TO FLY STANSTED TO BERGERAC, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
28 June – OPENING OF HOTEL ‘A MANDRIA’, Domaine de Murtoli, Corsica
June – THE FULL REOPENING OF THE GRAND PALAIS, Paris
First semester – OPENING OF HOTEL LA FONDATION BY THE GALIA GROUP, Paris
1 July – 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE DEATH OF ERIK SATIE
4-13 July – TALL SHIPS RACES 2025, Le Havre & Dunkirk
5 July – THE TOUR DE FRANCE 2025 GRAND DÉPART, Lille & Hauts-de-France
23-26 July – EUROGAMES TO TAKE PLACE IN LYON, AURA
26 July – THE TOUR DE FRANCE FEMMES 2025 GRAND DÉPART, Vannes & Brittany
25-31 August – BWF BADMINTON WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS 2025, Paris-IDF
Summer – OPENING OF MISS FRANCE MUSEUM, Saint-Raphaël, PACA
Summer – HIGH-ALTITUDE GREENHOUSE AT AN ECO RESTAURANT, Val d’Isère
6 November – 200 YEARS OF CHARLES GARNIER
End of year – REOPENING OF TOULOUSE’S FINE ARTS MUSEUM, Toulouse, Occitanie
2025 – THE CAEN MILLENNIUM, Caen, Normandy
2025 – CARTIER FOUNDATION’S NEW MUSEUM IN LOUVRE SAINT-HONORÉ, Paris
2025 – NANTES NAMED NEW GASTRONOMIC DESTINATION BY LA LISTE, Pays de la Loire
2025 – OPENING OF RESTORED PORTE SAINT-JACQUES, Cognac, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
2025 – 150 YEARS OF THE PALAIS GARNIER, Paris
2025 – WORLD’S FIRST UBISOFT ENTERTAINMENT CENTRE TO OPEN, Béziers, Occitanie
2025 – 20 YEARS OF THE LOIRE À VÉLO, Centre-Val de Loire & Pays de la Loire
2025 – 10 YEARS OF THE VÉLO FRANCETTE, Normandy & Pays de la Loire
2025 – 1,000 YEARS OF THE CHATEAU DE MONTREUIL-BELLAY, Saumur, Pays de la Loire
2025 – 10TH UNESCO BIRTHDAY FOR CHAMPAGNE’S SPARKLING HERITAGE, Grand Est
2025 – 15TH UNESCO BIRTHDAY OF THE ‘REPAS GASTRONOMIQUE DES FRANÇAIS’
2025 – OKKO HOTELS TO OPEN ENVIRONMENTALLY CERTIFIED HOTEL, Troyes, Grand Est
2025 – ALFRED HOTELS EXPANDING WITH FOUR NEW ADDRESSES, across France
2025 – OPENING OF FRANCE’S FIRST HOTEL KEMPINSKI, Cap d’Ail, PACA
2025 – OETKER COLLECTION’S MASTERPIECE HOTELS OPENS VILLA LA GUETTIÈRE, Cap d’Antibes, PACA
2026
– GIACOMETTI INSTITUTE TO BE REHOMED IN FORMER GARE DES INVALIDES
– OPENING OF GRAND-SIÈCLE MUSEUM IN SULLY BARRACKS, SAINT-CLOUD
– WORLD’S LARGEST VIDEO GAME MUSEUM, ‘ODYSSÉE’, IN SEINE-ET-MARNE
– EUROPEAN AQUATICS CHAMPIONSHIPS TO BE HELD IN PARIS-ST DENIS
– FIRST LOUIS VUITTON HOTEL TO OPEN ON PARIS’ CHAMPS-ÉLYSÉES
– RADISSON BLU JOINS TRIANGLE PROJECT, PARIS’ NEW MIXED-USE DESTINATION
– 97%-RECYCLABLE TGV M TO ENTER SERVICE (delayed from 2025)
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