France Festivals Guide

France Festivals Guide - Car Hire France

Bird King Festival

Bird King Festival is a fest which reminds us of the Le Puy-en-Velay's medieval and Renaissance heritage. Aristocratic people can be seen in fur-lined velvet cloaks strolling at the side of peasants wearing only plain tunics and guiding their donkeys, jugglers performing, and vendors selling meat pies. Musicians can be seen playing recorders and pounding on drums on nearly every corner.

On the major square, women in long and full skirts with scarves bend over and chickens being roasted on smoky outdoor spits are familiar scenes of the festival. Tourers who are mostly French arrive in hundreds so that they are able to get a taste of long-ago days and take pleasure in the week-long festivities. But foreigners who do not know the language will surely miss the jokes.

Flower Shows Festival

The typical turreted Loire Chateau has dominated a royal point on the great Loire River ever since it was reconstructed by the Amboise family in the 15th century. Thus each and every summer it hosts the Chaumont Garden Festival which is the French's Chelsea Flower Show. The show pulls in around 150,000 visitors yearly to look at its 30 show gardens and the Chateau's decorated grounds, flower house and deep engorge which are complete with wooden hanging bridge.

Tignes Fest Festival

The Tignes Fest is actually an energetic alpine music event which is held in one of the best ranked ski hangouts in the world that is the Tignes. It is branded as the ‘cool little boutique festival' by the Sunday Times Style Magazine. This festival has everything from live bands to DJs and elite aural sets. This festival is also a lengthy weekend of skiing, socializing, snowboarding and sounds for the sensitive and inquisitive wanting to experience something remote of the norm.

La Pourcailhade – Festival of the Pig

You can rent a car in France and visit the spot of this festival. Trie Sur Baïse the French hamlet in the month of August every year holds a festival to pay tributes to the modest swine. Trie Sur Baïse has long been related with the humble porker. It is one of the biggest pig breeding areas in France . The festival conducts piglet races, a pork sausage-consuming competition and a contest for the best piggy outfit. The plain highlight of the day is the nationwide pig replication competition. You can reach the competition on time when you rent a car in the France .