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!

Browse all news at a glance in the list below - and click here to download the press release for full information on each item.

All information contained here is correct at the time of publication, but we do recommend that you check with the individual destinations or venues for the latest updates going forward, as dates may remain subject to change and events may still be cancelled or postponed.

Rest of 2024

October-November 2024 - EASYJET LAUNCHES NEWCASTLE-PARIS AND GATWICK-STRASBOURG ROUTES

Winter 2024-25 - EUROPE'S HIGHEST WINE BAR OPENS IN VAL THORENS, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

4 December 2024 - UNVEILING OF THE LOUVRE-LENS' GALLERY OF TIME, Lens, Hauts-de-France

7 & 8 December 2024 - REOPENING OF NOTRE-DAME CATHEDRAL, Paris, Île-de-France

End of 2024 - MAISON ALBAR LE VICTORIA OPENS, Nice, PACA

End of 2024 - L'AIGLE DES NEIGES IS NOW EXPERIMENTAL CHALET VAL D'ISÈRE, Val d'Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

2024-2025 - MINOR HOTELS' DEBUT IN PARIS WITH THREE HOTELS, Paris, Île-de-France

2024-2025 - MARRIOTT STRENGTHENING FRENCH FOOTPRINT WITH 10 NEW HOTELS, across France

2025

Until 28 September 2025 - THE MET AT THE LOUVRE, Paris, Île-de-France

2 January 2025 - SINGLE €2.50 TICKET TO BE INTRODUCED FOR METRO AND RER, Paris, Île-de-France

31 January 2025 - SIX NATIONS OPENING MATCH TO BE FRANCE V WALES, Paris, Île-de-France

January 2025 - EASYJET LAUNCHES NEW YEAR-ROUND NEWCASTLE-LYON ROUTE

7 March 2025 - 150 YEARS OF MAURICE RAVEL

March 2025 - SELF-CONTAINED COLIVING SPACE TO OPEN IN MONTPELLIER, Montpellier, Occitanie

6 April 2025 - 300 YEARS OF PASQUALE PAOLI, CORSICA'S PATRIOTIC LEADER, Corsica

12 April 2025 - 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE DEATH OF JOSEPHINE BAKER

14-19 April 2025 - THE NEW MEGA BELL COURSE, La Plagne, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

8 May 2025 - 80TH VE DAY (VICTORY IN EUROPE DAY)

11 May 2025 - 80TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE 'SAINT-NAZAIRE POCKET' LIBERATION, Saint-Nazaire, Pays de la Loire

Spring 2025 - REOPENING OF CÉZANNE'S FORMER HOME AND STUDIO, Aix-en-Provence, PACA

Spring 2025 - BRITTANY FERRIES LAUNCHES TWO NEW HYBRID SHIPS, Brittany & Normandy

June 2025 - OPENING OF HOTEL 'A MANDRIA', Domaine de Murtoli, Corsica

1 July 2025 - 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE DEATH OF ERIK SATIE

4-13 July 2025 - TALL SHIPS RACES 2025, Le Havre, Normandy & Dunkirk, Hauts-de-France

5 July 2025 - THE TOUR DE FRANCE 2025 GRAND DÉPART, Lille and across Hauts-de-France

26 July 2025 - THE TOUR DE FRANCE FEMMES 2025 GRAND DÉPART, Vannes and across Brittany

25-31 August 2025 - BWF BADMINTON WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS 2025, Paris, Île-de-France

Summer 2025 - OPENING OF MISS FRANCE MUSEUM, Saint-Raphaël, PACA

Summer 2025 - HIGH-ALTITUDE GREENHOUSE AT AN ECO RESTAURANT, Val d'Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

6 November 2025 - 200 YEARS OF CHARLES GARNIER

Second half of 2025 - 97%-RECYCLABLE TGV M TO ENTER SERVICE

End of 2025 - REOPENING OF TOULOUSE'S FINE ARTS MUSEUM, Toulouse, Occitanie

2025 - THE CAEN MILLENNIUM, Caen, Normandy

2025 - CARTIER FOUNDATION TO OPEN NEW MUSEUM IN LOUVRE SAINT-HONORÉ, Paris, Île-de-France

2025 - OPENING OF NEWLY RESTORED PORTE SAINT-JACQUES, Cognac, Nouvelle-Aquitaine

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 - 1,000 YEARS OF THE CHATEAU DE MONTREUIL-BELLAY, near Saumur, Pays de la Loire

2025 - 10TH UNESCO BIRTHDAY FOR CHAMPAGNE'S SPARKLING HERITAGE, Champagne, Grand Est

2025 - 15TH UNESCO BIRTHDAY OF THE 'REPAS GASTRONOMIQUE DES FRANÇAIS', across France

2025 - OKKO HOTELS TO OPEN ENVIRONMENTALLY CERTIFIED HOTEL, Troyes, Grand Est

2025 - ALFRED HOTELS EXPANDING IN FRANCE 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

2026 - GIACOMETTI INSTITUTE TO BE REHOMED IN FORMER GARE DES INVALIDES

2026 - OPENING OF GRAND-SIÈCLE MUSEUM IN FORMER SULLY BARRACKS IN SAINT-CLOUD

2026 - WORLD'S LARGEST VIDEO GAME MUSEUM, 'ODYSSÉE', TO OPEN IN SEINE-ET-MARNE

2026 - EUROPEAN AQUATICS CHAMPIONSHIPS TO BE HELD IN PARIS-ST DENIS AS LEGACY OF OLYMPIC GAMES

2026 - FIRST LOUIS VUITTON HOTEL TO OPEN ON PARIS' CHAMPS-ÉLYSÉES

2026 - RADISSON BLU JOINS TRIANGLE PROJECT, PARIS' NEW MIXED-USE DESTINATION

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