Toro piscine
Every saturday of July and August à 9.30pm
Pélissanne - Les Arènes - allées de Craponne
Phone : 04.90.55.05.93.
Toro piscine (bulls and swimming-pools...): children absolutely love these shows! 5 euros
Visit of the Old Town of Marseille « Le Panier » - Bilingual visit
Saturday july 17th at 10.30 am and 2.30 pm
4, la Canebière 13001 Marseille
Phone : 04.91.13.89.00.
Web site : www.marseille-tourisme.com
You will discover on foot (2hours) this 2600 years old area and its craftsmen.
Fête de la Madeleine
Friday July 30st 10pm to Wednesday August 4th
Châteaurenard
Phone : 04.90.24.25.50.
Web site : www.la-madeleine.com
Big traditional festival celebrating the irrigation of the region and dating back to the XVII century. The building of an irrigation system was the start of vegetable-growing in Châteaurenard, for which the area has since become famous. 6 days of traditional festivities with parades of horses, Camargue races, abrivados etc., crowned on the Sunday with the famous Madeleine float and its 60 horses, the float itself overflowing with the most beautiful local fruit and vegetables...
Festivities in Fontvieille
Friday August 1st - Sunday August 10th
Fontvieille
Phone : 04.90.54.67.49.
Web site : www.fontvieille-provence.com
Fontvieille festivities last over a week: starting on the Friday evening with the traditional St. Peter’s day village fête, involving boules competitions, Camargue bull races, old-fashioned children’s games etc. it then turns into an Alphonse Daudet festival, with "son et lumière" at Daudet’s famous windmill.