Orange. Traffic will be “difficult” this Saturday on the holiday route in the direction of departures and this, throughout the territory. While the school holidays do not begin until July 7, “this period, located outside the school holidays in France, is affected by significant migratory flows on the main axes of the country”, writes
Bison Fûté on its website. Flows mainly maintained by “French people, not subject to school obligations, who take their holidays at the beginning of the summer to take advantage of less attendance but also foreign tourists, in particular from Belgium for whom the holidays start this weekend ”.
“Significant traffic difficulties around the track” of the Tour de France
This Saturday, it is advisable to leave or cross the Île-de-France before 8 a.m., to leave or cross large cities before 9 a.m., to avoid the A7 motorway between Lyon and Orange, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. hours, avoid the A9 motorway between Orange and Narbonne, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. and avoid the A43 motorway between Lyon and Chambéry, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
This Saturday, the 8th stage of the Tour takes place between Oyonnax (Ain) and Le Grand-Bornand (Haute-Savoie) and Bison futé alerts “of significant traffic difficulties around the route of the stages as well as to access the starting towns and arrival ”. For tomorrow, Sunday, the 9th stage will take place between Cluses (Haute-Savoie) and Tignes (Savoie) and Bison futé renews its traffic advice.