School holidays officially begin this Saturday, July 5, but the first departures are expected this Friday. Bison Futé in fact offers quite busy traffic this weekend everywhere in France, mainly towards coastal regions.
The A7 closed in Marseille from Friday to midnight until Sunday at noon
Keep in mind that, due to work on two tracks to cross the tracks, the A7 highway will be exceptionally closed in both directions between the convergent with the A51 highway (commune of the Pennes-Mirabeau), until the end of the A7 highway at the arrival of the Saint-Charles station in Marseille, on Friday, July 4 to the middle of the night, on Sunday, July 6, 2025, 2025 to Noon.
The prefecture of Bouches-Du-Rhône offers several replacement routes, but provides an important congestion in this context.
Friday Orange, Red in île-de-France
“In the direction of the game, traffic difficulties should worry most of the main axes of France and appear from noon,” says Bison Futé.
Therefore, the day is classified with orange at the national and red level in île-de-france in the direction of the exits.
Born advice for this Friday, July 4
In the direction of the outputs
- Leave or cross île-de-france before 10 am or after 11 pm
- Avoid A25 highway, between Lille and Socx from 3 pm at 7 pm
- Avoid A63 highway, between Bordeaux and Bayonne, starting at 12 pm at 6 pm
- Avoid the A7 highway, between Lyon and Orange, from 2 pm to 7 pm, and between Orange and Marseille from 5 pm to 7 pm
- Avoid A75 highway, between Clermont-Ferrand and Béziers, starting at 3 pm at 6 pm
- Avoid highway A61, between Toulouse and Narbonne from 4 pm at 7 pm
- Avoid the A46 highway and National Highway 346, for the este of lyon, between 12 pm and 6 pm
- Avoid the Mont-Blanc tunnel (N205), between France and Italy, from 9 am to 9 pm
In the sense of feedback
- Avoid A9 highway, between Montpellier and Orange, starting at 6 pm at 8 pm
- Avoid A7 highway, between Marseille and Salon-de-Provence, starting at 5 pm at 8 pm
- Avoid A8 highway, between Italy and Luke, starting at 4 pm at 7 pm
- Avoid A57 highway, between Luc and Toulon, starting at 4 pm at 6 pm
- Avoid the A54 highway and National Route 113, between Salon-de-Provence and Nîmes, from 5 pm at 8 pm
Red Saturday throughout France
As expected, on Saturday, July 5, it will be the most loaded in the weekend, classified red nationwide, announced a traffic as very difficult.
The most important congestion can be observed in the direction of the Norman Coast (A13), the Atlantic coast (A11, RN165, A10) and the Mediterranean coast (A7, A9), provides smart.

Tip for this Saturday, July 5:
In the direction of the outputs
- Leave or cross île-de-france before 5 am or after 5 pm
- Avoid A11 highway, between Angers and Nantes, from 10 am to 2 pm
- Avoid National Road 165, between Nantes and Quimpper, between 1 pm and 5 pm
- Avoid the A10 highway, between Paris and Orleans, from 8 am to 12 pm, between Orleans and Tours, from 11 am to 2 pm, and between Tours and Bordeaux, from 10 am to 5 pm
- Avoid A7 highway between Lyon and Orange from 8 am to 3 pm and between Orange and Marseille, from 10 am to 8 pm
- Avoid A9 highway, between Orange and Narbonne, from 11 am to 2 pm and between Narbonne and Spain from 11 am to 5 pm
- Avoid A61 highway, between Toulouse and Narbonne, from 1 pm at 3 pm
- Avoid the Mont-Blanc tunnel (N205), between France and Italy, from 9 am to 4 pm
In the sense of feedback
- Avoid A7 highway, between Marseille and Orange, from 10 am to 2 pm
- Avoid A8 highway, between Fare-Lles-Oliviers and Luke, from 11 am to 1 pm
- Avoid A9 highway, between Spain and Orange, from 11 am to 5 pm
- Avoid A54 highway and National Highway 113, between Nîmes and Salon-de-Provence, from 10 am to 3 pm
Still some difficulties on Sunday
On Sunday, July 6, it promises to be quite busy in the direction of the departures, especially the Northwest neighborhood (A10, A11 and A13), in the Rhône Valley (A7) until access to the Mont-Blanc tunnel.

Tip for this Sunday, July 6:
In the direction of the outputs
- Avoid highway A25, between Lille and Socx from 11 am to 3 pm
- Avoid Highway A13, between Rouen and fall from 3 pm at 5 pm
- Avoid A11 highway, between Angers and Nantes from 4 pm at 7 pm
- Avoid A10 highway, between Orleans and Tours from 9 am to 2 pm
- Avoid A7 highway, between Lyon and Orange from 12 pm at 8 pm
- Avoid A43 highway, between Lyon and Chambéry, between 12 pm and 2 pm
- Avoid the Mont-Blanc tunnel (N205), between France and Italy, from 10 am to 7 pm
Source: BFM TV
