


{"id":6982,"date":"2025-01-23T09:00:26","date_gmt":"2025-01-23T09:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.insightvacations.com\/?p=6982"},"modified":"2025-02-18T11:59:46","modified_gmt":"2025-02-18T11:59:46","slug":"how-to-celebrate-bastille-day-in-france","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.insightvacations.com\/blog\/how-to-celebrate-bastille-day-in-france\/","title":{"rendered":"How and Where to Celebrate Bastille Day in France"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"legacy-blog-column\">\n<div class=\"legacy-blog-column\">\n<div class=\"legacy-blog-column\">\n<p>Bastille Day in France is a national holiday marking the Storming of the Bastille in Paris in 1789, a major event in the French Revolution. Formally known in French as F\u00eate nationale fran\u00e7aise (French National Celebration), it is celebrated on July 14 each year.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"legacy-blog-column\">\n<div class=\"legacy-blog-column\">\n<h3 class=\"legacy-post-title\">The History of Bastille Day in France<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"legacy-blog-column\">\n<div class=\"legacy-blog-column\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper td_block_wrap \"><div class=\"td-fix-index\"><blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CRbmJBKrzEg\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\" style=\" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:540px; min-width:326px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);\"><div style=\"padding:16px;\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CRbmJBKrzEg\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" style=\" background:#FFFFFF; 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font-size:14px; line-height:17px; margin-bottom:0; margin-top:8px; overflow:hidden; padding:8px 0 7px; text-align:center; text-overflow:ellipsis; white-space:nowrap;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CRbmJBKrzEg\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" style=\" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px; text-decoration:none;\" target=\"_blank\">A post shared by Un Barbu \u00e0 Paname (@un_barbu_a_paname)<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"legacy-blog-column\">\n<div class=\"legacy-blog-column\">\n<div class=\"legacy-blog-column\">\n<p>Named after the storming of the Bastille prison on July 14 in 1789, the roots of Bastille Day in France lie in political freedom and resistance against oppression, as typical of the French spirit. While the Bastille prison at the time was barely a strong operation, housing only seven prisoners, it served as a physical symbol of the Bourbon Monarchy\u2019s tyranny. Through the Bastille\u2019s storming and release of its prisoners, as well as the capture of the gunpowder and arms stored inside, the disgruntled mob created a symbol of their own: a defiant stand against the Bourbon Monarchy and the catalyst needed for the French Revolution.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIs it a revolt?\u201d King Louis XVI asked his minister. \u201cNo my sovereign, it is a revolution.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"legacy-blog-column\">\n<div class=\"legacy-blog-column\">\n<h3 class=\"legacy-post-title\">Bastille Day Celebrations Around the World<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"legacy-blog-column\">\n<div class=\"legacy-blog-column\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper td_block_wrap \"><div class=\"td-fix-index\"><blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/Cfzf1rIvtlP\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\" style=\" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); 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border-bottom: 2px solid transparent; transform: translateX(16px) translateY(-4px) rotate(30deg)\"><\/div><\/div><div style=\"margin-left: auto;\"> <div style=\" width: 0px; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-right: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(16px);\"><\/div> <div style=\" background-color: #F4F4F4; flex-grow: 0; height: 12px; width: 16px; transform: translateY(-4px);\"><\/div> <div style=\" width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-left: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(-4px) translateX(8px);\"><\/div><\/div><\/div> <div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center; margin-bottom: 24px;\"> <div style=\" background-color: #F4F4F4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 224px;\"><\/div> <div style=\" background-color: #F4F4F4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 144px;\"><\/div><\/div><\/a><p style=\" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px; margin-bottom:0; margin-top:8px; overflow:hidden; padding:8px 0 7px; text-align:center; text-overflow:ellipsis; white-space:nowrap;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/Cfzf1rIvtlP\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" style=\" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px; text-decoration:none;\" target=\"_blank\">A post shared by Angelina Paris USA (@angelinaparisusa)<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"legacy-blog-column\">\n<div class=\"legacy-blog-column\">\n<div class=\"legacy-blog-column\">\n<p>Francophiles around the world tend to celebrate with French-themed dinner parties, food and music, while ex-colonies and former French settlements also pay homage. The Midwest city of Milwaukee celebrates its history as a French fur trapping station by putting on a four-day festival with Bastille storming reenactments, parades and markets. South Africa\u2019s Franschhoek, an early French settlement, hosts a festival where attendees paint themselves with the Tricolore and enjoy a parade and barrel rolling competitions. In Frenchtown, St. Thomas, the day is celebrated to honor local French immigrants with the grand Bastille Day Kingfish Tournament, alongside live music and face painting.<\/p>\n<p>While the whole world celebrates, there\u2019s no better place to get a real taste of that revolutionary spirit than in France itself.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"legacy-blog-column\">\n<div class=\"legacy-blog-column\">\n<h3 class=\"legacy-post-title\">How to Celebrate Bastille Day in France<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"legacy-blog-column\">\n<div class=\"legacy-blog-column\">\n<div class=\"legacy-blog-column\">\n<p>To start, you shan\u2019t call it \u2018Bastille Day\u2019 while on French soil, unless you\u2019d like to face confused looks and raised eyebrows. Known nationally as F\u00eate nationale fran\u00e7aise, or French National Day, it is celebrated throughout the country in every city, town and commune.<\/p>\n<p>Being a national holiday, French revelers will enjoy a day off work, and subsequently go out to party the night before. The day of the 14th involves parades in local town centers, though many spend the day sleeping in as if a typical Sunday. Families and friends often take a picnic with bread, cheese, and maybe even a bit of champagne. Restaurants serve specific quatorze juillet menus and the parks are filled with locals playing p\u00e9tanque. There are varying festivities often with dancing, firework displays, and special illuminations.<\/p>\n<p>While in France, you\u2019ll want to meet others to share the fun. It\u2019s easier to do so on a guided tour, where you\u2019ll travel with like-minded people to celebrate the Bastille Day festivities &#8211; like on our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.insightvacations.com\/tours\/normandy-brittany-the-loire-valley?optionId=752#datesprices\">Normandy, Brittany &amp; The Loire Valley<\/a> tour. You\u2019ll also learn about the history and context of F\u00eate nationale fran\u00e7aise from a Local Specialist, who knows the culture inside out.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"legacy-blog-column\">\n<div class=\"legacy-blog-column\">\n<h3 class=\"legacy-post-title\">Bals de Pompiers (Firemen&#8217; Balls)<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"legacy-blog-column\">\n<div class=\"legacy-blog-column\">\n<div class=\"legacy-blog-column\">\n<p>On the evening of July 13, as well as the 14th in Paris, fire stations across the country open their doors for an all-night soir\u00e9e. These bals des pompiers (firemen\u2019s balls) are staffed by real firemen in their uniforms. Packed with food stalls, live bands and bouncing dancefloors, the fire stations are completely transformed into festive venues. Revelers dance all night heavily fueled by champagne, often served by the adored pompiers themselves. The money spent is put to funding the fire stations and therefore these bals have a local, communal joviality to them. This idiosyncratic tradition has become as intrinsic to the National Day as the military parades marching through the town centers.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"legacy-blog-column\">\n<div class=\"legacy-blog-column\">\n<h3 class=\"legacy-post-title\">Bastille Day in Paris<\/h3>\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper td_block_wrap \"><div class=\"td-fix-index\"><blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CRU2YmBpZ37\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\" style=\" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:540px; min-width:326px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);\"><div style=\"padding:16px;\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CRU2YmBpZ37\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" style=\" background:#FFFFFF; line-height:0; padding:0 0; text-align:center; 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font-size:14px; line-height:17px; margin-bottom:0; margin-top:8px; overflow:hidden; padding:8px 0 7px; text-align:center; text-overflow:ellipsis; white-space:nowrap;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CRU2YmBpZ37\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" style=\" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px; text-decoration:none;\" target=\"_blank\">A post shared by Dat Huynh (@dathhh)<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"legacy-blog-column\">\n<div class=\"legacy-blog-column\">\n<div class=\"legacy-blog-column\">\n<p>Speaking of military parades \u2013 these may take place throughout the country, but all pale in comparison to the nationally televised spectacle marching down Paris\u2019s Champs-Elys\u00e9es on the morning of July 14. The booming theme of La Marseillaise is sure to instill imperial awe, further accompanied by fly-overs and proud displays of military pageantry; the parade boastfully proves its renown for being the oldest and largest military parade in Europe. To experience this firsthand, get there at least an hour before the 11 AM festivities start.<\/p>\n<p>The famous Eiffel Tower fireworks add to the explosive revelry, filling the sky with a dramatic display that dances around the iconic tower, often lit up in the red, white, and blue of the Tricolore. Venture down to the Champ de Mars for a free music concert beginning around 9 PM, with fireworks beginning shortly after.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"legacy-blog-column\">\n<div class=\"legacy-blog-column\">\n<h3 class=\"legacy-post-title\">Visit Museums and Galleries for Free<\/h3>\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper td_block_wrap \"><div class=\"td-fix-index\"><blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CReXgZXs8bC\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\" style=\" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:540px; min-width:326px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);\"><div style=\"padding:16px;\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CReXgZXs8bC\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" style=\" background:#FFFFFF; line-height:0; padding:0 0; 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font-size:14px; line-height:17px; margin-bottom:0; margin-top:8px; overflow:hidden; padding:8px 0 7px; text-align:center; text-overflow:ellipsis; white-space:nowrap;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CReXgZXs8bC\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" style=\" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px; text-decoration:none;\" target=\"_blank\">A post shared by Avi Kouhana | Paris (@avi7510257)<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"legacy-blog-column\">\n<div class=\"legacy-blog-column\">\n<div class=\"legacy-blog-column\">\n<p>Major museums and galleries in Paris also take part in the festivities, making all visits free for the day. Enjoy gratis admissions to the Louvre, Mus\u00e9e d\u2019Orsay and Chateau de Versailles, which may even be crowd-free seeing as most will be gathering outside to see the parade.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"legacy-blog-column\">\n<div class=\"legacy-blog-column\">\n<h3 class=\"legacy-post-title\">The Truth of Modern Bastille Day<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"legacy-blog-column\">\n<div class=\"legacy-blog-column\">\n<div class=\"legacy-blog-column\">\n<p>\u2018Bastille Day\u2019 is a name only used internationally and not in France, and this discrepancy reflects the holiday\u2019s modern standing. Revolutionary symbols in France border on controversial and risqu\u00e9, as shown by the recent Yellow Vests movement. Awareness of F\u00eate nationale fran\u00e7aise&#8217;s seditious history has muddied slightly, causing an ambiguity that has ultimately helped it endure, as it has allowed for flexible interpretation.<\/p>\n<p>One can project one\u2019s own values onto the national holiday; it can be about revolution and resistance, or it can mean national unity and consolidation, and then there\u2019s everything in between. For many, it is nothing more than a day off work and time with family and friends, with the day\u2019s history serving merely as an intriguing, but unnecessary complexity.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"legacy-blog-column\">\n<div class=\"legacy-blog-column\">\n<h3 class=\"legacy-post-title\">Take a Guided Tour for Bastille Day<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"legacy-blog-column\">\n<div class=\"legacy-blog-column\">\n<div class=\"legacy-blog-column\">\n<p>While it&#8217;s possible to do your own research, experiencing Bastille Day in France is best with local experts who know the ins and outs. Our Local Specialists take you to the most culturally significant locations throughout France and in the capital, putting Bastille Day into context. 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