do Whit Sunday & Monday holidays impact river cruise?

[Pbcruiser001]

One of the river cruises we are considering is in Lyon France on Whit Sunday & Monday 2020, both listed as national holidays.

 

Will this adversely impact activities in Lyon those days? (places of interest that might be closed?). 

 

Thank you.

 

 

[kentchris]

Without any indication of what you're thinking about doing your question is so open as to be almost unanswerable: can you not check directly on the web sites of places you're particularly interested in? French museums are usually closed on Mondays if they have a weekday 'day off', so the national holiday on Whit Monday probably won't make a great deal of difference to those.

[Canal archive]

Will let you know in about 3 to 4 weeks as we leave for our cruise with Scenic on Easter Monday. In the past it has depended whether the holiday is religious or not but shops and markets are usually closed whichever the holiday is. Cathedrals are often closed on Mondays as well regardless if it’s a holiday or not. CA

[Pbcruiser001]

On 4/3/2019 at 10:51 AM, Canal archive said:

Will let you know in about 3 to 4 weeks as we leave for our cruise with Scenic on Easter Monday. In the past it has depended whether the holiday is religious or not but shops and markets are usually closed whichever the holiday is. Cathedrals are often closed on Mondays as well regardless if it’s a holiday or not. CA

@Canal archivecan you tell me if shops and restaurants were closed and where you were that day?  Thank you.

[Canal archive]

Believe it or not it was really hit and miss there was no norm. The Labour day bank holiday is very much observed throughout mainland Europe but is usually on the day of May 1st, in the UK it’s on the nearest Monday. We weren’t cruising on Whit Monday. CA

[Pbcruiser001]

So there was no impact on your activities Easter Monday on your Scenic cruise?

[Canal archive]

Actually no we arrived on board late on Easter Monday morning our cabin was a ready so we were unpacked by lunchtime. CA