Summer crowds and first swims: like a holiday feeling in Sète for the Ascension Bridge

Avec le retour du beau temps, ce week-end de l’Ascension ressemble à un début de saison touristique à Sète. MIDI LIBRE – NICOLAS ZARROUK

With the return of good weather, this Ascension weekend looks like the start of the tourist season in Sète.

Residents and traders were not mistaken, the long weekend marked the start of the tourist season in Sète after a very wet May 1st. This Wednesday, May 8, the city suddenly came alive from the market halls to the Lido.

Big day crowd, this Thursday, May 9, on Quai Suquet. FREE NOON – NICOLAS ZARROUK

Time for the first bath of the year

Outside temperature, 23 °C. Water temperature, 14°C. Ideal conditions for the first swim of the year on the Sète beach of Lazaret for the bravest.

Corniche Beach, it’s time for the first swim of the year for some. FREE NOON – NICOLAS ZARROUK

Françoise, who came with her family from Lozère to enjoy the unique island for the long weekend, attempted the adventure. "It's still missing a few degrees for my taste, but it’s invigorating and that’s the desired effect" , she confides before getting on her bike and returning to the dense crowd in the city center.