February in Provence

What about them?

Is Arles too closed down in February for a 4 night stay? First trip to Provence.

We spent 3 nights in Arles in March a few years ago. It was a great city, rather quite, Avignon might have more to offer in February. By the way, take warm closes. We definitely encountered mistrals!

Avignon is a better of a hub to explore the region. Arles is 30 minutes from there.
You have to think about what you are interested in doing and seeing in the day or night.

I was considering Provence for a February getaway, but then I read about the bitterly cold mistrals in the western part. So I looked at the eastern side, with mild weather. Nice has a big festival in February and there's a lemon festival at a nearby town (don't remember the name) that sounded fun. In the end, I'm going to Italy. . . . saving Provence for spring 2018.

The lemon festival I believe is in Menton...

Some events around Nice in the second half of February:

Nice Carnaval: http://www.nicecarnaval.com/en/carnaval/presentation/theme.php

Menton Lemon Fest: http://www.fete-du-citron.com/lemon-festival-program/?lang=en

Mimosa Fest, west of Cannes: http://www.mandelieu.com/mimosa-mandelieu/mimosa-festival-mandelieu.php

I'm going to tag on questions about my trip to Provence in late February & early March. I have 6 days to divide between Arles, Luberon and Marseille. Since I will be driving from Cahors to Arles, should I spend 3 in Arles, 2 in the Luberon and one in Marseille before we drop off the car and take the train to Paris? I have been to the other areas of Provence previously.