Det sker i Catania (Etna), Italy året igennem

Tætpakket — Christmas to Epiphany, Christmas holidays i Italy

• Risiko

  Etna ash and airport closures

  1. jan. – 31. dec.Vulkansk aktivitetLukninger

  Etna produces paroxysms several times a year with no season to them, and when the ash blows south the airport shuts for hours and the cars turn grey. Check INGV before assuming a flight will go. Kilde ↗

Stadig i gang: Blood orange harvest (15. dec. – 15. apr. (normalt)), Skiing on Etna (20. dec. – 31. mar. (normalt)), Christmas to Epiphany (24. dec. – 6. jan.)

Tætpakket — Carnevale di Acireale, Festa di Sant'Agata

• Festival

  Carnevale di Acireale

  1. feb. – 5. mar. · normaltKarnevalTætpakket

  Sicily's flower-and-papier-mache carnival runs for about ten days up to Shrove Tuesday in the baroque town fifteen kilometres north, reachable on the local train. Kilde ↗

• Festival

  Festa di Sant'Agata

  3.–5. feb.Religiøs højtidTætpakketLukningerBook tidligt

  Three days in early February when the whole city, in white sacchi, hauls the saint's silver bust through the streets overnight. Traffic and normal life stop; hotels go months ahead. Kilde ↗

Stadig i gang: Etna ash and airport closures (1. jan. – 31. dec.), Blood orange harvest (15. dec. – 15. apr. (normalt)), Skiing on Etna (20. dec. – 31. mar. (normalt))

Travlt — Carnevale di Acireale, skoleferie på 4 af de markeder, der fylder stedet

• Helligdag

  Easter and Pasquetta

  4.–6. apr.Påske & den stille ugeTætpakketLukninger

  Easter Sunday and Easter Monday (Pasquetta) are public holidays, and Italians use the long weekend for short breaks and day trips: trains and hotels fill, old towns and sights are busier than the weeks around, and many shops and some restaurants close on Easter Sunday. Kilde ↗

Stadig i gang: Etna ash and airport closures (1. jan. – 31. dec.), Carnevale di Acireale (1. feb. – 5. mar. (normalt)), Blood orange harvest (15. dec. – 15. apr. (normalt)), Skiing on Etna (20. dec. – 31. mar. (normalt))

Tætpakket — Easter and Pasquetta, Easter holidays i Italy

Intet nyt begynder i april.

Stadig i gang: Etna ash and airport closures (1. jan. – 31. dec.), Easter and Pasquetta (4.–6. apr.), Blood orange harvest (15. dec. – 15. apr. (normalt))

Travlt — skoleferie på 4 af de markeder, der fylder stedet, en af stedets bedste måneder vejrmæssigt

Intet nyt begynder i maj.

Stadig i gang: Etna ash and airport closures (1. jan. – 31. dec.)

Travlt — Summer holidays i Italy, skoleferie på 3 af de markeder, der fylder stedet

• Sæson

  Sea warm enough to swim

  10. jun. – 25. okt. · normalt

  One of the longest swimming windows in Europe. The lava coast at Aci Trezza is the better water; the sand at Playa is where the city goes.

Stadig i gang: Etna ash and airport closures (1. jan. – 31. dec.)

Travlt — Summer holidays i Italy, skoleferie på 6 af de markeder, der fylder stedet

Intet nyt begynder i juli.

Stadig i gang: Etna ash and airport closures (1. jan. – 31. dec.), Sea warm enough to swim (10. jun. – 25. okt. (normalt))

Tætpakket — Ferragosto, Summer holidays i Italy

• Helligdag

  Ferragosto

  5.–25. aug.SkoleferieLukningerTætpakket

  The city's own restaurants close for a fortnight while everyone moves to the coast, and flights and ferries are at their dearest of the year around 15 August. Kilde ↗

Stadig i gang: Etna ash and airport closures (1. jan. – 31. dec.), Sea warm enough to swim (10. jun. – 25. okt. (normalt))

Travlt — Summer holidays i Italy, skoleferie på 2 af de markeder, der fylder stedet

Intet nyt begynder i september.

Stadig i gang: Etna ash and airport closures (1. jan. – 31. dec.), Sea warm enough to swim (10. jun. – 25. okt. (normalt))

Skuldersæson — skoleferie på 4 af de markeder, der fylder stedet, en helt almindelig måned

Intet nyt begynder i oktober.

Stadig i gang: Etna ash and airport closures (1. jan. – 31. dec.), Sea warm enough to swim (10. jun. – 25. okt. (normalt))

Stille — rejsende beskriver det som stille, skoleferie på 2 af de markeder, der fylder stedet

Intet nyt begynder i november.

Stadig i gang: Etna ash and airport closures (1. jan. – 31. dec.)

Tætpakket — Christmas to Epiphany, Christmas holidays i Italy

• Natur

  Blood orange harvest

  15. dec. – 15. apr. · normalt

  Tarocco and moro oranges come off the volcanic plain north of the city through winter, which is the argument for eating here between January and March.

• Sæson

  Skiing on Etna

  20. dec. – 31. mar. · normaltSkisæson

  Nicolosi and Piano Provenzana run a handful of lifts on the volcano in a normal winter, an hour above a coast where the oranges are being picked.

• Helligdag

  Christmas to Epiphany

  24. dec. – 6. jan.Jul & nytårLukningerTætpakket

  Christmas Day, Santo Stefano (26 December), New Year's Day and Epiphany (6 January) are public holidays. Many museums, shops and restaurants close on the 25th and some on the 26th and 1st, while the days between bring Italian families out to nativity scenes, lights and markets. Kilde ↗

Stadig i gang: Etna ash and airport closures (1. jan. – 31. dec.)