Det sker i Corfu (Kerkyra), Greece året igennem

Travlt — Christmas holidays i Greece, skoleferie på 7 af de markeder, der fylder stedet

Intet nyt begynder i januar.

Stadig i gang: Olive harvest (1. nov. – 28. feb. (normalt)), Resorts shut for winter (1. nov. – 31. mar.)

Skuldersæson — skoleferie på 3 af de markeder, der fylder stedet, en helt almindelig måned

• Festival

  Corfu Carnival

  5. feb. – 10. mar. · normalt

  Venetian in origin and still masked: weeks of satirical street theatre in the old town, ending with the burning of the carnival king on the last Sunday before Lent. Kilde ↗

Stadig i gang: Olive harvest (1. nov. – 28. feb. (normalt)), Resorts shut for winter (1. nov. – 31. mar.)

Travlt — Independence Day, skoleferie på 4 af de markeder, der fylder stedet

• Natur

  Spring flowers and orchids

  10. mar. – 30. apr. · normaltVilde blomster & blomstring

  The island is the greenest in the Ionian and the olive terraces come up thick with orchids and asphodel before the summer burns it all off. The Corfu Trail is at its best now. Kilde ↗

• Helligdag

  Independence Day

  25. mar.National helligdagLukninger

  25 March, also the feast of the Annunciation, is a national holiday. Schoolchildren and bands parade through town centres under blue-and-white flags, banks, offices and most shops close, and fried salt cod with garlic sauce is the traditional lunch. Kilde ↗

Stadig i gang: Corfu Carnival (5. feb. – 10. mar. (normalt)), Resorts shut for winter (1. nov. – 31. mar.)

Tætpakket — Corfu Easter, Easter holidays (Orthodox) i Greece

• Helligdag

  Corfu Easter

  6.–13. apr.Påske & den stille ugeTætpakketBook tidligt

  The most Venetian Easter in Greece: philharmonic bands in the streets all week, then at eleven on Holy Saturday morning the old town throws clay pots of water off its balconies. Kilde ↗

• Åbning

  Island season opens

  15. apr. – 20. maj · normaltSommersæsonen åbner

  Resorts, charter flights and the Paleokastritsa boats restart around Easter, and the island is at its greenest for the six weeks before the heat arrives. Kilde ↗

Stadig i gang: Spring flowers and orchids (10. mar. – 30. apr. (normalt))

Travlt — Cruise days in the old town, skoleferie på 4 af de markeder, der fylder stedet

• Festival

  Cricket on the Spianada

  1. maj – 15. sep. · normaltSportsbegivenhed

  A leftover of British rule that never went away: club matches on the ground beside the esplanade through the summer, watched from the arcade cafes by people who are mainly there for the coffee. Kilde ↗

• Sæson

  Cruise days in the old town

  1. maj – 15. okt. · normaltKrydstogtsæsonTætpakket

  Ships tie up a ten-minute walk from the Liston and the Spianada, so the old town runs on ship hours: heaving from ten to four, and the town's own again by early evening. Kilde ↗

Stadig i gang: Corfu Easter (6.–13. apr.), Island season opens (15. apr. – 20. maj (normalt))

Tætpakket — Cruise days in the old town, Summer holidays i Greece

• Sæson

  Sea warm enough to swim

  10. jun. – 20. okt. · normalt

  The Ionian is calmer and clearer than the Aegean because the meltemi does not reach it, and the west-coast bays stay swimmable into the second half of October.

Stadig i gang: Cricket on the Spianada (1. maj – 15. sep. (normalt)), Cruise days in the old town (1. maj – 15. okt. (normalt))

Tætpakket — Cruise days in the old town, Summer holidays i Greece

Intet nyt begynder i juli.

Stadig i gang: Cricket on the Spianada (1. maj – 15. sep. (normalt)), Cruise days in the old town (1. maj – 15. okt. (normalt)), Sea warm enough to swim (10. jun. – 20. okt. (normalt))

Tætpakket — Cruise days in the old town, August peak

• Helligdag

  August peak

  1.–28. aug.SkoleferieTætpakketBook tidligt

  Italians and mainland Greeks both take August here, so ferries from Igoumenitsa run full, the north-east coast roads jam and villa prices roughly double for the month. Kilde ↗

• Festival

  Saint Spyridon litany

  11. aug.Religiøs højtidTætpakket

  One of the four days a year the saint's body is carried through the old town, with every philharmonic band on the island behind it. The 11 August one marks a lifted siege. Kilde ↗

Stadig i gang: Cricket on the Spianada (1. maj – 15. sep. (normalt)), Cruise days in the old town (1. maj – 15. okt. (normalt)), Sea warm enough to swim (10. jun. – 20. okt. (normalt))

Stille — rejsende beskriver det som stille, Cruise days in the old town

Intet nyt begynder i september.

Stadig i gang: Cricket on the Spianada (1. maj – 15. sep. (normalt)), Cruise days in the old town (1. maj – 15. okt. (normalt)), Sea warm enough to swim (10. jun. – 20. okt. (normalt))

Tætpakket — Cruise days in the old town, Ohi Day

• Helligdag

  Ohi Day

  28. okt.National helligdagLukninger

  28 October marks Greece's refusal of the 1940 Italian ultimatum. School and military parades fill town centres in the morning, flags hang from balconies, and banks, offices and many shops close for the day. Kilde ↗

Stadig i gang: Cruise days in the old town (1. maj – 15. okt. (normalt)), Sea warm enough to swim (10. jun. – 20. okt. (normalt))

Stille — skoleferie på 2 af de markeder, der fylder stedet, en af stedets værste måneder vejrmæssigt

• Natur

  Olive harvest

  1. nov. – 28. feb. · normalt

  Nets go down under four million trees, most of them planted under the Venetians and never pruned, and the presses in the villages run through the winter. Kilde ↗

• Lukning

  Resorts shut for winter

  1. nov. – 31. mar.

  Outside Corfu Town almost everything closes for the winter, the charter flights stop and the coast roads are empty. The town itself is a working Venetian city year round. Kilde ↗

Travlt — Christmas holidays i Greece, skoleferie på 7 af de markeder, der fylder stedet

Intet nyt begynder i december.

Stadig i gang: Olive harvest (1. nov. – 28. feb. (normalt)), Resorts shut for winter (1. nov. – 31. mar.)