Det sker i Florence (Firenze), Italy året igennem

Tætpakket — rejsende beskriver det som højsæson, Pitti Immagine trade fairs

• Regel

  Booked slots at the big museums

  1. jan. – 31. dec.Book tidligt

  The Uffizi and the Accademia sell timed entry and turning up without one costs hours between March and October. The city also charges a nightly tourist tax on every bed. Kilde ↗

• Festival

  Pitti Immagine trade fairs

  8.–18. jan. · normaltStor festivalTætpakketBook tidligt

  Menswear buyers fill the Fortezza and every good hotel in the city in the second week of January, and again in the second week of June. The dearest week of an otherwise cheap month. Kilde ↗

Stadig i gang: Christmas to Epiphany (24. dec. – 6. jan.)

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

Intet nyt begynder i februar.

Stadig i gang: Booked slots at the big museums (1. jan. – 31. dec.)

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

• Festival

  Scoppio del Carro

  5. apr.Påske & den stille ugeTætpakket

  On Easter morning a cart of fireworks is dragged by white oxen to the cathedral door and set off by a mechanical dove fired down a wire from the altar. It takes about ten minutes. Kilde ↗

Stadig i gang: Booked slots at the big museums (1. jan. – 31. dec.)

Tætpakket — Scoppio del Carro, Spring bank-holiday bridges

• Helligdag

  Spring bank-holiday bridges

  25. apr. – 2. jun.National helligdagTætpakketBook tidligt

  Liberation Day (25 April), Labour Day (1 May) and Republic Day (2 June) are public holidays, and when one falls near a weekend Italians bridge it into a long break, the ponte. Those weekends bring domestic crowds, fuller trains and higher room rates, and some shops close on the day. Kilde ↗

Stadig i gang: Booked slots at the big museums (1. jan. – 31. dec.), Scoppio del Carro (5. apr.)

Tætpakket — rejsende beskriver det som højsæson, Spring bank-holiday bridges

Intet nyt begynder i maj.

Stadig i gang: Booked slots at the big museums (1. jan. – 31. dec.), Spring bank-holiday bridges (25. apr. – 2. jun.)

Tætpakket — Spring bank-holiday bridges, Calcio Storico and San Giovanni

• Festival

  Calcio Storico and San Giovanni

  10.–24. jun.SportsbegivenhedTætpakketLukninger

  Semi-finals in the middle of June and the final always on 24 June, played on sand in Piazza Santa Croce behind a parade in armour, then fireworks off Piazzale Michelangelo that night. Kilde ↗

Stadig i gang: Booked slots at the big museums (1. jan. – 31. dec.), Spring bank-holiday bridges (25. apr. – 2. jun.)

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

• Risiko

  Basin heat

  1. jul. – 25. aug.Ekstrem varme

  The city sits in a bowl in the Arno valley with no breeze and stone that holds the day's heat overnight. Queues in the open, which is most of them, are the real problem. Kilde ↗

Stadig i gang: Booked slots at the big museums (1. jan. – 31. dec.)

Tætpakket — Ferragosto, Summer holidays i Italy

• Helligdag

  Ferragosto

  5.–25. aug.SkoleferieLukningerTætpakket

  Florentines leave and their trattorias close for a fortnight, while the coach tours carry on regardless. The queues stay; the reason to eat here does not. Kilde ↗

Stadig i gang: Booked slots at the big museums (1. jan. – 31. dec.), Basin heat (1. jul. – 25. aug.)

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

Intet nyt begynder i september.

Stadig i gang: Booked slots at the big museums (1. jan. – 31. dec.)

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

• Natur

  Olive harvest and new oil

  25. okt. – 10. dec. · normalt

  The hills at Fiesole and through Chianti are picked from late October and the first pressing turns up green and peppery on bruschetta everywhere for about six weeks.

Stadig i gang: Booked slots at the big museums (1. jan. – 31. dec.)

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

Intet nyt begynder i november.

Stadig i gang: Booked slots at the big museums (1. jan. – 31. dec.), Olive harvest and new oil (25. okt. – 10. dec. (normalt))

Tætpakket — rejsende beskriver det som højsæson, Christmas to Epiphany

• 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: Booked slots at the big museums (1. jan. – 31. dec.), Olive harvest and new oil (25. okt. – 10. dec. (normalt))