Det sker i Kalabaka (Meteora), 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: Monasteries on winter hours (1. nov. – 31. mar.), Cloud on the pillars (1. nov. – 15. mar. (normalt))

Travlt — Clean Monday, skoleferie på 3 af de markeder, der fylder stedet

• Helligdag

  Clean Monday

  23. feb.KarnevalLukningerTætpakket

  Clean Monday, the first day of Orthodox Lent and 48 days before Easter, is a public holiday. Offices and most shops close, families head outdoors to picnic and fly kites, and tavernas serve Lenten food such as seafood, bean dishes and flat lagana bread. Kilde ↗

Stadig i gang: Monasteries on winter hours (1. nov. – 31. mar.), Cloud on the pillars (1. nov. – 15. mar. (normalt))

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

• 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: Clean Monday (23. feb.), Monasteries on winter hours (1. nov. – 31. mar.), Cloud on the pillars (1. nov. – 15. mar. (normalt))

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

• Natur

  Spring on the rocks

  1. apr. – 31. maj · normaltVilde blomster & blomstring

  The pillars are green to the base and the footpaths between the monasteries are at their best before the plain heats up. Griffon vultures are on the thermals by mid-morning.

• Helligdag

  Orthodox Easter

  10.–13. apr.Påske & den stille ugeTætpakketLukninger

  The monasteries keep the full liturgical week and Greek visitors come for it, so the town is booked out and the sites keep their own hours rather than the posted ones. Kilde ↗

• Sæson

  Climbing and hiking season

  1. apr. – 15. jun. · normaltVandresæson

  The conglomerate towers have been climbed since the 1970s and spring is the window, along with mid-September to November. Midsummer rock is too hot to hold by ten.

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

Intet nyt begynder i maj.

Stadig i gang: Spring on the rocks (1. apr. – 31. maj (normalt)), Orthodox Easter (10.–13. apr.), Climbing and hiking season (1. apr. – 15. jun. (normalt))

Tætpakket — rejsende beskriver det som højsæson, Summer holidays i Greece

Intet nyt begynder i juni.

Stadig i gang: Climbing and hiking season (1. apr. – 15. jun. (normalt))

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

• Risiko

  Thessaly plain heat

  1. jul. – 25. aug.Ekstrem varme

  This inland plain is one of the hottest places in Greece and the rock radiates it back. Monastery visits mean stairs in full sun, so it is an early-morning trip in high summer. Kilde ↗

Tætpakket — August coaches, Summer holidays i Greece

• Helligdag

  August coaches

  1.–31. aug.SkoleferieTætpakket

  Day coaches from Thessaloniki and the Athens road arrive together in the middle of the day, and the narrow monastery stairs are one-in-one-out. Go at opening or at four. Kilde ↗

Stadig i gang: Thessaly plain heat (1. jul. – 25. aug.)

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

Intet nyt begynder i september.

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

• Natur

  Autumn colour in the Pindus

  15. okt. – 20. nov. · normalt

  The oak and beech on the slopes behind the rocks turn through late October, and the coaches have gone. It is the quietest good month here.

• 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 ↗

Skuldersæson — skoleferie på 2 af de markeder, der fylder stedet, en helt almindelig måned

• Lukning

  Monasteries on winter hours

  1. nov. – 31. mar.

  From November the six monasteries drop to short winter hours and each closes two or three days a week rather than one. Plan the loop around the closures or you will drive past locked gates. Kilde ↗

• Sæson

  Cloud on the pillars

  1. nov. – 15. mar. · normaltTågesæsonRisiko

  Winter mornings put low cloud in the valley with the monasteries standing above it, which is the photograph everyone comes for. It also means some days you see nothing at all.

Stadig i gang: Autumn colour in the Pindus (15. okt. – 20. nov. (normalt))

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

Intet nyt begynder i december.

Stadig i gang: Monasteries on winter hours (1. nov. – 31. mar.), Cloud on the pillars (1. nov. – 15. mar. (normalt))