Det sker i Matera (Sassi), Italy året igennem

Tætpakket — Living nativity in the caves, Christmas holidays i Italy

Intet nyt begynder i januar.

Stadig i gang: Living nativity in the caves (20. dec. – 6. jan. (normalt))

Stille — skoleferie på 3 af de markeder, der fylder stedet, en af stedets værste måneder vejrmæssigt

Intet nyt begynder i februar.

Travlt — Holy Week in the Sassi, skoleferie på 4 af de markeder, der fylder stedet

• Helligdag

  Holy Week in the Sassi

  29. mar. – 6. apr.Påske & den stille ugeTætpakketBook tidligt

  Torchlit processions down through the cave quarters on the Thursday and Friday, in a town small enough that a few thousand visitors fill it. Rooms in the Sassi go early. Kilde ↗

Tætpakket — Holy Week in the Sassi, 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: Holy Week in the Sassi (29. mar. – 6. apr.)

Travlt — Spring bank-holiday bridges, skoleferie på 4 af de markeder, der fylder stedet

Intet nyt begynder i maj.

Stadig i gang: Spring bank-holiday bridges (25. apr. – 2. jun.)

Tætpakket — Spring bank-holiday bridges, Festa della Bruna

• Festival

  Festa della Bruna

  28. jun. – 2. jul.Religiøs højtidTætpakketBook tidligt

  The one day Matera belongs to Materans. A papier-mache triumphal cart is paraded on 2 July and then torn to pieces by the crowd in Piazza Vittorio Veneto in about three minutes. Kilde ↗

Stadig i gang: Spring bank-holiday bridges (25. apr. – 2. jun.)

Tætpakket — Festa della Bruna, Summer holidays i Italy

• Risiko

  Heat in the ravine

  1. jul. – 25. aug.Ekstrem varme

  The Sassi are cut into a south-facing tufa gorge with almost no shade and stone that holds the day's heat into the night. Everything worth walking to is done before ten or after seven. Kilde ↗

Stadig i gang: Festa della Bruna (28. jun. – 2. jul.)

Tætpakket — Ferragosto, Summer holidays i Italy

• Helligdag

  Ferragosto

  10.–20. aug.SkoleferieLukningerTætpakket

  Italian holidays peak around 15 August: day-trippers from the Puglian coast fill the belvedere while the family-run places in the lower town take their own fortnight off. Kilde ↗

Stadig i gang: Heat in the ravine (1. jul. – 25. aug.)

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

• Natur

  Grape then olive harvest

  10. sep. – 20. nov. · normalt

  Grapes come in across the Murgia through September, olives from late October, and the new oil reaches the shops in November. The countryside is at work and the town is at its emptiest.

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

Intet nyt begynder i oktober.

Stadig i gang: Grape then olive harvest (10. sep. – 20. nov. (normalt))

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

Intet nyt begynder i november.

Stadig i gang: Grape then olive harvest (10. sep. – 20. nov. (normalt))

Tætpakket — Living nativity in the caves, Christmas holidays i Italy

• Festival

  Living nativity in the caves

  20. dec. – 6. jan. · normaltJul & nytårTætpakket

  The cave quarters are used as a nativity set over the holidays, which is the one time of year the Sassi are properly lit at night. Dress for stone: the caves hold the cold as well as the heat. Kilde ↗