Was ist los in Iraklio, Griechenland – übers Jahr

Viel los – Christmas holidays in Griechenland, Schulferien in 7 der Herkunftsländer, aus denen die Gäste kommen

Im Januar beginnt nichts Neues.

Läuft noch: Olive harvest (1. Nov. – 31. Jan. (meist)), Winter: charters stop (5. Nov. – 31. März)

Viel los – Clean Monday, Schulferien in 3 der Herkunftsländer, aus denen die Gäste kommen

• Feiertag

  Clean Monday

  23. Feb.KarnevalSchließungenVoll

  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. Quelle ↗

Läuft noch: Winter: charters stop (5. Nov. – 31. März)

Viel los – Independence Day, Schulferien in 4 der Herkunftsländer, aus denen die Gäste kommen

• Natur

  Spring on the Messara

  10. März – 10. Mai · meistWildblumen & Blüte

  The plain south of the city and the climb up to the Lasithi plateau are green and flowering for two months, which is also when the archaeological sites are walkable at midday.

• Feiertag

  Independence Day

  25. MärzNationalfeiertagSchließungen

  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. Quelle ↗

Läuft noch: Clean Monday (23. Feb.), Winter: charters stop (5. Nov. – 31. März)

Hochbetrieb – Orthodox Easter, Coach and cruise season at Knossos

• Feiertag

  Orthodox Easter

  10.–13. Apr.Ostern & KarwocheSchließungenFrüh buchen

  Shops, museums and half the restaurants shut from Good Friday through Easter Monday while the villages roast lamb. Domestic flights and the Piraeus ferries fill first. Quelle ↗

• Saison

  Coach and cruise season at Knossos

  15. Apr. – 31. Okt.VollFrüh buchen

  The site takes the island's whole coach and cruise load between ten and two, on almost no shade. Being at the gate when it opens is the only version of Knossos worth having.

Läuft noch: Spring on the Messara (10. März – 10. Mai (meist))

Viel los – Coach and cruise season at Knossos, Schulferien in 4 der Herkunftsländer, aus denen die Gäste kommen

Im Mai beginnt nichts Neues.

Läuft noch: Spring on the Messara (10. März – 10. Mai (meist)), Orthodox Easter (10.–13. Apr.), Coach and cruise season at Knossos (15. Apr. – 31. Okt.)

Hochbetrieb – Coach and cruise season at Knossos, Summer holidays in Griechenland

• Saison

  Sea warm enough to swim

  1. Juni – 5. Nov. · meist

  Crete's water runs a month ahead of the mainland at both ends of the season. The city's own beaches are ordinary; the ones east towards Malia and west at Agia Pelagia are not. Quelle ↗

Läuft noch: Coach and cruise season at Knossos (15. Apr. – 31. Okt.)

Hochbetrieb – Coach and cruise season at Knossos, Summer holidays in Griechenland

Im Juli beginnt nichts Neues.

Läuft noch: Coach and cruise season at Knossos (15. Apr. – 31. Okt.), Sea warm enough to swim (1. Juni – 5. Nov. (meist))

Hochbetrieb – Coach and cruise season at Knossos, August peak

• Feiertag

  August peak

  1.–31. Aug.SchulferienVollFrüh buchen

  Greek and northern European holidays land together, the airport runs at capacity and hire cars are the thing that actually sells out. Book the car before the room. Quelle ↗

• Natur

  Peza wine harvest

  20. Aug. – 10. Okt. · meist

  The vineyards at Peza and Archanes, twenty minutes uphill, bring in vidiano and kotsifali from late August, and the estates open their doors while they do. Quelle ↗

Läuft noch: Coach and cruise season at Knossos (15. Apr. – 31. Okt.), Sea warm enough to swim (1. Juni – 5. Nov. (meist))

Hochbetrieb – Coach and cruise season at Knossos, Summer holidays in Griechenland

Im September beginnt nichts Neues.

Läuft noch: Coach and cruise season at Knossos (15. Apr. – 31. Okt.), Sea warm enough to swim (1. Juni – 5. Nov. (meist)), Peza wine harvest (20. Aug. – 10. Okt. (meist))

Hochbetrieb – Coach and cruise season at Knossos, Ohi Day

• Feiertag

  Ohi Day

  28. Okt.NationalfeiertagSchließungen

  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. Quelle ↗

Läuft noch: Coach and cruise season at Knossos (15. Apr. – 31. Okt.), Sea warm enough to swim (1. Juni – 5. Nov. (meist)), Peza wine harvest (20. Aug. – 10. Okt. (meist))

Zwischensaison – Schulferien in 2 der Herkunftsländer, aus denen die Gäste kommen, ein gewöhnlicher Monat

• Natur

  Olive harvest

  1. Nov. – 31. Jan. · meist

  Nets under the trees across the whole prefecture from November, and the presses running late into the night. The new oil is the reason to eat in a village in December.

• Saison

  Winter: charters stop

  5. Nov. – 31. MärzSaisonpauseSchließungen

  The resorts either side of the city close and the charter flights end, but Heraklion is a working port city of 150,000 and carries on. Rooms cost a third of August.

Läuft noch: Sea warm enough to swim (1. Juni – 5. Nov. (meist))

Viel los – Christmas holidays in Griechenland, Schulferien in 7 der Herkunftsländer, aus denen die Gäste kommen

Im Dezember beginnt nichts Neues.

Läuft noch: Olive harvest (1. Nov. – 31. Jan. (meist)), Winter: charters stop (5. Nov. – 31. März)