Was ist los in Rhodos, 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: Resorts shut for winter (1. Nov. – 31. März), Olive harvest (1. Nov. – 15. Jan. (meist))

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: Resorts shut for winter (1. Nov. – 31. März)

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

• 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.), Resorts shut for winter (1. Nov. – 31. März)

Hochbetrieb – Orthodox Easter, Cruise calls in the Old Town

• Eröffnung

  Resort season opens

  1. Apr. – 10. Mai · meistSommersaison beginnt

  Charter flights, the east-coast hotels and the Lindos tavernas restart around Easter. Everything is open and nothing is full, which is the case for about six weeks. Quelle ↗

• Feiertag

  Orthodox Easter

  10.–13. Apr.Ostern & KarwocheVollSchließungen

  Greeks travel for it, so the ferries and the island hotels fill before the foreign season starts. Midnight on Holy Saturday is fireworks and church bells everywhere at once. Quelle ↗

• Saison

  Cruise calls in the Old Town

  15. Apr. – 31. Okt. · meistKreuzfahrtsaisonVoll

  Ships tie up beside the medieval walls and the Street of the Knights belongs to their tours between about ten and four. Before and after that the Old Town is a different place.

Viel los – Cruise calls in the Old Town, Schulferien in 4 der Herkunftsländer, aus denen die Gäste kommen

Im Mai beginnt nichts Neues.

Läuft noch: Resort season opens (1. Apr. – 10. Mai (meist)), Orthodox Easter (10.–13. Apr.), Cruise calls in the Old Town (15. Apr. – 31. Okt. (meist))

Hochbetrieb – Cruise calls in the Old Town, Summer holidays in Griechenland

• Saison

  Sea warm enough to swim

  10. Juni – 31. Okt. · meist

  The east coast is the swimmable side and stays comfortable to the end of October. The west coast has the wind and the waves, which is why the kitesurfers are all at Prasonisi.

• Natur

  Moths at Petaloudes

  15. Juni – 15. Sep. · meistTiersaison

  Jersey tiger moths gather in their thousands in the shaded valley at Petaloudes for the dry months, and the site is closed to visitors outside them. Clapping to make them fly is both banned and pointless. Quelle ↗

• Risiko

  Wildfire season

  15. Juni – 30. Sep. · meistRauchsaison

  The island's interior burns in the worst summers and the 2023 fires emptied the southeast coast for a week. Risk is graded daily and access to the forested middle is restricted on the high days. Quelle ↗

Läuft noch: Cruise calls in the Old Town (15. Apr. – 31. Okt. (meist))

Hochbetrieb – Cruise calls in the Old Town, Summer holidays in Griechenland

• Saison

  The meltemi

  1. Juli – 31. Aug. · meistWindsaisonRisiko

  The summer north wind gets up most afternoons and blows for days at a stretch. It makes the heat bearable, closes the west-coast beaches to swimmers and occasionally stops the small ferries.

Läuft noch: Cruise calls in the Old Town (15. Apr. – 31. Okt. (meist)), Sea warm enough to swim (10. Juni – 31. Okt. (meist)), Moths at Petaloudes (15. Juni – 15. Sep. (meist)), Wildfire season (15. Juni – 30. Sep. (meist))

Hochbetrieb – Cruise calls in the Old Town, Assumption on 15 August

• Feiertag

  Assumption on 15 August

  12.–18. Aug.NationalfeiertagVollSchließungenFrüh buchen

  The biggest holiday of the Greek year outside Easter. Domestic flights and ferries fill, the village churches hold panigiria with food and lyra until dawn, and shops shut on the day itself. Quelle ↗

• Saison

  Grape harvest at Embonas

  25. Aug. – 30. Sep. · meist

  The Athiri vineyards on the slopes of Attavyros are picked from late August, and the mountain villages hold their wine feasts once the presses are running. The coast is still full; the interior is not.

Läuft noch: Cruise calls in the Old Town (15. Apr. – 31. Okt. (meist)), Sea warm enough to swim (10. Juni – 31. Okt. (meist)), Moths at Petaloudes (15. Juni – 15. Sep. (meist)), Wildfire season (15. Juni – 30. Sep. (meist)), The meltemi (1. Juli – 31. Aug. (meist))

Hochbetrieb – Cruise calls in the Old Town, Summer holidays in Griechenland

Im September beginnt nichts Neues.

Läuft noch: Cruise calls in the Old Town (15. Apr. – 31. Okt. (meist)), Sea warm enough to swim (10. Juni – 31. Okt. (meist)), Moths at Petaloudes (15. Juni – 15. Sep. (meist)), Wildfire season (15. Juni – 30. Sep. (meist)), Grape harvest at Embonas (25. Aug. – 30. Sep. (meist))

Hochbetrieb – Cruise calls in the Old Town, 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: Cruise calls in the Old Town (15. Apr. – 31. Okt. (meist)), Sea warm enough to swim (10. Juni – 31. Okt. (meist))

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

• Schließung

  Resorts shut for winter

  1. Nov. – 31. März

  Outside Rhodes Town the island closes: hotels boarded, Lindos down to a couple of kitchens, charter flights gone. The town itself keeps working and is the only reason to come in winter. Quelle ↗

• Saison

  Olive harvest

  1. Nov. – 15. Jan. · meist

  Nets go down under the trees across the interior once the resorts have shut, and the village presses run into January. It is the one thing happening on the island in those months.

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

Im Dezember beginnt nichts Neues.

Läuft noch: Resorts shut for winter (1. Nov. – 31. März), Olive harvest (1. Nov. – 15. Jan. (meist))