Qué hay en Ajaccio (Corsica), Francia, a lo largo del año

Concurrido — Christmas holidays en Francia, vacaciones escolares en 6 de los mercados que lo llenan

En enero no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: Low season (1 Nov – 31 Mar (normalmente))

Concurrido — Winter (February) holidays en Francia, vacaciones escolares en 2 de los mercados que lo llenan

En febrero no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: Low season (1 Nov – 31 Mar (normalmente))

Máxima afluencia — Holy Week processions, Winter (February) holidays en Francia

• Festival

  A Madunnuccia

  17–18 MarFiesta religiosa

  The city's patron saint day: candles lit at the statue on Place Foch on the evening of the 17th, then mass at the cathedral and a procession through the old town on the 18th, a local holiday. Fuente ↗

• Festivo

  Holy Week processions

  20 Mar – 25 Abr · normalmenteSemana Santa y Pascua

  Corsica keeps its Good Friday rites. In Ajaccio the confraternities of Saint Anthony and Saint Erasmus carry the dead Christ from the cathedral through the candlelit old town; Sartene's hooded penitent is a day trip away. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Low season (1 Nov – 31 Mar (normalmente))

Máxima afluencia — Holy Week processions, Spring holidays en Francia

En abril no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: Holy Week processions (20 Mar – 25 Abr (normalmente))

Máxima afluencia — May holidays and ponts, Spring holidays en Francia

• Festivo

  May holidays and ponts

  1–25 MayFiesta nacionalMucha genteReserva prontoCierres

  1 May, 8 May, Ascension Thursday and Whit Monday are public holidays, and the French bridge the gaps with a day off, the pont. Expect four-day weekends of busy trains, jammed roads and full rooms in towns that draw visitors, and near-total closures on 1 May. Fuente ↗

• Festival

  Saint-Erasme, the fishermen's feast

  30 May – 2 Jun · normalmenteFiesta religiosa

  The fishermen carry their patron down to the port at the end of May, and on 2 June the statue goes out into the gulf with a following of boats before the blessing. A town evening, not a ticketed one. Fuente ↗

Concurrido — vacaciones escolares en 4 de los mercados que lo llenan, uno de sus mejores meses por clima

• Temporada

  Sea warm enough to swim

  15 Jun – 10 Oct · normalmente

  The gulf is comfortable from the middle of June and stays that way well past the September exodus, when the beaches south of town empty out but the water has not cooled.

• Riesgo

  Fire risk and closed massifs

  15 Jun – 30 Sep · normalmenteTemporada de humoCierres

  The prefecture bans fires and outdoor work across Corse-du-Sud into the end of September, and on severe-risk days it shuts whole forest massifs to walkers and cars at a day's notice. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: May holidays and ponts (1–25 May), Saint-Erasme, the fishermen's feast (30 May – 2 Jun (normalmente))

Máxima afluencia — Bastille Day (14 juillet), The August crush

• Festivo

  Bastille Day (14 juillet)

  13–14 JulFiesta nacionalMucha genteCierres

  14 July is the national holiday: towns hold fireworks on the evening of the 13th or 14th, often with a firemen's ball, a parade or a concert, and banks, offices and many shops close for the day. Fuente ↗

• Festivo

  The August crush

  15 Jul – 31 AgoVacaciones escolaresMucha genteReserva pronto

  Corsica takes the French and Italian holidays at the same time. Ferries, flights and hire cars for August go months ahead, and the coast road out of town crawls from the middle of July. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Sea warm enough to swim (15 Jun – 10 Oct (normalmente)), Fire risk and closed massifs (15 Jun – 30 Sep (normalmente))

Máxima afluencia — The August crush, Journees Napoleoniennes

• Festival

  Journees Napoleoniennes

  12–15 AgoGran festivalMucha gente

  Four days of bivouacs, costumed drills and parades around the Maison Bonaparte for the emperor's birthday, closing with the Assumption procession and fireworks off the Saint-Francois beach on the 15th. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Sea warm enough to swim (15 Jun – 10 Oct (normalmente)), Fire risk and closed massifs (15 Jun – 30 Sep (normalmente)), The August crush (15 Jul – 31 Ago)

Máxima afluencia — los viajeros lo describen como muy concurrido, vacaciones escolares en 3 de los mercados que lo llenan

En septiembre no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: Sea warm enough to swim (15 Jun – 10 Oct (normalmente)), Fire risk and closed massifs (15 Jun – 30 Sep (normalmente))

Concurrido — All Saints (autumn) holidays en Francia, vacaciones escolares en 3 de los mercados que lo llenan

En octubre no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: Sea warm enough to swim (15 Jun – 10 Oct (normalmente))

Concurrido — All Saints (autumn) holidays en Francia

• Temporada

  Low season

  1 Nov – 31 Mar · normalmenteCierre de temporada bajaCierres

  Most beach restaurants and a good share of hotels shut, and many summer flights and ferries stop running. The old town and its markets carry on for the locals, and prices fall a long way.

• Festival

  Natali in Aiacciu

  28 Nov – 31 Dic · normalmenteNavidad y Año Nuevo

  The Christmas market fills Place Foch, Place Campinchi and the harbour quay with chalets of Corsican produce, an ice rink and a parade. It is the one busy month in Ajaccio's winter. Fuente ↗

Concurrido — Christmas holidays en Francia, vacaciones escolares en 6 de los mercados que lo llenan

En diciembre no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: Low season (1 Nov – 31 Mar (normalmente)), Natali in Aiacciu (28 Nov – 31 Dic (normalmente))