Qué hay en Atenas, Grecia, a lo largo del año

Tranquilo — el mes tranquilo según el editor, Christmas holidays en Grecia

• Norma

  Acropolis timed entry

  1 Ene – 31 DicReserva pronto

  Tickets carry an hourly slot and the site is capped at twenty thousand people a day. The eight-to-noon slots go first, and the gate queue is what you are paying to skip. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Winter hours at the ancient sites (1 Nov – 31 Mar)

Tranquilo — el mes tranquilo según el editor, vacaciones escolares en 3 de los mercados que lo llenan

• Festival

  Carnival and Clean Monday

  23 Feb

  Three weeks of neighbourhood carnival end on Clean Monday, when families take kites up onto Filopappou and the hills above the city and the whole country eats lenten food outdoors. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Acropolis timed entry (1 Ene – 31 Dic), Winter hours at the ancient sites (1 Nov – 31 Mar)

Concurrido — entre los picos, Independence Day parade

• Festival

  Independence Day parade

  25 MarFiesta nacionalMucha genteCierres

  A military parade closes Vasilissis Sofias and the streets around Syntagma for the morning of 25 March. Museums and most shops are shut for the holiday. Fuente ↗

• Festivo

  Orthodox Easter

  10–13 AbrSemana Santa y PascuaCierres

  Athens empties for a week as the city goes back to the villages. Shops and many tavernas close, the centre is oddly calm, and every road and ferry out of town is full on the Thursday and Friday. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Acropolis timed entry (1 Ene – 31 Dic), Carnival and Clean Monday (23 Feb), Winter hours at the ancient sites (1 Nov – 31 Mar)

Concurrido — entre los picos, Orthodox Easter

En abril no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: Acropolis timed entry (1 Ene – 31 Dic), Orthodox Easter (10–13 Abr)

Temporada media — entre los picos, vacaciones escolares en 4 de los mercados que lo llenan

En mayo no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: Acropolis timed entry (1 Ene – 31 Dic), Orthodox Easter (10–13 Abr)

Concurrido — Summer holidays en Grecia, vacaciones escolares en 4 de los mercados que lo llenan

• Temporada

  Sea warm enough to swim

  1 Jun – 31 Oct · normalmente

  The coastal suburbs down the tram line from the centre are swimmable from June, and the water is at its warmest in September, well after the air has stopped being punishing.

• Festival

  Athens Epidaurus Festival

  1 Jun – 29 AgoFestival de artesReserva pronto

  Three months of theatre, dance and concerts, with the headline nights under the Acropolis at the Odeon of Herodes Atticus and Greek tragedy staged in the ancient theatre at Epidaurus. Fuente ↗

• Riesgo

  Midday closures in the heat

  15 Jun – 31 Ago · normalmenteCalor extremoCierres

  On the worst days the culture ministry shuts the open archaeological sites through the middle of the afternoon and the Red Cross hands out water at the gate. Do the ruins before ten or after six. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Acropolis timed entry (1 Ene – 31 Dic)

Máxima afluencia — el mes de más afluencia según el editor, Summer holidays en Grecia

En julio no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: Acropolis timed entry (1 Ene – 31 Dic), Sea warm enough to swim (1 Jun – 31 Oct (normalmente)), Athens Epidaurus Festival (1 Jun – 29 Ago), Midday closures in the heat (15 Jun – 31 Ago (normalmente))

Máxima afluencia — el mes de más afluencia según el editor, The 15 August exodus

• Festivo

  The 15 August exodus

  8–25 Ago · normalmenteVacaciones escolaresCierres

  Athenians leave for the islands and the villages around the Dormition holiday on the 15th. Neighbourhood shops and tavernas shut for a fortnight, and what is left in the centre is heat and visitors. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Acropolis timed entry (1 Ene – 31 Dic), Sea warm enough to swim (1 Jun – 31 Oct (normalmente)), Athens Epidaurus Festival (1 Jun – 29 Ago), Midday closures in the heat (15 Jun – 31 Ago (normalmente))

Concurrido — entre los picos, Summer holidays en Grecia

En septiembre no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: Acropolis timed entry (1 Ene – 31 Dic), Sea warm enough to swim (1 Jun – 31 Oct (normalmente))

Concurrido — entre los picos, Ohi Day

• Festivo

  Ohi Day

  28 OctFiesta nacionalCierresMucha gente

  A military parade closes Vasilissis Sofias and Syntagma on the 28th and the country takes the day off; museums and most shops shut, and it usually pulls a long weekend with it. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Acropolis timed entry (1 Ene – 31 Dic), Sea warm enough to swim (1 Jun – 31 Oct (normalmente))

Tranquilo — el mes tranquilo según el editor, Athens Marathon

• Norma

  Winter hours at the ancient sites

  1 Nov – 31 MarCierres

  From the first of November the archaeological sites move to the short winter timetable and close in the middle of the afternoon. The trade is a cheaper ticket and an Acropolis you can walk without booking. Fuente ↗

• Festival

  Athens Marathon

  8 NovEvento deportivoMucha genteCierres

  The race runs from Marathon into the Panathenaic Stadium and closes the eastern approaches to the city for most of a Sunday. Do not book a morning flight out of that day. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Acropolis timed entry (1 Ene – 31 Dic)

Tranquilo — el mes tranquilo según el editor, Christmas holidays en Grecia

En diciembre no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: Acropolis timed entry (1 Ene – 31 Dic), Winter hours at the ancient sites (1 Nov – 31 Mar)