Qué hay en Catania (Etna), Italia, a lo largo del año

Máxima afluencia — Christmas to Epiphany, Christmas holidays en Italia

• Riesgo

  Etna ash and airport closures

  1 Ene – 31 DicActividad volcánicaCierres

  Etna produces paroxysms several times a year with no season to them, and when the ash blows south the airport shuts for hours and the cars turn grey. Check INGV before assuming a flight will go. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Blood orange harvest (15 Dic – 15 Abr (normalmente)), Skiing on Etna (20 Dic – 31 Mar (normalmente)), Christmas to Epiphany (24 Dic – 6 Ene)

Máxima afluencia — Carnevale di Acireale, Festa di Sant'Agata

• Festival

  Carnevale di Acireale

  1 Feb – 5 Mar · normalmenteCarnavalMucha gente

  Sicily's flower-and-papier-mache carnival runs for about ten days up to Shrove Tuesday in the baroque town fifteen kilometres north, reachable on the local train. Fuente ↗

• Festival

  Festa di Sant'Agata

  3–5 FebFiesta religiosaMucha genteCierresReserva pronto

  Three days in early February when the whole city, in white sacchi, hauls the saint's silver bust through the streets overnight. Traffic and normal life stop; hotels go months ahead. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Etna ash and airport closures (1 Ene – 31 Dic), Blood orange harvest (15 Dic – 15 Abr (normalmente)), Skiing on Etna (20 Dic – 31 Mar (normalmente))

Concurrido — Carnevale di Acireale, vacaciones escolares en 4 de los mercados que lo llenan

• Festivo

  Easter and Pasquetta

  4–6 AbrSemana Santa y PascuaMucha genteCierres

  Easter Sunday and Easter Monday (Pasquetta) are public holidays, and Italians use the long weekend for short breaks and day trips: trains and hotels fill, old towns and sights are busier than the weeks around, and many shops and some restaurants close on Easter Sunday. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Etna ash and airport closures (1 Ene – 31 Dic), Carnevale di Acireale (1 Feb – 5 Mar (normalmente)), Blood orange harvest (15 Dic – 15 Abr (normalmente)), Skiing on Etna (20 Dic – 31 Mar (normalmente))

Máxima afluencia — Easter and Pasquetta, Easter holidays en Italia

En abril no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: Etna ash and airport closures (1 Ene – 31 Dic), Easter and Pasquetta (4–6 Abr), Blood orange harvest (15 Dic – 15 Abr (normalmente))

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

En mayo no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: Etna ash and airport closures (1 Ene – 31 Dic)

Concurrido — Summer holidays en Italia, vacaciones escolares en 3 de los mercados que lo llenan

• Temporada

  Sea warm enough to swim

  10 Jun – 25 Oct · normalmente

  One of the longest swimming windows in Europe. The lava coast at Aci Trezza is the better water; the sand at Playa is where the city goes.

Sigue en marcha: Etna ash and airport closures (1 Ene – 31 Dic)

Concurrido — Summer holidays en Italia, vacaciones escolares en 6 de los mercados que lo llenan

En julio no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: Etna ash and airport closures (1 Ene – 31 Dic), Sea warm enough to swim (10 Jun – 25 Oct (normalmente))

Máxima afluencia — Ferragosto, Summer holidays en Italia

• Festivo

  Ferragosto

  5–25 AgoVacaciones escolaresCierresMucha gente

  The city's own restaurants close for a fortnight while everyone moves to the coast, and flights and ferries are at their dearest of the year around 15 August. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Etna ash and airport closures (1 Ene – 31 Dic), Sea warm enough to swim (10 Jun – 25 Oct (normalmente))

Concurrido — Summer holidays en Italia, vacaciones escolares en 2 de los mercados que lo llenan

En septiembre no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: Etna ash and airport closures (1 Ene – 31 Dic), Sea warm enough to swim (10 Jun – 25 Oct (normalmente))

Temporada media — vacaciones escolares en 4 de los mercados que lo llenan, un mes normal

En octubre no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: Etna ash and airport closures (1 Ene – 31 Dic), Sea warm enough to swim (10 Jun – 25 Oct (normalmente))

Tranquilo — los viajeros lo describen como tranquilo, vacaciones escolares en 2 de los mercados que lo llenan

En noviembre no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: Etna ash and airport closures (1 Ene – 31 Dic)

Máxima afluencia — Christmas to Epiphany, Christmas holidays en Italia

• Naturaleza

  Blood orange harvest

  15 Dic – 15 Abr · normalmente

  Tarocco and moro oranges come off the volcanic plain north of the city through winter, which is the argument for eating here between January and March.

• Temporada

  Skiing on Etna

  20 Dic – 31 Mar · normalmenteTemporada de esquí

  Nicolosi and Piano Provenzana run a handful of lifts on the volcano in a normal winter, an hour above a coast where the oranges are being picked.

• Festivo

  Christmas to Epiphany

  24 Dic – 6 EneNavidad y Año NuevoCierresMucha gente

  Christmas Day, Santo Stefano (26 December), New Year's Day and Epiphany (6 January) are public holidays. Many museums, shops and restaurants close on the 25th and some on the 26th and 1st, while the days between bring Italian families out to nativity scenes, lights and markets. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Etna ash and airport closures (1 Ene – 31 Dic)