Qué hay en Douglas, Isla de Man, a lo largo del año

Tranquilo — vacaciones escolares en 7 de los mercados que lo llenan, uno de sus peores meses por clima

En enero no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: Heritage sites shut for winter (1 Nov – 25 Mar (normalmente)), Winter gales and ferry cancellations (15 Nov – 28 Feb (normalmente))

Temporada media — vacaciones escolares en 3 de los mercados que lo llenan, un mes normal

En febrero no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: Heritage sites shut for winter (1 Nov – 25 Mar (normalmente)), Winter gales and ferry cancellations (15 Nov – 28 Feb (normalmente))

Concurrido — Easter Festival of Running, vacaciones escolares en 4 de los mercados que lo llenan

• Festival

  Easter Festival of Running

  20 Mar – 25 Abr · normalmenteEvento deportivoMucha gente

  Three days of races over Easter weekend: a 10km between Port Erin and Port St Mary, hill races at Peel, and a 5km and relay along the Douglas promenade, with a beer race to finish. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Heritage sites shut for winter (1 Nov – 25 Mar (normalmente))

Concurrido — Easter Festival of Running, vacaciones escolares en 6 de los mercados que lo llenan

• Festival

  Manx Music Festival (The Guild)

  22 Abr – 5 May · normalmente

  The island's long-running music, speech and dance competition fills the Villa Marina for about eight days around the turn of April and May, with sessions open to the public. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Easter Festival of Running (20 Mar – 25 Abr (normalmente))

Concurrido — Isle of Man TT, vacaciones escolares en 4 de los mercados que lo llenan

• Naturaleza

  Basking shark season

  15 May – 15 Ago · normalmenteTemporada de buceo

  Basking sharks feed close inshore on calm summer days, mostly along the south and south-west coast within easy reach of Douglas, with June and July the likeliest months. Fuente ↗

• Festival

  Isle of Man TT

  25 May – 8 Jun · normalmenteFin de semana de motorMucha genteReserva prontoCierres

  Around a fortnight from the late-May bank holiday: practice week, then race week on 37 miles of public road that shut in the morning and reopen in the evening. Tens of thousands come; boats and beds go a year ahead. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Manx Music Festival (The Guild) (22 Abr – 5 May (normalmente))

Concurrido — Isle of Man TT, vacaciones escolares en 4 de los mercados que lo llenan

• Festival

  Parish Walk

  15–25 Jun · normalmenteEvento deportivo

  An 85-mile walk past all 17 parish churches inside 24 hours, held on the weekend nearest midsummer; up to 2,000 walkers start and much of the island turns out along the route through the night. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Basking shark season (15 May – 15 Ago (normalmente)), Isle of Man TT (25 May – 8 Jun (normalmente))

Concurrido — Tynwald Day, vacaciones escolares en 7 de los mercados que lo llenan

• Festivo

  Tynwald Day

  6 JulFiesta nacionalCierres

  The island's national day, held out at St John's rather than in Douglas: the year's laws read aloud in Manx and English on an open-air mound, then a fair. Moves to the Monday when 5 July is a weekend. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Basking shark season (15 May – 15 Ago (normalmente))

Concurrido — Manx Grand Prix, vacaciones escolares en 7 de los mercados que lo llenan

• Festival

  Manx Grand Prix

  16 Ago – 5 Sep · normalmenteFin de semana de motorMucha genteCierres

  The same Mountain Course at the end of August, run for amateurs and newcomers and with the classic bikes alongside. Far less pressure on rooms than the TT, and the same road closures to plan around. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Basking shark season (15 May – 15 Ago (normalmente))

Concurrido — Manx Grand Prix, vacaciones escolares en 3 de los mercados que lo llenan

• Festival

  Big Manx Feast

  19–20 SepFestival gastronómico

  The island's food and drink festival, revived under this name at Noble's Park in Douglas, with Manx producers, chef demonstrations and local music over a September weekend. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Manx Grand Prix (16 Ago – 5 Sep (normalmente))

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

• Festival

  Hop-tu-Naa

  31 OctGran festival

  The Manx Celtic new year on 31 October: children carry carved turnip lanterns door to door singing the Hop-tu-Naa song, older than the Halloween it now shares a night with. Fuente ↗

Tranquilo — vacaciones escolares en 2 de los mercados que lo llenan, uno de sus peores meses por clima

• Cierre

  Heritage sites shut for winter

  1 Nov – 25 Mar · normalmente

  Manx National Heritage runs the Great Laxey Wheel, Castle Rushen, Peel Castle and Cregneash on a seasonal basis, roughly April to October, and the steam and electric railways and the horse trams stop too. Winter visits are walks and pubs. Fuente ↗

• Riesgo

  Winter gales and ferry cancellations

  15 Nov – 28 Feb · normalmenteTemporales de invierno

  Irish Sea gales regularly push conditions past port limits, and the Steam Packet cancels Liverpool and Heysham sailings at short notice. Build a spare day into any winter trip that relies on the ferry. Fuente ↗

Tranquilo — vacaciones escolares en 7 de los mercados que lo llenan, uno de sus peores meses por clima

En diciembre no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: Heritage sites shut for winter (1 Nov – 25 Mar (normalmente)), Winter gales and ferry cancellations (15 Nov – 28 Feb (normalmente))