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

Concurrido — Christmas holidays en Grecia, vacaciones escolares en 7 de los mercados que lo llenan

En enero no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: Olive harvest (1 Nov – 31 Ene (normalmente)), Winter: charters stop (5 Nov – 31 Mar)

Concurrido — Clean Monday, vacaciones escolares en 3 de los mercados que lo llenan

• Festivo

  Clean Monday

  23 FebCarnavalCierresMucha gente

  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. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Winter: charters stop (5 Nov – 31 Mar)

Concurrido — Independence Day, vacaciones escolares en 4 de los mercados que lo llenan

• Naturaleza

  Spring on the Messara

  10 Mar – 10 May · normalmenteFlores silvestres

  The plain south of the city and the climb up to the Lasithi plateau are green and flowering for two months, which is also when the archaeological sites are walkable at midday.

• Festivo

  Independence Day

  25 MarFiesta nacionalCierres

  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. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Clean Monday (23 Feb), Winter: charters stop (5 Nov – 31 Mar)

Máxima afluencia — Orthodox Easter, Coach and cruise season at Knossos

• Festivo

  Orthodox Easter

  10–13 AbrSemana Santa y PascuaCierresReserva pronto

  Shops, museums and half the restaurants shut from Good Friday through Easter Monday while the villages roast lamb. Domestic flights and the Piraeus ferries fill first. Fuente ↗

• Temporada

  Coach and cruise season at Knossos

  15 Abr – 31 OctMucha genteReserva pronto

  The site takes the island's whole coach and cruise load between ten and two, on almost no shade. Being at the gate when it opens is the only version of Knossos worth having.

Sigue en marcha: Spring on the Messara (10 Mar – 10 May (normalmente))

Concurrido — Coach and cruise season at Knossos, vacaciones escolares en 4 de los mercados que lo llenan

En mayo no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: Spring on the Messara (10 Mar – 10 May (normalmente)), Orthodox Easter (10–13 Abr), Coach and cruise season at Knossos (15 Abr – 31 Oct)

Máxima afluencia — Coach and cruise season at Knossos, Summer holidays en Grecia

• Temporada

  Sea warm enough to swim

  1 Jun – 5 Nov · normalmente

  Crete's water runs a month ahead of the mainland at both ends of the season. The city's own beaches are ordinary; the ones east towards Malia and west at Agia Pelagia are not. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Coach and cruise season at Knossos (15 Abr – 31 Oct)

Máxima afluencia — Coach and cruise season at Knossos, Summer holidays en Grecia

En julio no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: Coach and cruise season at Knossos (15 Abr – 31 Oct), Sea warm enough to swim (1 Jun – 5 Nov (normalmente))

Máxima afluencia — Coach and cruise season at Knossos, August peak

• Festivo

  August peak

  1–31 AgoVacaciones escolaresMucha genteReserva pronto

  Greek and northern European holidays land together, the airport runs at capacity and hire cars are the thing that actually sells out. Book the car before the room. Fuente ↗

• Naturaleza

  Peza wine harvest

  20 Ago – 10 Oct · normalmente

  The vineyards at Peza and Archanes, twenty minutes uphill, bring in vidiano and kotsifali from late August, and the estates open their doors while they do. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Coach and cruise season at Knossos (15 Abr – 31 Oct), Sea warm enough to swim (1 Jun – 5 Nov (normalmente))

Máxima afluencia — Coach and cruise season at Knossos, Summer holidays en Grecia

En septiembre no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: Coach and cruise season at Knossos (15 Abr – 31 Oct), Sea warm enough to swim (1 Jun – 5 Nov (normalmente)), Peza wine harvest (20 Ago – 10 Oct (normalmente))

Máxima afluencia — Coach and cruise season at Knossos, Ohi Day

• Festivo

  Ohi Day

  28 OctFiesta nacionalCierres

  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. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Coach and cruise season at Knossos (15 Abr – 31 Oct), Sea warm enough to swim (1 Jun – 5 Nov (normalmente)), Peza wine harvest (20 Ago – 10 Oct (normalmente))

Temporada media — vacaciones escolares en 2 de los mercados que lo llenan, un mes normal

• Naturaleza

  Olive harvest

  1 Nov – 31 Ene · normalmente

  Nets under the trees across the whole prefecture from November, and the presses running late into the night. The new oil is the reason to eat in a village in December.

• Temporada

  Winter: charters stop

  5 Nov – 31 MarCierre de temporada bajaCierres

  The resorts either side of the city close and the charter flights end, but Heraklion is a working port city of 150,000 and carries on. Rooms cost a third of August.

Sigue en marcha: Sea warm enough to swim (1 Jun – 5 Nov (normalmente))

Concurrido — Christmas holidays en Grecia, vacaciones escolares en 7 de los mercados que lo llenan

En diciembre no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: Olive harvest (1 Nov – 31 Ene (normalmente)), Winter: charters stop (5 Nov – 31 Mar)