Qué hay en Kalambaka, 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: Monasteries on winter hours (1 Nov – 31 Mar), Cloud on the pillars (1 Nov – 15 Mar (normalmente))

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: Monasteries on winter hours (1 Nov – 31 Mar), Cloud on the pillars (1 Nov – 15 Mar (normalmente))

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

• 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), Monasteries on winter hours (1 Nov – 31 Mar), Cloud on the pillars (1 Nov – 15 Mar (normalmente))

Máxima afluencia — Orthodox Easter, Easter holidays (Orthodox) en Grecia

• Naturaleza

  Spring on the rocks

  1 Abr – 31 May · normalmenteFlores silvestres

  The pillars are green to the base and the footpaths between the monasteries are at their best before the plain heats up. Griffon vultures are on the thermals by mid-morning.

• Festivo

  Orthodox Easter

  10–13 AbrSemana Santa y PascuaMucha genteCierres

  The monasteries keep the full liturgical week and Greek visitors come for it, so the town is booked out and the sites keep their own hours rather than the posted ones. Fuente ↗

• Temporada

  Climbing and hiking season

  1 Abr – 15 Jun · normalmenteTemporada de senderos

  The conglomerate towers have been climbed since the 1970s and spring is the window, along with mid-September to November. Midsummer rock is too hot to hold by ten.

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: Spring on the rocks (1 Abr – 31 May (normalmente)), Orthodox Easter (10–13 Abr), Climbing and hiking season (1 Abr – 15 Jun (normalmente))

Máxima afluencia — los viajeros lo describen como muy concurrido, Summer holidays en Grecia

En junio no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: Climbing and hiking season (1 Abr – 15 Jun (normalmente))

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

• Riesgo

  Thessaly plain heat

  1 Jul – 25 AgoCalor extremo

  This inland plain is one of the hottest places in Greece and the rock radiates it back. Monastery visits mean stairs in full sun, so it is an early-morning trip in high summer. Fuente ↗

Máxima afluencia — August coaches, Summer holidays en Grecia

• Festivo

  August coaches

  1–31 AgoVacaciones escolaresMucha gente

  Day coaches from Thessaloniki and the Athens road arrive together in the middle of the day, and the narrow monastery stairs are one-in-one-out. Go at opening or at four. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Thessaly plain heat (1 Jul – 25 Ago)

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

En septiembre no empieza nada nuevo.

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

• Naturaleza

  Autumn colour in the Pindus

  15 Oct – 20 Nov · normalmente

  The oak and beech on the slopes behind the rocks turn through late October, and the coaches have gone. It is the quietest good month here.

• 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 ↗

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

• Cierre

  Monasteries on winter hours

  1 Nov – 31 Mar

  From November the six monasteries drop to short winter hours and each closes two or three days a week rather than one. Plan the loop around the closures or you will drive past locked gates. Fuente ↗

• Temporada

  Cloud on the pillars

  1 Nov – 15 Mar · normalmenteTemporada de nieblaRiesgo

  Winter mornings put low cloud in the valley with the monasteries standing above it, which is the photograph everyone comes for. It also means some days you see nothing at all.

Sigue en marcha: Autumn colour in the Pindus (15 Oct – 20 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: Monasteries on winter hours (1 Nov – 31 Mar), Cloud on the pillars (1 Nov – 15 Mar (normalmente))