Qué hay en Cefalonia, 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: Out of season (20 Oct – 15 Abr)

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: Out of season (20 Oct – 15 Abr)

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), Out of season (20 Oct – 15 Abr)

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

• Festivo

  Orthodox Easter

  10–13 AbrSemana Santa y PascuaMucha genteReserva pronto

  Athens comes over for the long weekend and it is the moment the island wakes up: tavernas reopen, the ferries add sailings and the villages roast lamb on the Sunday. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Out of season (20 Oct – 15 Abr)

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

• Naturaleza

  Loggerhead turtles

  1 May – 15 Sep · normalmenteAnidación de tortugas

  Loggerheads nest on the south-coast beaches around Katelios through the summer, and adults hang around the fishing boats in Argostoli harbour waiting for scraps.

Sigue en marcha: 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 – 15 Oct · normalmente

  The Ionian is calmer and clearer than the Aegean because the meltemi does not reach here. Myrtos is the postcard; the small coves on the Paliki side are the swim.

• Riesgo

  Wildfire season

  15 Jun – 30 SepTemporada de humo

  The fir forest on Mount Ainos and the scrub above the coast road carry real risk in a dry summer, and the national park closes to visitors on high-risk days. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Loggerhead turtles (1 May – 15 Sep (normalmente))

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

En julio no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: Loggerhead turtles (1 May – 15 Sep (normalmente)), Sea warm enough to swim (1 Jun – 15 Oct (normalmente)), Wildfire season (15 Jun – 30 Sep)

Máxima afluencia — August peak, Summer holidays en Grecia

• Festivo

  August peak

  1–31 AgoVacaciones escolaresMucha genteReserva pronto

  Greek holidays and the Dormition on 15 August fill the island at once, and the ferries from Kyllini and Patras are the choke point. Hire cars go before rooms do. Fuente ↗

• Festival

  Snakes of the Virgin, Markopoulo

  6–16 AgoFiesta religiosa

  Small harmless cat snakes turn up in the church at Markopoulo in the days before 15 August and are handled by the congregation. Villagers read a year with no snakes as a bad sign. Fuente ↗

• Naturaleza

  Robola harvest

  20 Ago – 30 Sep · normalmente

  The vines grow on limestone rubble on the slopes below Ainos and are picked from late August. The cooperative at Omala opens for tasting through the harvest.

Sigue en marcha: Loggerhead turtles (1 May – 15 Sep (normalmente)), Sea warm enough to swim (1 Jun – 15 Oct (normalmente)), Wildfire season (15 Jun – 30 Sep)

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

En septiembre no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: Loggerhead turtles (1 May – 15 Sep (normalmente)), Sea warm enough to swim (1 Jun – 15 Oct (normalmente)), Wildfire season (15 Jun – 30 Sep), Robola harvest (20 Ago – 30 Sep (normalmente))

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

• Temporada

  Out of season

  20 Oct – 15 AbrCierre de temporada bajaCierres

  Charter flights stop, the resorts board up and the ferry timetable thins to a couple of sailings a day. Argostoli and Lixouri stay open; the beach villages do not.

• 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: Sea warm enough to swim (1 Jun – 15 Oct (normalmente))

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

En noviembre no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: Out of season (20 Oct – 15 Abr)

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

En diciembre no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: Out of season (20 Oct – 15 Abr)