Qué hay en Taormina (Sicily), Italia, a lo largo del año

Tranquilo — los viajeros lo describen como tranquilo, Christmas holidays en Italia

En enero no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: Snow on Etna (15 Dic – 31 Mar (normalmente))

Tranquilo — vacaciones escolares en 3 de los mercados que lo llenan, uno de sus peores meses por clima

En febrero no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: Snow on Etna (15 Dic – 31 Mar (normalmente))

Concurrido — Easter and the season opening, vacaciones escolares en 4 de los mercados que lo llenan

• Festivo

  Easter and the season opening

  29 Mar – 6 AbrSemana Santa y PascuaMucha genteReserva pronto

  Processions up Corso Umberto and the point at which the hotels, the Isola Bella lidos and the cable car timetable all come back for the season. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Snow on Etna (15 Dic – 31 Mar (normalmente))

Máxima afluencia — Easter and the season opening, Spring bank-holiday bridges

• Festivo

  Spring bank-holiday bridges

  25 Abr – 2 JunFiesta nacionalMucha genteReserva pronto

  Liberation Day (25 April), Labour Day (1 May) and Republic Day (2 June) are public holidays, and when one falls near a weekend Italians bridge it into a long break, the ponte. Those weekends bring domestic crowds, fuller trains and higher room rates, and some shops close on the day. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Easter and the season opening (29 Mar – 6 Abr)

Máxima afluencia — Spring bank-holiday bridges, Ships in at Giardini Naxos

• Temporada

  Ships in at Giardini Naxos

  1 May – 15 Oct · normalmenteTemporada de crucerosMucha gente

  Tenders land at Giardini Naxos and Messina and the coaches come up the hairpins together, so the Corso and the cable car are worst between eleven and four and quiet by six.

Sigue en marcha: Spring bank-holiday bridges (25 Abr – 2 Jun)

Máxima afluencia — Spring bank-holiday bridges, Ships in at Giardini Naxos

• Apertura

  Concerts in the ancient theatre

  1 Jun – 30 Sep · normalmenteApertura de veranoReserva pronto

  Opera, orchestras and touring acts play the Greco-Roman theatre through the summer, with the coast and the volcano behind the stage. Worth planning a date around rather than turning up for. Fuente ↗

• Festival

  Taormina Film Festival

  10–25 Jun · normalmenteMucha gente

  A week of screenings in the ancient theatre with Etna behind the screen, plus enough red carpet to fill the small hotel stock in town. One of the oldest festivals in Italy. Fuente ↗

• Temporada

  Sea warm enough to swim

  10 Jun – 20 Oct · normalmente

  The Ionian off Isola Bella and Mazzaro is warm from June to late October, and October days here still swim. Everything is pebble and it shelves away fast.

Sigue en marcha: Spring bank-holiday bridges (25 Abr – 2 Jun), Ships in at Giardini Naxos (1 May – 15 Oct (normalmente))

Máxima afluencia — Ships in at Giardini Naxos, Summer holidays en Italia

En julio no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: Ships in at Giardini Naxos (1 May – 15 Oct (normalmente)), Concerts in the ancient theatre (1 Jun – 30 Sep (normalmente)), Sea warm enough to swim (10 Jun – 20 Oct (normalmente))

Máxima afluencia — Ships in at Giardini Naxos, Ferragosto

• Festivo

  Ferragosto

  8–22 AgoVacaciones escolaresMucha genteReserva pronto

  The dearest fortnight of the Sicilian year, with Italians filling the town on top of the day-trippers. Parking above the old town runs out early and the shuttle queue is long. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Ships in at Giardini Naxos (1 May – 15 Oct (normalmente)), Concerts in the ancient theatre (1 Jun – 30 Sep (normalmente)), Sea warm enough to swim (10 Jun – 20 Oct (normalmente))

Máxima afluencia — Ships in at Giardini Naxos, Summer holidays en Italia

En septiembre no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: Ships in at Giardini Naxos (1 May – 15 Oct (normalmente)), Concerts in the ancient theatre (1 Jun – 30 Sep (normalmente)), Sea warm enough to swim (10 Jun – 20 Oct (normalmente))

Concurrido — Ships in at Giardini Naxos, vacaciones escolares en 4 de los mercados que lo llenan

En octubre no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: Ships in at Giardini Naxos (1 May – 15 Oct (normalmente)), Sea warm enough to swim (10 Jun – 20 Oct (normalmente))

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

En noviembre no empieza nada nuevo.

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

• Temporada

  Snow on Etna

  15 Dic – 31 Mar · normalmenteTemporada de esquí

  The volcano usually holds snow from midwinter, which is the view Taormina is built around, and the two small lift areas at Nicolosi and Linguaglossa run when it does.