Heraklion (Crete), Greece ympäri vuoden

Vilkasta — Christmas holidays, Greece, koululomat 7 lähtömaassa, joista tänne tullaan

Mikään uusi ei ala — tammikuu.

Yhä menossa: Olive harvest (1. marras – 31. tammi (yleensä)), Winter: charters stop (5. marras – 31. maalis)

Vilkasta — Clean Monday, koululomat 3 lähtömaassa, joista tänne tullaan

• Juhlapyhä

  Clean Monday

  23. helmiKarnevaaliSulkemisiaRuuhkaista

  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. Lähde ↗

Yhä menossa: Winter: charters stop (5. marras – 31. maalis)

Vilkasta — Independence Day, koululomat 4 lähtömaassa, joista tänne tullaan

• Luonto

  Spring on the Messara

  10. maalis – 10. touko · yleensäLuonnonkukat ja kukinnat

  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.

• Juhlapyhä

  Independence Day

  25. maalisKansallinen juhlapyhäSulkemisia

  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. Lähde ↗

Yhä menossa: Clean Monday (23. helmi), Winter: charters stop (5. marras – 31. maalis)

Huippusesonki — Orthodox Easter, Coach and cruise season at Knossos

• Juhlapyhä

  Orthodox Easter

  10.–13. huhtiPääsiäinen ja hiljainen viikkoSulkemisiaVaraa ajoissa

  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. Lähde ↗

• Kausi

  Coach and cruise season at Knossos

  15. huhti – 31. lokaRuuhkaistaVaraa ajoissa

  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.

Yhä menossa: Spring on the Messara (10. maalis – 10. touko (yleensä))

Vilkasta — Coach and cruise season at Knossos, koululomat 4 lähtömaassa, joista tänne tullaan

Mikään uusi ei ala — toukokuu.

Yhä menossa: Spring on the Messara (10. maalis – 10. touko (yleensä)), Orthodox Easter (10.–13. huhti), Coach and cruise season at Knossos (15. huhti – 31. loka)

Huippusesonki — Coach and cruise season at Knossos, Summer holidays, Greece

• Kausi

  Sea warm enough to swim

  1. kesä – 5. marras · yleensä

  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. Lähde ↗

Yhä menossa: Coach and cruise season at Knossos (15. huhti – 31. loka)

Huippusesonki — Coach and cruise season at Knossos, Summer holidays, Greece

Mikään uusi ei ala — heinäkuu.

Yhä menossa: Coach and cruise season at Knossos (15. huhti – 31. loka), Sea warm enough to swim (1. kesä – 5. marras (yleensä))

Huippusesonki — Coach and cruise season at Knossos, August peak

• Juhlapyhä

  August peak

  1.–31. eloKoululomatRuuhkaistaVaraa ajoissa

  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. Lähde ↗

• Luonto

  Peza wine harvest

  20. elo – 10. loka · yleensä

  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. Lähde ↗

Yhä menossa: Coach and cruise season at Knossos (15. huhti – 31. loka), Sea warm enough to swim (1. kesä – 5. marras (yleensä))

Huippusesonki — Coach and cruise season at Knossos, Summer holidays, Greece

Mikään uusi ei ala — syyskuu.

Yhä menossa: Coach and cruise season at Knossos (15. huhti – 31. loka), Sea warm enough to swim (1. kesä – 5. marras (yleensä)), Peza wine harvest (20. elo – 10. loka (yleensä))

Huippusesonki — Coach and cruise season at Knossos, Ohi Day

• Juhlapyhä

  Ohi Day

  28. lokaKansallinen juhlapyhäSulkemisia

  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. Lähde ↗

Yhä menossa: Coach and cruise season at Knossos (15. huhti – 31. loka), Sea warm enough to swim (1. kesä – 5. marras (yleensä)), Peza wine harvest (20. elo – 10. loka (yleensä))

Välisesonki — koululomat 2 lähtömaassa, joista tänne tullaan, tavallinen kuukausi

• Luonto

  Olive harvest

  1. marras – 31. tammi · yleensä

  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.

• Kausi

  Winter: charters stop

  5. marras – 31. maalisSesongin taukoSulkemisia

  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.

Yhä menossa: Sea warm enough to swim (1. kesä – 5. marras (yleensä))

Vilkasta — Christmas holidays, Greece, koululomat 7 lähtömaassa, joista tänne tullaan

Mikään uusi ei ala — joulukuu.

Yhä menossa: Olive harvest (1. marras – 31. tammi (yleensä)), Winter: charters stop (5. marras – 31. maalis)