Fermetures hors saison, mois par mois dans le monde

1. 🏙️ La Mecque 🇸🇦 Arabie saouditeThe quiet Umrah months · 15 oct. – 10 févr. (en général)Between the Hajj crowds and Ramadan the mosque is at its emptiest and the walk to it is bearable.90
2. 🏖️ Djerba 🇹🇳 TunisieOut of season · 15 nov. – 15 mars (en général)A good share of the beach hotels close outright and the ones that stay open run skeleton kitchens.82
3. 🏖️ Tavira 🇵🇹 PortugalOut of season · 1 nov. – 28 févr.The mildest corner of mainland Portugal in winter and one of the few Algarve towns that keeps working when the season ends, so the market and the tascas stay open on empty streets.82
4. 🏖️ Hammamet 🇹🇳 TunisieResorts shut for the winter · 15 nov. – 15 mars (en général)A good share of the beachfront hotels close between seasons and the ones that stay open run half their restaurants.82
5. 🏖️ Chicama 🇵🇪 PérouSummer lull · 15 déc. – 15 mars (en général)The point needs a south swell and the southern summer rarely sends one big enough, so the wave is usually small or flat.82
6. 🏖️ Larnaca 🇨🇾 ChypreWinter low season · 15 nov. – 15 marsThe Finikoudes seafront empties, room rates fall by half and the sea is too cold for most people.81
7. 🏖️ Lagos 🇵🇹 PortugalLow season · 1 nov. – 15 marsA share of the restaurants and most of the boat operators shut, and the marina goes quiet, but the town has enough residents to stay open.80
8. 🏖️ Albufeira 🇵🇹 PortugalLow season on the Strip · 1 nov. – 15 marsMost of the bars and a good share of the hotels in Areias de Sao Joao shut from November, and flights drop to a handful a week.80
9. 🏖️ Faro 🇵🇹 PortugalLow season · 1 nov. – 15 marsCharter flights drop away and the resort towns close, but Faro is a working city with a university and stays open.80
10. 🏝️ Héraklion 🇬🇷 GrèceWinter: charters stop · 5 nov. – 31 marsThe 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.79
11. 🏝️ Ibiza 🇪🇸 EspagneClosing parties, then the shutdown · 28 sept. – 20 avr.The clubs close across the first fortnight of October and the island empties behind them.78
12. 🏖️ Marbella 🇪🇸 EspagneSeafront shuts for winter · 1 nov. – 28 févr.Most beach clubs and a good share of Puerto Banus close from November.78
13. 🏙️ Syracuse 🇮🇹 ItalieWinter quiet · 1 nov. – 31 mars (en général)Once the sea cools, the beach clubs south of the city close, boat trips around Ortigia run only on calm days and some seasonal restaurants shut.78
14. 🏖️ Tarifa 🇪🇸 EspagneOut of season on the strait · 1 nov. – 28 févr.Most of the beach camps and half the town close, and Atlantic fronts push through with the poniente.78
15. ⛷️ Las Leñas 🇦🇷 ArgentineOut of season · 5 oct. – 15 juin (en général)The place is a single cluster of hotels at 2,240 m with nothing else within 70 km of it, and outside the ski months most of it is shut.77
16. 🏝️ Cagliari 🇮🇹 ItalieWinter: routes and beach kiosks shut · 1 nov. – 20 marsSeasonal flights stop and Poetto goes back to dog walkers, but unlike the resort towns Cagliari is a working city and the old quarters stay open all winter.76
17. 🏝️ Hamilton 🇧🇲 BermudesLow season · 1 déc. – 15 mars (en général)The cruise ships stop, some resorts close for the winter and rates fall by half.75
18. 🏝️ Santorin 🇬🇷 GrèceThe island closes · 1 nov. – 20 mars (en général)Caldera hotels and most restaurants shut from early November, the cable car drops to split winter hours and the ferry timetable thins to what islanders need.74
19. 🏙️ Sintra 🇵🇹 PortugalOut of season on the hill · 15 nov. – 28 févr.Shorter palace hours, no queue for anything, and a village you can actually walk through.74
20. 🏙️ Chefchaouen 🇲🇦 MarocThe wet, cold months · 1 déc. – 28 févr. (en général)Half the terrace restaurants shut and the guesthouses that stay open are often unheated, which matters more here than the forecast suggests.74
21. 🏖️ Ericeira 🇵🇹 PortugalWinter: the town shrinks · 1 nov. – 15 marsRentals halve in price and a share of the restaurants close for a month or two, while the surf is at its best.74
22. ⛷️ Portillo 🇨🇱 ChiliClosed out of season · 15 oct. – 10 juin (en général)There is no summer operation: the hotel shuts, the road is just the road to Mendoza and there is nothing at the lake but the lake.74
23. 🏖️ Tossa de Mar 🇪🇸 EspagneOut of season · 20 oct. – 31 marsAlmost everything closes and the town drops back to a few thousand residents, with the walled old quarter and the coast path to yourself.74
24. 🏝️ Ajaccio 🇫🇷 FranceLow season · 1 nov. – 31 mars (en général)Most beach restaurants and a good share of hotels shut, and many summer flights and ferries stop running.73
25. 🏝️ Rhodes 🇬🇷 GrèceResorts shut for winter · 1 nov. – 31 marsOutside Rhodes Town the island closes: hotels boarded, Lindos down to a couple of kitchens, charter flights gone.72

…et 149 de plus en janvier.

Au programme dans le monde en janvier →

1. 🥾 Lalibela 🇪🇹 ÉthiopieAfter the pilgrims leave · 1 févr. – 31 mai (en général)Once Timkat is over the town goes quiet until the rains, and the churches are close to empty on a weekday morning.90
2. 🏙️ La Mecque 🇸🇦 Arabie saouditeThe quiet Umrah months · 15 oct. – 10 févr. (en général)Between the Hajj crowds and Ramadan the mosque is at its emptiest and the walk to it is bearable.87
3. 🏖️ Djerba 🇹🇳 TunisieOut of season · 15 nov. – 15 mars (en général)A good share of the beach hotels close outright and the ones that stay open run skeleton kitchens.87
4. 🏖️ Tavira 🇵🇹 PortugalOut of season · 1 nov. – 28 févr.The mildest corner of mainland Portugal in winter and one of the few Algarve towns that keeps working when the season ends, so the market and the tascas stay open on empty streets.85
5. 🏖️ Larnaca 🇨🇾 ChypreWinter low season · 15 nov. – 15 marsThe Finikoudes seafront empties, room rates fall by half and the sea is too cold for most people.84
6. 🏖️ Albufeira 🇵🇹 PortugalLow season on the Strip · 1 nov. – 15 marsMost of the bars and a good share of the hotels in Areias de Sao Joao shut from November, and flights drop to a handful a week.84
7. 🏖️ Hammamet 🇹🇳 TunisieResorts shut for the winter · 15 nov. – 15 mars (en général)A good share of the beachfront hotels close between seasons and the ones that stay open run half their restaurants.84
8. 🏖️ Lagos 🇵🇹 PortugalLow season · 1 nov. – 15 marsA share of the restaurants and most of the boat operators shut, and the marina goes quiet, but the town has enough residents to stay open.83
9. 🏖️ Faro 🇵🇹 PortugalLow season · 1 nov. – 15 marsCharter flights drop away and the resort towns close, but Faro is a working city with a university and stays open.83
10. 🏖️ Marbella 🇪🇸 EspagneSeafront shuts for winter · 1 nov. – 28 févr.Most beach clubs and a good share of Puerto Banus close from November.83
11. 🏖️ Kaş 🇹🇷 TurquieThe town shuts · 15 nov. – 15 mars (en général)Most pensions and the dive shops close, the Kekova boats stop and the harbour restaurants go down to a handful.83
12. 🏝️ Héraklion 🇬🇷 GrèceWinter: charters stop · 5 nov. – 31 marsThe 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.82
13. 🏝️ Ibiza 🇪🇸 EspagneClosing parties, then the shutdown · 28 sept. – 20 avr.The clubs close across the first fortnight of October and the island empties behind them.82
14. 🏖️ Tarifa 🇪🇸 EspagneOut of season on the strait · 1 nov. – 28 févr.Most of the beach camps and half the town close, and Atlantic fronts push through with the poniente.82
15. 🏝️ Cagliari 🇮🇹 ItalieWinter: routes and beach kiosks shut · 1 nov. – 20 marsSeasonal flights stop and Poetto goes back to dog walkers, but unlike the resort towns Cagliari is a working city and the old quarters stay open all winter.81
16. 🏖️ Fethiye 🇹🇷 TurquieThe coast shuts · 15 nov. – 31 mars (en général)Ölüdeniz and Hisarönü close almost completely and the boats come out of the water.81
17. 🏖️ Kalkan 🇹🇷 TurquieWinter shutdown · 5 nov. – 25 mars (en général)A resort built around one summer trade: most of the harbour restaurants, the boat operators and a good share of the hotels close, and the wet months land squarely on the empty ones.81
18. ⛷️ Las Leñas 🇦🇷 ArgentineOut of season · 5 oct. – 15 juin (en général)The place is a single cluster of hotels at 2,240 m with nothing else within 70 km of it, and outside the ski months most of it is shut.80
19. 🏝️ Rhodes 🇬🇷 GrèceResorts shut for winter · 1 nov. – 31 marsOutside Rhodes Town the island closes: hotels boarded, Lindos down to a couple of kitchens, charter flights gone.80
20. 🏝️ Hamilton 🇧🇲 BermudesLow season · 1 déc. – 15 mars (en général)The cruise ships stop, some resorts close for the winter and rates fall by half.80
21. 🏙️ Syracuse 🇮🇹 ItalieWinter quiet · 1 nov. – 31 mars (en général)Once the sea cools, the beach clubs south of the city close, boat trips around Ortigia run only on calm days and some seasonal restaurants shut.80
22. 🏝️ Santorin 🇬🇷 GrèceThe island closes · 1 nov. – 20 mars (en général)Caldera hotels and most restaurants shut from early November, the cable car drops to split winter hours and the ferry timetable thins to what islanders need.79
23. 🏝️ Mykonos 🇬🇷 GrèceIsland shuts down · 1 nov. – 31 marsAlmost everything closes from November: beach clubs, most hotels, the majority of Chora's restaurants.79
24. 🏙️ Tolède 🇪🇸 EspagneWinter quiet · 20 nov. – 28 févr.Cold mornings, frost in the gorge and the fewest visitors of the year, which is the only way to see the Santo Tome Greco or the synagogues without a queue.79
25. 🏖️ Bodrum 🇹🇷 TurquieThe peninsula shuts · 1 nov. – 31 mars (en général)The outlying villages close almost completely from November: Gumusluk and Turkbuku go dark and the beach clubs board up.79

…et 150 de plus en février.

Au programme dans le monde en février →

1. 🏖️ Djerba 🇹🇳 TunisieOut of season · 15 nov. – 15 mars (en général)A good share of the beach hotels close outright and the ones that stay open run skeleton kitchens.92
2. 🏖️ Larnaca 🇨🇾 ChypreWinter low season · 15 nov. – 15 marsThe Finikoudes seafront empties, room rates fall by half and the sea is too cold for most people.90
3. 🥾 Lalibela 🇪🇹 ÉthiopieAfter the pilgrims leave · 1 févr. – 31 mai (en général)Once Timkat is over the town goes quiet until the rains, and the churches are close to empty on a weekday morning.89
4. 🏖️ Hammamet 🇹🇳 TunisieResorts shut for the winter · 15 nov. – 15 mars (en général)A good share of the beachfront hotels close between seasons and the ones that stay open run half their restaurants.88
5. 🏖️ Kaş 🇹🇷 TurquieThe town shuts · 15 nov. – 15 mars (en général)Most pensions and the dive shops close, the Kekova boats stop and the harbour restaurants go down to a handful.87
6. 🏝️ Héraklion 🇬🇷 GrèceWinter: charters stop · 5 nov. – 31 marsThe 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.86
7. 🏖️ Punta del Este 🇺🇾 UruguayOut of season · 15 mars – 30 nov.Most of the restaurants and half the hotels close from the end of March, Jose Ignacio boards up entirely, and the towers stand empty.86
8. 🏝️ Ibiza 🇪🇸 EspagneClosing parties, then the shutdown · 28 sept. – 20 avr.The clubs close across the first fortnight of October and the island empties behind them.86
9. 🏙️ Syracuse 🇮🇹 ItalieWinter quiet · 1 nov. – 31 mars (en général)Once the sea cools, the beach clubs south of the city close, boat trips around Ortigia run only on calm days and some seasonal restaurants shut.86
10. 🏖️ Punta del Diablo 🇺🇾 UruguayOff-season · 15 mars – 30 nov. (en général)Outside the summer most of the restaurants and clubs close and the village goes back to a few hundred people and its fishing boats.86
11. 🏝️ Rhodes 🇬🇷 GrèceResorts shut for winter · 1 nov. – 31 marsOutside Rhodes Town the island closes: hotels boarded, Lindos down to a couple of kitchens, charter flights gone.85
12. 🏝️ Mykonos 🇬🇷 GrèceIsland shuts down · 1 nov. – 31 marsAlmost everything closes from November: beach clubs, most hotels, the majority of Chora's restaurants.85
13. 🏖️ Albufeira 🇵🇹 PortugalLow season on the Strip · 1 nov. – 15 marsMost of the bars and a good share of the hotels in Areias de Sao Joao shut from November, and flights drop to a handful a week.85
14. 🏖️ Bodrum 🇹🇷 TurquieThe peninsula shuts · 1 nov. – 31 mars (en général)The outlying villages close almost completely from November: Gumusluk and Turkbuku go dark and the beach clubs board up.85
15. 🏖️ Fethiye 🇹🇷 TurquieThe coast shuts · 15 nov. – 31 mars (en général)Ölüdeniz and Hisarönü close almost completely and the boats come out of the water.85
16. 🏖️ Marmaris 🇹🇷 TurquieOut of season · 15 nov. – 31 mars (en général)Icmeler and the seafront strip shut almost entirely and the boats come out of the water.85
17. 🏝️ Naxos 🇬🇷 GrèceOut of season · 1 nov. – 31 marsNaxos farms, so it stays inhabited when its neighbours empty, but the beach hotels and most tavernas shut and the ferry connection thins to a few boats a week.85
18. 🏖️ Kalkan 🇹🇷 TurquieWinter shutdown · 5 nov. – 25 mars (en général)A resort built around one summer trade: most of the harbour restaurants, the boat operators and a good share of the hotels close, and the wet months land squarely on the empty ones.85
19. 🏖️ Lagos 🇵🇹 PortugalLow season · 1 nov. – 15 marsA share of the restaurants and most of the boat operators shut, and the marina goes quiet, but the town has enough residents to stay open.84
20. 🏖️ Faro 🇵🇹 PortugalLow season · 1 nov. – 15 marsCharter flights drop away and the resort towns close, but Faro is a working city with a university and stays open.84
21. 🏝️ Cagliari 🇮🇹 ItalieWinter: routes and beach kiosks shut · 1 nov. – 20 marsSeasonal flights stop and Poetto goes back to dog walkers, but unlike the resort towns Cagliari is a working city and the old quarters stay open all winter.84
22. 🏝️ Santorin 🇬🇷 GrèceThe island closes · 1 nov. – 20 mars (en général)Caldera hotels and most restaurants shut from early November, the cable car drops to split winter hours and the ferry timetable thins to what islanders need.83
23. 🏝️ Olbia 🇮🇹 ItalieCosta Smeralda shuts · 15 oct. – 30 avr.Porto Cervo and the resort villages close down almost completely and Olbia carries on as an ordinary working port town.83
24. 🏝️ Kos 🇬🇷 GrèceWinter shutdown · 1 nov. – 31 marsThe resort strips are shuttered and the island shrinks back to Kos town, where enough stays open for the locals.83
25. 🏙️ Pamukkale 🇹🇷 TurquieQuiet winter months · 15 nov. – 15 mars (en général)The coaches thin out, the site closes earlier in the afternoon, and the balloon flights are often cancelled for fog or wind.83

…et 121 de plus en mars.

Au programme dans le monde en mars →

1. 🏝️ Céphalonie 🇬🇷 GrèceOut of season · 20 oct. – 15 avr.Charter flights stop, the resorts board up and the ferry timetable thins to a couple of sailings a day.91
2. 🏝️ Ibiza 🇪🇸 EspagneClosing parties, then the shutdown · 28 sept. – 20 avr.The clubs close across the first fortnight of October and the island empties behind them.90
3. 🏖️ Ksamil 🇦🇱 AlbanieOut of season · 15 oct. – 30 avr.Almost everything on the beach road closes and the village goes back to a few hundred people and a lot of unfinished concrete.90
4. 🏝️ Olbia 🇮🇹 ItalieCosta Smeralda shuts · 15 oct. – 30 avr.Porto Cervo and the resort villages close down almost completely and Olbia carries on as an ordinary working port town.89
5. 🏙️ Lecce 🇮🇹 ItalieCoast shuts, city stays open · 15 oct. – 15 avr.The lidi and most of the seaside towns close entirely for the winter, but Lecce itself is a university city and carries on.89
6. 🏖️ Saranda 🇦🇱 AlbanieOut of season · 15 oct. – 30 avr.Most of the seafront bars and hotels close but the town keeps working, so unlike the villages around it there is still somewhere to eat.88
7. 🏝️ Hvar 🇭🇷 CroatieThe island shuts · 1 nov. – 15 avr. (en général)Nearly everything on the waterfront closes and the catamarans drop to a couple of sailings a day, weather permitting.88
8. 🏖️ Tropea 🇮🇹 ItalieOut of season · 20 oct. – 15 avr.Almost everything aimed at visitors closes from late October until spring, including most restaurants on the corso.88
9. 🏖️ Chalcidique 🇬🇷 GrèceOut of season · 15 oct. – 25 avr.Nearly everything on the three peninsulas closes for winter, hotels and beach tavernas alike, and the resorts revert to villages of a few hundred people.86
10. 🏝️ Korčula 🇭🇷 CroatieThe island out of season · 1 nov. – 15 avr. (en général)The catamarans thin to a sailing or two a day and most of the old town's restaurants shut, though Korcula keeps more life than the smaller islands because people live here.86
11. 🏖️ Budva 🇲🇪 MonténégroOut of season · 1 nov. – 15 avr. (en général)The beach bars come down, the big hotels along the strip close and the old town keeps a few places open for locals.86
12. 🏖️ Rimini 🇮🇹 ItalieBeach shuts, trade fairs fill · 1 oct. – 30 avr.The seafront closes down but the exhibition centre keeps the city going, and the few weeks hotels are full and dear are the big fairs in November and January rather than anything to do with the sea.85
13. 🏖️ Batoumi 🇬🇪 GéorgieOut of season · 1 nov. – 30 avr. (en général)The beach bars are gone, a good share of the hotels close and the towers along the front stand empty in the rain.84
14. 🥾 Lalibela 🇪🇹 ÉthiopieAfter the pilgrims leave · 1 févr. – 31 mai (en général)Once Timkat is over the town goes quiet until the rains, and the churches are close to empty on a weekday morning.84
15. 🏖️ Mamaia 🇷🇴 RoumanieResort shutdown · 20 sept. – 20 mai (en général)Mamaia is a purpose-built summer strip and it closes almost completely: hotels shuttered, the cable car stopped, the club terraces stacked and wrapped.84
16. 🏖️ Bourgas 🇧🇬 BulgarieCoast off-season · 10 oct. – 15 mai (en général)Burgas is a working port and keeps going, but the beach bars, the Sea Garden kiosks and the resort strips north towards Sunny Beach board up entirely.83
17. 🏖️ Slantchev Briag 🇧🇬 BulgarieThe winter shutdown · 10 oct. – 30 avr. (en général)By the middle of October the loungers are stacked and the strip is boarded up for the winter.83
18. 🏖️ Punta del Este 🇺🇾 UruguayOut of season · 15 mars – 30 nov.Most of the restaurants and half the hotels close from the end of March, Jose Ignacio boards up entirely, and the towers stand empty.82
19. 🏖️ Varna 🇧🇬 BulgarieResort strip shuts · 10 oct. – 10 mai (en général)Varna itself is a year-round city with a university and a port, but Golden Sands and St Konstantin up the coast close almost entirely — shuttered blocks, no buses to speak of, nothing open on the front.82
20. 🏖️ Lac Balaton 🇭🇺 HongrieShore shutdown · 20 sept. – 15 mai (en général)The south shore in particular is a seasonal town strip: guesthouses, langos stands and half the restaurants close from about late September and do not reopen until May.81
21. 🏖️ Punta del Diablo 🇺🇾 UruguayOff-season · 15 mars – 30 nov. (en général)Outside the summer most of the restaurants and clubs close and the village goes back to a few hundred people and its fishing boats.81
22. 🏙️ Boulder 🇺🇸 États-UnisHeavy spring snow · 1 mars – 30 avr. (en général)March and April are the snowiest months on the Front Range, and it arrives as wet upslope storms that take down trees and shut the airport for a day.80
23. 🏙️ Ohrid 🇲🇰 Macédoine du NordOut of season · 1 nov. – 15 avr.Most of the lakefront restaurants and the boat operators shut and the town goes back to its own eight thousand people.79
24. 🏙️ Harbin 🇨🇳 ChineThe thaw · 5 mars – 25 avr. (en général)The ice attractions are demolished before they melt into hazards, the river breaks up, and nothing has greened yet.78
25. 🏙️ Kislovodsk 🇷🇺 RussieOff-season sanatorium rates · 1 oct. – 30 avr. (en général)Outside the June-to-September rush, accommodation in Kislovodsk's sanatoriums and hotels typically runs thirty to forty percent cheaper, and the resort park and colonnade are far quieter.78

…et 82 de plus en avril.

Au programme dans le monde en avril →

1. 🏖️ Mamaia 🇷🇴 RoumanieResort shutdown · 20 sept. – 20 mai (en général)Mamaia is a purpose-built summer strip and it closes almost completely: hotels shuttered, the cable car stopped, the club terraces stacked and wrapped.92
2. 🏖️ Bourgas 🇧🇬 BulgarieCoast off-season · 10 oct. – 15 mai (en général)Burgas is a working port and keeps going, but the beach bars, the Sea Garden kiosks and the resort strips north towards Sunny Beach board up entirely.91
3. 🏖️ Varna 🇧🇬 BulgarieResort strip shuts · 10 oct. – 10 mai (en général)Varna itself is a year-round city with a university and a port, but Golden Sands and St Konstantin up the coast close almost entirely — shuttered blocks, no buses to speak of, nothing open on the front.90
4. 🏖️ Lac Balaton 🇭🇺 HongrieShore shutdown · 20 sept. – 15 mai (en général)The south shore in particular is a seasonal town strip: guesthouses, langos stands and half the restaurants close from about late September and do not reopen until May.88
5. 🏙️ Burlington 🇺🇸 États-UnisMud season · 1 avr. – 25 maiThe high trails in the Greens are closed by the Green Mountain Club until the ground firms up, usually around Memorial Day, and walking them early wrecks them.86
6. 🏖️ Viña del Mar 🇨🇱 ChiliOut of season · 1 mai – 31 aoûtThe beach concessions come down, a fair share of the seafront restaurants close and the town runs on its own residents and the university.82
7. 🏝️ Hanga Roa 🇨🇱 ChiliWinter low season · 1 mai – 30 sept. (en général)The southern winter is the island's wettest and quietest stretch: fewer flights, cheaper rooms, and the ahu to yourself except for the tour groups off the one plane that landed.81
8. 🥾 Lalibela 🇪🇹 ÉthiopieAfter the pilgrims leave · 1 févr. – 31 mai (en général)Once Timkat is over the town goes quiet until the rains, and the churches are close to empty on a weekday morning.80
9. 🏖️ Punta del Este 🇺🇾 UruguayOut of season · 15 mars – 30 nov.Most of the restaurants and half the hotels close from the end of March, Jose Ignacio boards up entirely, and the towers stand empty.80
10. 🏖️ Punta del Diablo 🇺🇾 UruguayOff-season · 15 mars – 30 nov. (en général)Outside the summer most of the restaurants and clubs close and the village goes back to a few hundred people and its fishing boats.80
11. 🥾 Innsbruck 🇦🇹 AutricheBetween-seasons shutdown · 20 avr. – 25 mai (en général)Between the last ski day and the first walking one the lifts stop, the huts are shut and a good share of the hotels close for maintenance.79
12. 🏖️ Tcholponata 🇰🇬 KirghizistanOut of season on the shore · 1 oct. – 20 mai (en général)The town slows the moment autumn arrives and most of the hotels and restaurants close until the following summer.79
13. 🏖️ Trancoso 🇧🇷 BrésilLow season on the Quadrado · 1 mai – 30 juin (en général)Between the summer and the July holidays a good share of the restaurants on the square close and the village goes back to a few hundred people.77
14. 🏖️ Mar del Plata 🇦🇷 ArgentineWinter shutdown · 1 mai – 31 août (en général)Beach clubs come down, the summer theatres go dark and a good part of the seafront closes; what is left is a working port city with cheap rooms and an empty rambla.77
15. ⛷️ Pyeongchang 🇰🇷 Corée du SudBetween the seasons · 10 avr. – 15 juin (en général)The lifts stop, the Olympic valley goes quiet and a lot of the resort restaurants shut until the summer trade.76
16. 🏖️ Kololi 🇬🇲 GambieOut of season on the strip · 15 mai – 15 oct. (en général)When the charters stop, a good share of the hotels, restaurants and excursion desks close with them.76
17. 🥾 Bozeman 🇺🇸 États-UnisMud season and the bears waking · 25 mars – 20 mai (en général)The lifts shut, the valley trails turn to mud and the grizzlies come out of the dens onto the same low ground.75
18. 🏝️ Île Mackinac 🇺🇸 États-UnisGrand Hotel's season · 1 mai – 31 oct. (en général)The big porch hotel opens at the start of May and closes at the end of October, and the rest of the island's rooms run a similar window.75
19. ⛷️ Revelstoke 🇨🇦 CanadaShoulder season · 20 avr. – 1 juin (en général)Between the lifts stopping and the mountain roads drying out, the town goes quiet and a good part of it closes for a few weeks.73
20. ⛷️ Nozawa Onsen Snow Resort 🇯🇵 JaponBetween the seasons · 10 mai – 30 juin (en général)Lifts stopped and a good share of the inns and restaurants closed until the summer.72
21. ⛷️ Niseko 🇯🇵 JaponBetween the seasons · 10 mai – 20 juin (en général)Lifts stopped, snow going, and most of the restaurants and rental shops closed until the summer staff arrive.71
22. 🏞️ Parc national des Voyageurs 🇺🇸 États-UnisSpring ice-out shoulder · 11 mars – 5 mai (en général)The ice roads close well before the lakes are open to boats — Kabetogama's ice-out averages 28 April, Rainy Lake's 3 May — so for six or seven weeks the park is reachable only from the handful of shore trailheads.69
23. 🏙️ Nelson 🇳🇿 Nouvelle-ZélandeAbel Tasman in winter · 1 mai – 30 sept.From May to September the water taxis run a reduced timetable and only sail when pre-booked, but the sea is often calmer for kayaking and the sandflies are gone.69
24. ⛷️ Bansko 🇧🇬 BulgarieBetween-seasons shutdown · 20 avr. – 10 juin (en général)Late April to early June is the dead spell: the lifts have stopped, the high trails are still under snow and a good share of the hotels and mehanas take their break.69
25. ⛷️ Sierra Nevada 🇪🇸 EspagneResort closed between seasons · 5 mai – 15 juinBetween the lifts shutting and the summer opening, Pradollano is a shuttered village of empty apartment blocks.69

…et 73 de plus en mai.

Au programme dans le monde en mai →

1. 🏙️ Bethléem 🇵🇸 État de PalestineSummer pilgrim lull · 15 juin – 31 août (en général)Between the Easter and autumn pilgrim seasons fewer tour groups come, so queues for the Grotto of the Nativity are shorter.87
2. 🏝️ Hanga Roa 🇨🇱 ChiliWinter low season · 1 mai – 30 sept. (en général)The southern winter is the island's wettest and quietest stretch: fewer flights, cheaper rooms, and the ahu to yourself except for the tour groups off the one plane that landed.86
3. 🏝️ Île Mackinac 🇺🇸 États-UnisGrand Hotel's season · 1 mai – 31 oct. (en général)The big porch hotel opens at the start of May and closes at the end of October, and the rest of the island's rooms run a similar window.83
4. 🏖️ Trancoso 🇧🇷 BrésilLow season on the Quadrado · 1 mai – 30 juin (en général)Between the summer and the July holidays a good share of the restaurants on the square close and the village goes back to a few hundred people.81
5. 🏝️ Île Lord Howe 🇦🇺 AustralieWinter, half the island shut · 1 juin – 31 aoûtLodges and restaurants take their own break through the coldest months and some close outright; the diving drops off with the water temperature and the birds on the mountain take over.80
6. ⛷️ Sierra Nevada 🇪🇸 EspagneResort closed between seasons · 5 mai – 15 juinBetween the lifts shutting and the summer opening, Pradollano is a shuttered village of empty apartment blocks.79
7. ⛷️ Revelstoke 🇨🇦 CanadaShoulder season · 20 avr. – 1 juin (en général)Between the lifts stopping and the mountain roads drying out, the town goes quiet and a good part of it closes for a few weeks.78
8. ⛷️ Cheregech 🇷🇺 RussieOut of season · 10 mai – 5 nov. (en général)Half the year the lifts are stopped and the village is a mining settlement in the taiga with a lot of empty hotel beds.78
9. 🏙️ Colonia del Sacramento 🇺🇾 UruguayWinter quiet · 1 juin – 31 août (en général)Several of the restaurants in the historic quarter open only at weekends through the winter and the streets are close to empty on a weekday.78
10. ⛷️ Niseko 🇯🇵 JaponBetween the seasons · 10 mai – 20 juin (en général)Lifts stopped, snow going, and most of the restaurants and rental shops closed until the summer staff arrive.76
11. ⛷️ Breckenridge 🇺🇸 États-UnisSpring mud season · 25 avr. – 5 juinThe lifts stop and half of Main Street shuts for six weeks while the trails are still under snow or under mud.76
12. ⛷️ Bansko 🇧🇬 BulgarieBetween-seasons shutdown · 20 avr. – 10 juin (en général)Late April to early June is the dead spell: the lifts have stopped, the high trails are still under snow and a good share of the hotels and mehanas take their break.76
13. 🏙️ Montevideo 🇺🇾 UruguayWinter on the rambla · 1 juin – 31 août (en général)Damp, grey and windy off the river, with the beaches empty and the city entirely its own.75
14. 🏖️ Punta del Este 🇺🇾 UruguayOut of season · 15 mars – 30 nov.Most of the restaurants and half the hotels close from the end of March, Jose Ignacio boards up entirely, and the towers stand empty.75
15. 🏖️ Punta del Diablo 🇺🇾 UruguayOff-season · 15 mars – 30 nov. (en général)Outside the summer most of the restaurants and clubs close and the village goes back to a few hundred people and its fishing boats.75
16. 🏝️ Morro de São Paulo 🇧🇷 BrésilWinter quiet and rough crossings · 1 mai – 31 août (en général)May to August is the wet half of the year, and swell in the bay regularly moves the fast boats from Salvador onto the longer road-and-river route.75
17. 🏖️ Diani Beach 🇰🇪 KenyaLow season on the south coast · 15 avr. – 15 juin (en général)The long rains empty the south coast.74
18. 🏝️ Île Kangourou 🇦🇺 AustralieQuiet winter, shorter hours · 1 juin – 31 aoûtWinter is the island at its emptiest: some tours and cellar doors drop to weekends or shut altogether, and the ferry runs with space on it.73
19. 🏖️ Paihia 🇳🇿 Nouvelle-ZélandeQuiet, wet winter · 1 juin – 31 aoûtWinter in the Bay is mild and wet, the cruise ships stop coming and a good share of the waterfront operators shorten their hours.73
20. 🏖️ Mar del Plata 🇦🇷 ArgentineWinter shutdown · 1 mai – 31 août (en général)Beach clubs come down, the summer theatres go dark and a good part of the seafront closes; what is left is a working port city with cheap rooms and an empty rambla.73
21. 🏖️ Malindi 🇰🇪 KenyaLong-rains low season · 15 avr. – 30 juin (en général)With the long rains and the Italian winter crowd gone, many smaller hotels and beach restaurants close until July; those that stay open cut their rates.73
22. 🏖️ Viña del Mar 🇨🇱 ChiliOut of season · 1 mai – 31 aoûtThe beach concessions come down, a fair share of the seafront restaurants close and the town runs on its own residents and the university.72
23. ⛷️ Engelberg 🇨🇭 SuisseBetween-seasons shutdown · 20 avr. – 5 juin (en général)Between the last ski day and the first walking one much of the village closes: hotels take their break, the smaller lifts stop and the restaurants that stay open are the hotel ones.72
24. ⛷️ Hemsedal 🇳🇴 NorvègeBetween the seasons · 5 mai – 18 juin (en général)Once the lifts stop in May the village shuts down until the summer trails dry out: half the restaurants closed, the high road still patchy with snow.72
25. ⛷️ Pyeongchang 🇰🇷 Corée du SudBetween the seasons · 10 avr. – 15 juin (en général)The lifts stop, the Olympic valley goes quiet and a lot of the resort restaurants shut until the summer trade.72

…et 50 de plus en juin.

Au programme dans le monde en juin →

1. 🏙️ Dresde 🇩🇪 AllemagneSemperoper summer break · 10 juil. – 31 août (en général)The opera house stops performing for about seven weeks in high summer and switches to guided tours only.93
2. 🏙️ Copenhague 🇩🇰 DanemarkThe Danish July · 5 juil. – 1 août (en général)Danes take their holiday in one block, and a good share of the small restaurants, bakeries and galleries simply close for three weeks.89
3. 🏝️ Île Mackinac 🇺🇸 États-UnisGrand Hotel's season · 1 mai – 31 oct. (en général)The big porch hotel opens at the start of May and closes at the end of October, and the rest of the island's rooms run a similar window.89
4. 🏝️ Hanga Roa 🇨🇱 ChiliWinter low season · 1 mai – 30 sept. (en général)The southern winter is the island's wettest and quietest stretch: fewer flights, cheaper rooms, and the ahu to yourself except for the tour groups off the one plane that landed.85
5. 🏙️ Bethléem 🇵🇸 État de PalestineSummer pilgrim lull · 15 juin – 31 août (en général)Between the Easter and autumn pilgrim seasons fewer tour groups come, so queues for the Grotto of the Nativity are shorter.83
6. 🏝️ Morro de São Paulo 🇧🇷 BrésilWinter quiet and rough crossings · 1 mai – 31 août (en général)May to August is the wet half of the year, and swell in the bay regularly moves the fast boats from Salvador onto the longer road-and-river route.78
7. 🏝️ Île Lord Howe 🇦🇺 AustralieWinter, half the island shut · 1 juin – 31 aoûtLodges and restaurants take their own break through the coldest months and some close outright; the diving drops off with the water temperature and the birds on the mountain take over.78
8. 🏖️ Viña del Mar 🇨🇱 ChiliOut of season · 1 mai – 31 aoûtThe beach concessions come down, a fair share of the seafront restaurants close and the town runs on its own residents and the university.75
9. ⛷️ Cheregech 🇷🇺 RussieOut of season · 10 mai – 5 nov. (en général)Half the year the lifts are stopped and the village is a mining settlement in the taiga with a lot of empty hotel beds.75
10. 🏙️ Colonia del Sacramento 🇺🇾 UruguayWinter quiet · 1 juin – 31 août (en général)Several of the restaurants in the historic quarter open only at weekends through the winter and the streets are close to empty on a weekday.75
11. 🏖️ Punta del Diablo 🇺🇾 UruguayOff-season · 15 mars – 30 nov. (en général)Outside the summer most of the restaurants and clubs close and the village goes back to a few hundred people and its fishing boats.73
12. 🏙️ Montevideo 🇺🇾 UruguayWinter on the rambla · 1 juin – 31 août (en général)Damp, grey and windy off the river, with the beaches empty and the city entirely its own.72
13. 🏖️ Punta del Este 🇺🇾 UruguayOut of season · 15 mars – 30 nov.Most of the restaurants and half the hotels close from the end of March, Jose Ignacio boards up entirely, and the towers stand empty.72
14. 🏝️ Île Kangourou 🇦🇺 AustralieQuiet winter, shorter hours · 1 juin – 31 aoûtWinter is the island at its emptiest: some tours and cellar doors drop to weekends or shut altogether, and the ferry runs with space on it.72
15. 🏝️ The Bottom SabaQuiet season · 1 juil. – 30 nov. (en général)Everything on Saba arrives by boat and every restaurant is small, so through the wetter, hurricane-season half of the year fewer of them open each night and the ones that do fill quickly.72
16. 🏙️ Podgorica 🇲🇪 MonténégroThe city empties · 15 juil. – 25 aoûtAugust is the capital's dead month: half the cafes closed, the ministries on leave and the population somewhere on the Adriatic.71
17. 🏙️ Stellenbosch 🇿🇦 Afrique du SudWet winter, quiet cellars · 1 juin – 31 août (en général)Rain arrives in fronts of two or three days with cold clear weather in between, and the estates lean into it: fireplaces, soup and cheap midweek tastings.71
18. 🏖️ Paihia 🇳🇿 Nouvelle-ZélandeQuiet, wet winter · 1 juin – 31 aoûtWinter in the Bay is mild and wet, the cruise ships stop coming and a good share of the waterfront operators shorten their hours.71
19. 🏖️ Mar del Plata 🇦🇷 ArgentineWinter shutdown · 1 mai – 31 août (en général)Beach clubs come down, the summer theatres go dark and a good part of the seafront closes; what is left is a working port city with cheap rooms and an empty rambla.70
20. 🏙️ San José 🇨🇷 Costa RicaGreen season · 1 mai – 30 nov. (en général)Costa Rica's low season: mornings are usually clear and the rain comes in afternoon bursts.64
21. 🏙️ Nelson 🇳🇿 Nouvelle-ZélandeAbel Tasman in winter · 1 mai – 30 sept.From May to September the water taxis run a reduced timetable and only sail when pre-booked, but the sea is often calmer for kayaking and the sandflies are gone.61
22. 🏖️ Bentota 🇱🇰 Sri LankaOff-season on the strip · 15 mai – 15 sept. (en général)The sea gets rough and brown, the jet-ski and banana-boat outfits mostly stop, and a good share of the beach restaurants close for repairs.61
23. 🏙️ Banjul 🇬🇲 GambieGreen season closures · 1 juin – 31 oct. (en général)The coast's charter season ends with the rains, and some hotels, beach bars and tour outfits close until October or November.59
24. 🏖️ Varkala 🇮🇳 IndeCliff shuts for the monsoon · 25 mai – 15 sept. (en général)Most of the North Cliff strip boards up for the season and the laterite edge loses another metre or two to the rain.59
25. 🏖️ Kololi 🇬🇲 GambieOut of season on the strip · 15 mai – 15 oct. (en général)When the charters stop, a good share of the hotels, restaurants and excursion desks close with them.58

…et 18 de plus en juillet.

Au programme dans le monde en juillet →

1. 🏝️ Île Mackinac 🇺🇸 États-UnisGrand Hotel's season · 1 mai – 31 oct. (en général)The big porch hotel opens at the start of May and closes at the end of October, and the rest of the island's rooms run a similar window.91
2. 🏙️ Copenhague 🇩🇰 DanemarkThe Danish July · 5 juil. – 1 août (en général)Danes take their holiday in one block, and a good share of the small restaurants, bakeries and galleries simply close for three weeks.88
3. 🏙️ Dresde 🇩🇪 AllemagneSemperoper summer break · 10 juil. – 31 août (en général)The opera house stops performing for about seven weeks in high summer and switches to guided tours only.88
4. 🏝️ Hanga Roa 🇨🇱 ChiliWinter low season · 1 mai – 30 sept. (en général)The southern winter is the island's wettest and quietest stretch: fewer flights, cheaper rooms, and the ahu to yourself except for the tour groups off the one plane that landed.86
5. 🏝️ Île Lord Howe 🇦🇺 AustralieWinter, half the island shut · 1 juin – 31 aoûtLodges and restaurants take their own break through the coldest months and some close outright; the diving drops off with the water temperature and the birds on the mountain take over.83
6. 🏙️ Bethléem 🇵🇸 État de PalestineSummer pilgrim lull · 15 juin – 31 août (en général)Between the Easter and autumn pilgrim seasons fewer tour groups come, so queues for the Grotto of the Nativity are shorter.82
7. 🏖️ Viña del Mar 🇨🇱 ChiliOut of season · 1 mai – 31 aoûtThe beach concessions come down, a fair share of the seafront restaurants close and the town runs on its own residents and the university.80
8. 🏙️ Colonia del Sacramento 🇺🇾 UruguayWinter quiet · 1 juin – 31 août (en général)Several of the restaurants in the historic quarter open only at weekends through the winter and the streets are close to empty on a weekday.80
9. 🏝️ Morro de São Paulo 🇧🇷 BrésilWinter quiet and rough crossings · 1 mai – 31 août (en général)May to August is the wet half of the year, and swell in the bay regularly moves the fast boats from Salvador onto the longer road-and-river route.79
10. 🏙️ Montevideo 🇺🇾 UruguayWinter on the rambla · 1 juin – 31 août (en général)Damp, grey and windy off the river, with the beaches empty and the city entirely its own.77
11. 🏖️ Punta del Este 🇺🇾 UruguayOut of season · 15 mars – 30 nov.Most of the restaurants and half the hotels close from the end of March, Jose Ignacio boards up entirely, and the towers stand empty.77
12. 🏙️ Stellenbosch 🇿🇦 Afrique du SudWet winter, quiet cellars · 1 juin – 31 août (en général)Rain arrives in fronts of two or three days with cold clear weather in between, and the estates lean into it: fireplaces, soup and cheap midweek tastings.77
13. 🏝️ Île Kangourou 🇦🇺 AustralieQuiet winter, shorter hours · 1 juin – 31 aoûtWinter is the island at its emptiest: some tours and cellar doors drop to weekends or shut altogether, and the ferry runs with space on it.76
14. 🏖️ Paihia 🇳🇿 Nouvelle-ZélandeQuiet, wet winter · 1 juin – 31 aoûtWinter in the Bay is mild and wet, the cruise ships stop coming and a good share of the waterfront operators shorten their hours.76
15. 🏖️ Mar del Plata 🇦🇷 ArgentineWinter shutdown · 1 mai – 31 août (en général)Beach clubs come down, the summer theatres go dark and a good part of the seafront closes; what is left is a working port city with cheap rooms and an empty rambla.76
16. 🏖️ Punta del Diablo 🇺🇾 UruguayOff-season · 15 mars – 30 nov. (en général)Outside the summer most of the restaurants and clubs close and the village goes back to a few hundred people and its fishing boats.76
17. ⛷️ Cheregech 🇷🇺 RussieOut of season · 10 mai – 5 nov. (en général)Half the year the lifts are stopped and the village is a mining settlement in the taiga with a lot of empty hotel beds.73
18. 🏝️ The Bottom SabaQuiet season · 1 juil. – 30 nov. (en général)Everything on Saba arrives by boat and every restaurant is small, so through the wetter, hurricane-season half of the year fewer of them open each night and the ones that do fill quickly.71
19. 🏙️ Washington 🇺🇸 États-UnisAugust recess · 1 août – 5 sept.Congress goes home, the lobbying and lawyer city empties with it, and downtown restaurants that live on expense accounts run their quiet weeks.70
20. 🏙️ Podgorica 🇲🇪 MonténégroThe city empties · 15 juil. – 25 aoûtAugust is the capital's dead month: half the cafes closed, the ministries on leave and the population somewhere on the Adriatic.70
21. 🏙️ Nelson 🇳🇿 Nouvelle-ZélandeAbel Tasman in winter · 1 mai – 30 sept.From May to September the water taxis run a reduced timetable and only sail when pre-booked, but the sea is often calmer for kayaking and the sandflies are gone.67
22. 🏙️ The Valley AnguillaOff-season hotel closures · 16 août – 15 oct. (en général)Several of the island's biggest names close for repairs and staff leave between mid-August and mid-October, Cap Juluca and the Four Seasons among them.64
23. 🏙️ San José 🇨🇷 Costa RicaGreen season · 1 mai – 30 nov. (en général)Costa Rica's low season: mornings are usually clear and the rain comes in afternoon bursts.61
24. 🏖️ Varkala 🇮🇳 IndeCliff shuts for the monsoon · 25 mai – 15 sept. (en général)Most of the North Cliff strip boards up for the season and the laterite edge loses another metre or two to the rain.60
25. 🏖️ Bentota 🇱🇰 Sri LankaOff-season on the strip · 15 mai – 15 sept. (en général)The sea gets rough and brown, the jet-ski and banana-boat outfits mostly stop, and a good share of the beach restaurants close for repairs.60

…et 21 de plus en août.

Au programme dans le monde en août →

1. 🏖️ Mamaia 🇷🇴 RoumanieResort shutdown · 20 sept. – 20 mai (en général)Mamaia is a purpose-built summer strip and it closes almost completely: hotels shuttered, the cable car stopped, the club terraces stacked and wrapped.93
2. 🏖️ Lac Balaton 🇭🇺 HongrieShore shutdown · 20 sept. – 15 mai (en général)The south shore in particular is a seasonal town strip: guesthouses, langos stands and half the restaurants close from about late September and do not reopen until May.91
3. 🏝️ Hanga Roa 🇨🇱 ChiliWinter low season · 1 mai – 30 sept. (en général)The southern winter is the island's wettest and quietest stretch: fewer flights, cheaper rooms, and the ahu to yourself except for the tour groups off the one plane that landed.90
4. 🏙️ Lille 🇫🇷 FranceThe lull before the market · 15 sept. – 15 nov.Between the Braderie and the Christmas market the city is students, rain and cheap rooms.86
5. 🏝️ Île Mackinac 🇺🇸 États-UnisGrand Hotel's season · 1 mai – 31 oct. (en général)The big porch hotel opens at the start of May and closes at the end of October, and the rest of the island's rooms run a similar window.86
6. 🏖️ Punta del Este 🇺🇾 UruguayOut of season · 15 mars – 30 nov.Most of the restaurants and half the hotels close from the end of March, Jose Ignacio boards up entirely, and the towers stand empty.81
7. 🏝️ Ibiza 🇪🇸 EspagneClosing parties, then the shutdown · 28 sept. – 20 avr.The clubs close across the first fortnight of October and the island empties behind them.80
8. 🏙️ Washington 🇺🇸 États-UnisAugust recess · 1 août – 5 sept.Congress goes home, the lobbying and lawyer city empties with it, and downtown restaurants that live on expense accounts run their quiet weeks.80
9. 🏖️ Punta del Diablo 🇺🇾 UruguayOff-season · 15 mars – 30 nov. (en général)Outside the summer most of the restaurants and clubs close and the village goes back to a few hundred people and its fishing boats.79
10. 🏙️ Nelson 🇳🇿 Nouvelle-ZélandeAbel Tasman in winter · 1 mai – 30 sept.From May to September the water taxis run a reduced timetable and only sail when pre-booked, but the sea is often calmer for kayaking and the sandflies are gone.75
11. ⛷️ Elbrouz 🇷🇺 RussieAutumn lift shutdown · 1–25 sept. (en général)The gondola up to Krugozor, Mir and Garabashi stops for about three weeks of maintenance every September, which cuts the quick ride towards the climbing routes.68
12. ⛷️ Courchevel 🇫🇷 FranceAutumn shutdown · 1 sept. – 5 déc. (en général)Once the summer lifts stop at the end of August, most hotels, restaurants and shops close until the ski season.67
13. 🏝️ The Bottom SabaQuiet season · 1 juil. – 30 nov. (en général)Everything on Saba arrives by boat and every restaurant is small, so through the wetter, hurricane-season half of the year fewer of them open each night and the ones that do fill quickly.67
14. ⛷️ Livigno 🇮🇹 ItalieBetween seasons · 25 sept. – 20 nov.Lifts stop, most hotels close and half the shops with them.65
15. 🏙️ Castro 🇨🇱 ChiliWinter shutdown · 1 mai – 15 sept. (en général)The rain is near-constant from May, the excursion boats stop and a fair share of the waterfront closes.65
16. 🏙️ Port Stanley Îles MalouinesWinter: outer lodges close · 1 mai – 15 sept. (en général)Stanley stays open, but many camp and island lodges shut or run a reduced service through the cold, wet months, and some locals leave for a spell.65
17. 🏖️ Varkala 🇮🇳 IndeCliff shuts for the monsoon · 25 mai – 15 sept. (en général)Most of the North Cliff strip boards up for the season and the laterite edge loses another metre or two to the rain.64
18. 🏝️ Gustavia Saint-BarthélemyAutumn shutdown · 1 sept. – 31 oct.September and October are when the villas, the hotels and most of the good restaurants close for their annual break and the staff go home.64
19. ⛷️ Cheregech 🇷🇺 RussieOut of season · 10 mai – 5 nov. (en général)Half the year the lifts are stopped and the village is a mining settlement in the taiga with a lot of empty hotel beds.63
20. 🏙️ The Valley AnguillaOff-season hotel closures · 16 août – 15 oct. (en général)Several of the island's biggest names close for repairs and staff leave between mid-August and mid-October, Cap Juluca and the Four Seasons among them.60
21. 🏝️ Marigot Saint-MartinAutumn shutdown · 1 sept. – 31 oct.September and October are the island's annual break: a good share of the restaurants and hotels close for maintenance and staff holidays.59
22. 🏞️ Parc national et réserve du Denali 🇺🇸 États-UnisAutumn shoulder season · 16 sept. – 20 oct. (en général)Once the buses stop you can drive your own car to the Teklanika at mile 30 until the road ices up, usually somewhere around mid-October.58
23. 🏙️ San José 🇨🇷 Costa RicaGreen season · 1 mai – 30 nov. (en général)Costa Rica's low season: mornings are usually clear and the rain comes in afternoon bursts.58
24. 🏖️ Bentota 🇱🇰 Sri LankaOff-season on the strip · 15 mai – 15 sept. (en général)The sea gets rough and brown, the jet-ski and banana-boat outfits mostly stop, and a good share of the beach restaurants close for repairs.57
25. 🥾 Puerto Natales 🇨🇱 ChiliWinter shutdown · 1 mai – 15 sept. (en général)The circuit closes, most outfitters and half the hostels shut and the buses to the park drop to a couple a week.56

…et 17 de plus en septembre.

Au programme dans le monde en septembre →

1. 🏝️ Olbia 🇮🇹 ItalieCosta Smeralda shuts · 15 oct. – 30 avr.Porto Cervo and the resort villages close down almost completely and Olbia carries on as an ordinary working port town.91
2. 🏝️ Ibiza 🇪🇸 EspagneClosing parties, then the shutdown · 28 sept. – 20 avr.The clubs close across the first fortnight of October and the island empties behind them.88
3. 🏙️ Lecce 🇮🇹 ItalieCoast shuts, city stays open · 15 oct. – 15 avr.The lidi and most of the seaside towns close entirely for the winter, but Lecce itself is a university city and carries on.88
4. 🏖️ Tossa de Mar 🇪🇸 EspagneOut of season · 20 oct. – 31 marsAlmost everything closes and the town drops back to a few thousand residents, with the walled old quarter and the coast path to yourself.86
5. 🏖️ Chalcidique 🇬🇷 GrèceOut of season · 15 oct. – 25 avr.Nearly everything on the three peninsulas closes for winter, hotels and beach tavernas alike, and the resorts revert to villages of a few hundred people.86
6. 🏖️ Saranda 🇦🇱 AlbanieOut of season · 15 oct. – 30 avr.Most of the seafront bars and hotels close but the town keeps working, so unlike the villages around it there is still somewhere to eat.85
7. 🏖️ Punta del Este 🇺🇾 UruguayOut of season · 15 mars – 30 nov.Most of the restaurants and half the hotels close from the end of March, Jose Ignacio boards up entirely, and the towers stand empty.85
8. 🏖️ Slantchev Briag 🇧🇬 BulgarieThe winter shutdown · 10 oct. – 30 avr. (en général)By the middle of October the loungers are stacked and the strip is boarded up for the winter.85
9. 🏖️ Varna 🇧🇬 BulgarieResort strip shuts · 10 oct. – 10 mai (en général)Varna itself is a year-round city with a university and a port, but Golden Sands and St Konstantin up the coast close almost entirely — shuttered blocks, no buses to speak of, nothing open on the front.84
10. 🏖️ Bourgas 🇧🇬 BulgarieCoast off-season · 10 oct. – 15 mai (en général)Burgas is a working port and keeps going, but the beach bars, the Sea Garden kiosks and the resort strips north towards Sunny Beach board up entirely.84
11. 🏖️ Tropea 🇮🇹 ItalieOut of season · 20 oct. – 15 avr.Almost everything aimed at visitors closes from late October until spring, including most restaurants on the corso.84
12. 🏖️ Ksamil 🇦🇱 AlbanieOut of season · 15 oct. – 30 avr.Almost everything on the beach road closes and the village goes back to a few hundred people and a lot of unfinished concrete.84
13. 🏖️ Punta del Diablo 🇺🇾 UruguayOff-season · 15 mars – 30 nov. (en général)Outside the summer most of the restaurants and clubs close and the village goes back to a few hundred people and its fishing boats.84
14. 🏖️ Rimini 🇮🇹 ItalieBeach shuts, trade fairs fill · 1 oct. – 30 avr.The seafront closes down but the exhibition centre keeps the city going, and the few weeks hotels are full and dear are the big fairs in November and January rather than anything to do with the sea.83
15. 🏖️ Mamaia 🇷🇴 RoumanieResort shutdown · 20 sept. – 20 mai (en général)Mamaia is a purpose-built summer strip and it closes almost completely: hotels shuttered, the cable car stopped, the club terraces stacked and wrapped.82
16. 🏝️ Céphalonie 🇬🇷 GrèceOut of season · 20 oct. – 15 avr.Charter flights stop, the resorts board up and the ferry timetable thins to a couple of sailings a day.82
17. 🏖️ Lac Balaton 🇭🇺 HongrieShore shutdown · 20 sept. – 15 mai (en général)The south shore in particular is a seasonal town strip: guesthouses, langos stands and half the restaurants close from about late September and do not reopen until May.76
18. 🏙️ Lille 🇫🇷 FranceThe lull before the market · 15 sept. – 15 nov.Between the Braderie and the Christmas market the city is students, rain and cheap rooms.73
19. 🏙️ Kislovodsk 🇷🇺 RussieOff-season sanatorium rates · 1 oct. – 30 avr. (en général)Outside the June-to-September rush, accommodation in Kislovodsk's sanatoriums and hotels typically runs thirty to forty percent cheaper, and the resort park and colonnade are far quieter.73
20. 🏖️ Tcholponata 🇰🇬 KirghizistanOut of season on the shore · 1 oct. – 20 mai (en général)The town slows the moment autumn arrives and most of the hotels and restaurants close until the following summer.71
21. ⛷️ Andorre-la-Vieille 🇦🇩 AndorreBetween seasons · 1 oct. – 25 nov.The lifts and most mountain refuges are shut and the summer trails are past their best, so the country is down to shopping and thermal baths.70
22. 🏙️ Burlington 🇺🇸 États-UnisStick season · 25 oct. – 5 déc.The local name for the weeks between the last leaf and the first real snow: bare grey woods, no visitors, and the lowest rates of the year.70
23. 🏙️ Odense 🇩🇰 DanemarkEgeskov Castle closed for winter · 26 oct. – 27 mars (en général)Egeskov, the moated Renaissance castle half an hour south, opens only from late March to late October; a few Christmas market weekends in November and December are the exception.68
24. 🏝️ The Bottom SabaQuiet season · 1 juil. – 30 nov. (en général)Everything on Saba arrives by boat and every restaurant is small, so through the wetter, hurricane-season half of the year fewer of them open each night and the ones that do fill quickly.68
25. 🏝️ Île Mackinac 🇺🇸 États-UnisGrand Hotel's season · 1 mai – 31 oct. (en général)The big porch hotel opens at the start of May and closes at the end of October, and the rest of the island's rooms run a similar window.67

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1. 🏖️ Larnaca 🇨🇾 ChypreWinter low season · 15 nov. – 15 marsThe Finikoudes seafront empties, room rates fall by half and the sea is too cold for most people.92
2. 🏖️ Djerba 🇹🇳 TunisieOut of season · 15 nov. – 15 mars (en général)A good share of the beach hotels close outright and the ones that stay open run skeleton kitchens.91
3. 🏖️ Punta del Este 🇺🇾 UruguayOut of season · 15 mars – 30 nov.Most of the restaurants and half the hotels close from the end of March, Jose Ignacio boards up entirely, and the towers stand empty.90
4. 🏝️ Héraklion 🇬🇷 GrèceWinter: charters stop · 5 nov. – 31 marsThe 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.89
5. 🏖️ Fethiye 🇹🇷 TurquieThe coast shuts · 15 nov. – 31 mars (en général)Ölüdeniz and Hisarönü close almost completely and the boats come out of the water.89
6. 🏖️ Punta del Diablo 🇺🇾 UruguayOff-season · 15 mars – 30 nov. (en général)Outside the summer most of the restaurants and clubs close and the village goes back to a few hundred people and its fishing boats.89
7. 🏖️ Byblos 🇱🇧 LibanThe harbour shuts down · 15 nov. – 15 mars (en général)Most of the restaurants around the old port close or drop to weekends only and the souk is half shuttered.89
8. 🏖️ Hammamet 🇹🇳 TunisieResorts shut for the winter · 15 nov. – 15 mars (en général)A good share of the beachfront hotels close between seasons and the ones that stay open run half their restaurants.89
9. 🏖️ Kaş 🇹🇷 TurquieThe town shuts · 15 nov. – 15 mars (en général)Most pensions and the dive shops close, the Kekova boats stop and the harbour restaurants go down to a handful.88
10. 🏖️ Kalkan 🇹🇷 TurquieWinter shutdown · 5 nov. – 25 mars (en général)A resort built around one summer trade: most of the harbour restaurants, the boat operators and a good share of the hotels close, and the wet months land squarely on the empty ones.88
11. 🏖️ Tavira 🇵🇹 PortugalOut of season · 1 nov. – 28 févr.The mildest corner of mainland Portugal in winter and one of the few Algarve towns that keeps working when the season ends, so the market and the tascas stay open on empty streets.87
12. 🏝️ Santorin 🇬🇷 GrèceThe island closes · 1 nov. – 20 mars (en général)Caldera hotels and most restaurants shut from early November, the cable car drops to split winter hours and the ferry timetable thins to what islanders need.86
13. 🏖️ Lagos 🇵🇹 PortugalLow season · 1 nov. – 15 marsA share of the restaurants and most of the boat operators shut, and the marina goes quiet, but the town has enough residents to stay open.86
14. 🏖️ Albufeira 🇵🇹 PortugalLow season on the Strip · 1 nov. – 15 marsMost of the bars and a good share of the hotels in Areias de Sao Joao shut from November, and flights drop to a handful a week.86
15. 🏖️ Faro 🇵🇹 PortugalLow season · 1 nov. – 15 marsCharter flights drop away and the resort towns close, but Faro is a working city with a university and stays open.86
16. 🏝️ Páros 🇬🇷 GrèceOut of season · 1 nov. – 31 marsNaoussa and the beach hotels close from November and Parikia goes back to being a working port.85
17. 🏝️ Rhodes 🇬🇷 GrèceResorts shut for winter · 1 nov. – 31 marsOutside Rhodes Town the island closes: hotels boarded, Lindos down to a couple of kitchens, charter flights gone.84
18. 🏝️ Ibiza 🇪🇸 EspagneClosing parties, then the shutdown · 28 sept. – 20 avr.The clubs close across the first fortnight of October and the island empties behind them.84
19. 🏝️ Mykonos 🇬🇷 GrèceIsland shuts down · 1 nov. – 31 marsAlmost everything closes from November: beach clubs, most hotels, the majority of Chora's restaurants.84
20. 🏙️ Pamukkale 🇹🇷 TurquieQuiet winter months · 15 nov. – 15 mars (en général)The coaches thin out, the site closes earlier in the afternoon, and the balloon flights are often cancelled for fog or wind.84
21. 🏖️ Marbella 🇪🇸 EspagneSeafront shuts for winter · 1 nov. – 28 févr.Most beach clubs and a good share of Puerto Banus close from November.83
22. 🏝️ Naxos 🇬🇷 GrèceOut of season · 1 nov. – 31 marsNaxos farms, so it stays inhabited when its neighbours empty, but the beach hotels and most tavernas shut and the ferry connection thins to a few boats a week.83
23. 🏖️ Ölüdeniz 🇹🇷 TurquieWinter shutdown · 10 nov. – 25 mars (en général)A one-season resort in the plainest sense: the hotels, the beach bars and most of the flight operators close, and the dolmus to Fethiye thins to a few a day.83
24. 🏝️ Cagliari 🇮🇹 ItalieWinter: routes and beach kiosks shut · 1 nov. – 20 marsSeasonal flights stop and Poetto goes back to dog walkers, but unlike the resort towns Cagliari is a working city and the old quarters stay open all winter.82
25. 🏖️ Marmaris 🇹🇷 TurquieOut of season · 15 nov. – 31 mars (en général)Icmeler and the seafront strip shut almost entirely and the boats come out of the water.82

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1. 🏖️ Chicama 🇵🇪 PérouSummer lull · 15 déc. – 15 mars (en général)The point needs a south swell and the southern summer rarely sends one big enough, so the wave is usually small or flat.86
2. 🏖️ Djerba 🇹🇳 TunisieOut of season · 15 nov. – 15 mars (en général)A good share of the beach hotels close outright and the ones that stay open run skeleton kitchens.84
3. 🏙️ La Mecque 🇸🇦 Arabie saouditeThe quiet Umrah months · 15 oct. – 10 févr. (en général)Between the Hajj crowds and Ramadan the mosque is at its emptiest and the walk to it is bearable.83
4. 🏖️ Larnaca 🇨🇾 ChypreWinter low season · 15 nov. – 15 marsThe Finikoudes seafront empties, room rates fall by half and the sea is too cold for most people.83
5. 🏖️ Hammamet 🇹🇳 TunisieResorts shut for the winter · 15 nov. – 15 mars (en général)A good share of the beachfront hotels close between seasons and the ones that stay open run half their restaurants.82
6. 🏝️ Héraklion 🇬🇷 GrèceWinter: charters stop · 5 nov. – 31 marsThe 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.81
7. 🏖️ Tavira 🇵🇹 PortugalOut of season · 1 nov. – 28 févr.The mildest corner of mainland Portugal in winter and one of the few Algarve towns that keeps working when the season ends, so the market and the tascas stay open on empty streets.81
8. 🏝️ Ibiza 🇪🇸 EspagneClosing parties, then the shutdown · 28 sept. – 20 avr.The clubs close across the first fortnight of October and the island empties behind them.80
9. 🏖️ Lagos 🇵🇹 PortugalLow season · 1 nov. – 15 marsA share of the restaurants and most of the boat operators shut, and the marina goes quiet, but the town has enough residents to stay open.80
10. 🏖️ Albufeira 🇵🇹 PortugalLow season on the Strip · 1 nov. – 15 marsMost of the bars and a good share of the hotels in Areias de Sao Joao shut from November, and flights drop to a handful a week.80
11. 🏖️ Faro 🇵🇹 PortugalLow season · 1 nov. – 15 marsCharter flights drop away and the resort towns close, but Faro is a working city with a university and stays open.80
12. 🏙️ Syracuse 🇮🇹 ItalieWinter quiet · 1 nov. – 31 mars (en général)Once the sea cools, the beach clubs south of the city close, boat trips around Ortigia run only on calm days and some seasonal restaurants shut.80
13. 🏝️ Hamilton 🇧🇲 BermudesLow season · 1 déc. – 15 mars (en général)The cruise ships stop, some resorts close for the winter and rates fall by half.79
14. 🏖️ Marbella 🇪🇸 EspagneSeafront shuts for winter · 1 nov. – 28 févr.Most beach clubs and a good share of Puerto Banus close from November.77
15. 🏙️ Nainital 🇮🇳 IndeWinter quiet · 1 déc. – 20 févr.Half the hotels close and the lake sits under mist most mornings; snow reaches the ridge some years and not others.77
16. 🏖️ Tarifa 🇪🇸 EspagneOut of season on the strait · 1 nov. – 28 févr.Most of the beach camps and half the town close, and Atlantic fronts push through with the poniente.77
17. 🏝️ Santorin 🇬🇷 GrèceThe island closes · 1 nov. – 20 mars (en général)Caldera hotels and most restaurants shut from early November, the cable car drops to split winter hours and the ferry timetable thins to what islanders need.76
18. 🏝️ Cagliari 🇮🇹 ItalieWinter: routes and beach kiosks shut · 1 nov. – 20 marsSeasonal flights stop and Poetto goes back to dog walkers, but unlike the resort towns Cagliari is a working city and the old quarters stay open all winter.76
19. 🏝️ Minorque 🇪🇸 EspagneResorts shut for winter · 1 nov. – 31 marsAlmost every coastal resort closes from November and the flight schedule drops to a handful of routes.76
20. 🏖️ Tossa de Mar 🇪🇸 EspagneOut of season · 20 oct. – 31 marsAlmost everything closes and the town drops back to a few thousand residents, with the walled old quarter and the coast path to yourself.76
21. 🏖️ Byblos 🇱🇧 LibanThe harbour shuts down · 15 nov. – 15 mars (en général)Most of the restaurants around the old port close or drop to weekends only and the souk is half shuttered.76
22. 🏝️ Mykonos 🇬🇷 GrèceIsland shuts down · 1 nov. – 31 marsAlmost everything closes from November: beach clubs, most hotels, the majority of Chora's restaurants.75
23. 🏝️ Olbia 🇮🇹 ItalieCosta Smeralda shuts · 15 oct. – 30 avr.Porto Cervo and the resort villages close down almost completely and Olbia carries on as an ordinary working port town.75
24. 🏖️ Fethiye 🇹🇷 TurquieThe coast shuts · 15 nov. – 31 mars (en général)Ölüdeniz and Hisarönü close almost completely and the boats come out of the water.75
25. 🏝️ Naxos 🇬🇷 GrèceOut of season · 1 nov. – 31 marsNaxos farms, so it stays inhabited when its neighbours empty, but the beach hotels and most tavernas shut and the ferry connection thins to a few boats a week.75

…et 149 de plus en décembre.

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