Ouverture de la saison d’été, mois par mois dans le monde

Clubs de plage, vapeurs sur le lac, funiculaire, visites de grottes et cinéma en plein air — ce qui ne fonctionne qu’en saison.

176 destinations sur SeasonMap, classées dans chaque mois selon le score de confort — car la question n’est pas seulement de savoir où la saison bat son plein, mais si la météo vaut le voyage pendant ce temps.

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Ouverture de la saison d’été en janvier

  1. Antofagasta 🇨🇱 ChiliLifeguarded beach season · 15 déc. – 15 marsFrom 15 December the city opens its lifeguarded beaches, Balneario Municipal, Trocadero and Playa Paraiso, until mid-March.94
  2. Dubaï 🇦🇪 Émirats arabes unisGlobal Village season · 10 oct. – 31 mai (en général)The open-air pavilion park reopens in mid-October and runs to late May, which is as good a marker as any for when Dubai becomes an outdoor city again.93
  3. Abou Dabi 🇦🇪 Émirats arabes unisSheikh Zayed Festival · 1 nov. – 22 mars (en général)The heritage and culture festival out at Al Wathba runs from the start of November to late March, with country pavilions and fireworks most nights.93
  4. Launceston 🇦🇺 AustralieThe Basin pool opens · 1 déc. – 31 mars (en général)The free pool at First Basin in Cataract Gorge is staffed and open for the summer only, a fifteen-minute walk from the middle of town.93
  5. Castro 🇨🇱 ChiliChiloé summer season · 1 janv. – 28 févr.January and February are when the boat trips, the island's small museums and the palafito hotels are all running, and all full.90
  6. Mysore 🇮🇳 IndeDasara exhibition · 1 oct. – 15 janv. (en général)The fairground at Doddakere Maidan opens with Dasara and stays up for months afterwards — stalls, rides and a stage, and the one part of the festival that outlasts the crowds.88
  7. Mar del Plata 🇦🇷 ArgentineSummer theatre season · 20 déc. – 28 févr. (en général)Half of Buenos Aires theatre moves down the coast for the summer and the Avenida Independencia bills comedies and revues nightly.86
  8. Punta Arenas 🇨🇱 ChiliPatagonia season opens · 1 oct. – 31 mars (en général)This is the gateway rather than the destination: the Paine buses, the Cape Horn boats and the Antarctic charters all run in this window, so the hotels price against Torres del Paine.81
  9. Gokarna 🇮🇳 IndeBeach hut season · 15 oct. – 28 févr.The huts go back up on Kudle and Om once the rain stops and the walk between the beaches is passable again.81
  10. Rosario 🇦🇷 ArgentineRiver season on the Parana · 15 nov. – 15 mars (en général)The balnearios along the north bank open and the launches start running to the sandbank beaches on the island side.75
  11. Farellones 🇨🇱 ChiliSummer mountain park · 1 déc. – 15 mars (en général)Out of the snow the village runs a small adventure park with a zip-line canopy, and the climb up is a cyclists' route; most of the hotels stay shut.74
  12. Mount Buller 🇦🇺 AustralieBike park and walking season · 1 déc. – 5 avr. (en général)Early December to early April the mountain runs for bikes and walkers instead, and it is a fraction as busy.73
  13. Grytviken Géorgie du Sud-et-les îles Sandwich du SudExpedition ship season · 15 oct. – 31 mars (en général)Everything here happens in the southern summer, when expedition ships work down from the Falklands and the museum, church and post office at Grytviken open for the hours a ship is in the bay.72

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Ouverture de la saison d’été en février

  1. Launceston 🇦🇺 AustralieThe Basin pool opens · 1 déc. – 31 mars (en général)The free pool at First Basin in Cataract Gorge is staffed and open for the summer only, a fifteen-minute walk from the middle of town.95
  2. Antofagasta 🇨🇱 ChiliLifeguarded beach season · 15 déc. – 15 marsFrom 15 December the city opens its lifeguarded beaches, Balneario Municipal, Trocadero and Playa Paraiso, until mid-March.93
  3. Castro 🇨🇱 ChiliChiloé summer season · 1 janv. – 28 févr.January and February are when the boat trips, the island's small museums and the palafito hotels are all running, and all full.92
  4. Abou Dabi 🇦🇪 Émirats arabes unisSheikh Zayed Festival · 1 nov. – 22 mars (en général)The heritage and culture festival out at Al Wathba runs from the start of November to late March, with country pavilions and fireworks most nights.91
  5. Dubaï 🇦🇪 Émirats arabes unisGlobal Village season · 10 oct. – 31 mai (en général)The open-air pavilion park reopens in mid-October and runs to late May, which is as good a marker as any for when Dubai becomes an outdoor city again.89
  6. Mar del Plata 🇦🇷 ArgentineSummer theatre season · 20 déc. – 28 févr. (en général)Half of Buenos Aires theatre moves down the coast for the summer and the Avenida Independencia bills comedies and revues nightly.84
  7. Punta Arenas 🇨🇱 ChiliPatagonia season opens · 1 oct. – 31 mars (en général)This is the gateway rather than the destination: the Paine buses, the Cape Horn boats and the Antarctic charters all run in this window, so the hotels price against Torres del Paine.79
  8. Farellones 🇨🇱 ChiliSummer mountain park · 1 déc. – 15 mars (en général)Out of the snow the village runs a small adventure park with a zip-line canopy, and the climb up is a cyclists' route; most of the hotels stay shut.77
  9. Rosario 🇦🇷 ArgentineRiver season on the Parana · 15 nov. – 15 mars (en général)The balnearios along the north bank open and the launches start running to the sandbank beaches on the island side.77
  10. Gokarna 🇮🇳 IndeBeach hut season · 15 oct. – 28 févr.The huts go back up on Kudle and Om once the rain stops and the walk between the beaches is passable again.77
  11. Mount Buller 🇦🇺 AustralieBike park and walking season · 1 déc. – 5 avr. (en général)Early December to early April the mountain runs for bikes and walkers instead, and it is a fraction as busy.76
  12. Grytviken Géorgie du Sud-et-les îles Sandwich du SudExpedition ship season · 15 oct. – 31 mars (en général)Everything here happens in the southern summer, when expedition ships work down from the Falklands and the museum, church and post office at Grytviken open for the hours a ship is in the bay.70

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Ouverture de la saison d’été en mars

  1. Antofagasta 🇨🇱 ChiliLifeguarded beach season · 15 déc. – 15 marsFrom 15 December the city opens its lifeguarded beaches, Balneario Municipal, Trocadero and Playa Paraiso, until mid-March.94
  2. Launceston 🇦🇺 AustralieThe Basin pool opens · 1 déc. – 31 mars (en général)The free pool at First Basin in Cataract Gorge is staffed and open for the summer only, a fifteen-minute walk from the middle of town.92
  3. Pensacola 🇺🇸 États-UnisBlue Angels practice days · 25 mars – 1 nov. (en général)The squadron flies practice sessions over the naval air station on most Tuesday and Wednesday mornings in season, free to watch from behind the museum.89
  4. Santorin 🇬🇷 GrèceSeason opens · 25 mars – 10 mai (en général)Caldera hotels and the boat trips restart through April; the cable car leaves its winter half-day timetable on 1 April and only runs late from May.83
  5. Abou Dabi 🇦🇪 Émirats arabes unisSheikh Zayed Festival · 1 nov. – 22 mars (en général)The heritage and culture festival out at Al Wathba runs from the start of November to late March, with country pavilions and fireworks most nights.82
  6. Rosario 🇦🇷 ArgentineRiver season on the Parana · 15 nov. – 15 mars (en général)The balnearios along the north bank open and the launches start running to the sandbank beaches on the island side.81
  7. Dubaï 🇦🇪 Émirats arabes unisGlobal Village season · 10 oct. – 31 mai (en général)The open-air pavilion park reopens in mid-October and runs to late May, which is as good a marker as any for when Dubai becomes an outdoor city again.79
  8. Sorrente 🇮🇹 ItalieFerries and hotels reopen · 20 mars – 1 mai (en général)The fast boats to Capri, Positano and Amalfi restart around Easter along with most of the cliff hotels.79
  9. Positano 🇮🇹 ItalieHotels and ferries reopen · 20 mars – 1 mai (en général)Most of the town wakes up around Easter: the beach clubs on Spiaggia Grande and Fornillo, the cliff hotels and the fast ferries from Sorrento and Amalfi all restart within a fortnight of each other.78
  10. Sirmione 🇮🇹 ItalieLake season opens · 20 mars – 1 mai (en général)Hotels reopen around Easter, the lake boats to Desenzano and Garda restart and the Grotte di Catullo goes back to summer hours.77
  11. Capri 🇮🇹 ItalieIsland season opens · 25 mars – 15 mai (en général)Hotels, the Marina Piccola beach clubs and the full ferry timetable restart around Easter.76
  12. Carcassonne 🇫🇷 FranceCanal du Midi boating season · 25 mars – 5 nov. (en général)Hire boats work the canal through the town from the end of March to the start of November; the locks come out of service for maintenance over the winter.75
  13. Côme 🇮🇹 ItalieVilla gardens and full boat timetable · 20 mars – 5 nov. (en général)Villa Carlotta, Balbianello and the rest open for the season in the second half of March, and the lake boats move to the full timetable with them.73
  14. Lugano 🇨🇭 SuisseSan Salvatore funicular season · 14 mars – 8 nov. (en général)The funicular up the sugarloaf runs from about mid-March to early November and then stops for the winter.73
  15. Punta Arenas 🇨🇱 ChiliPatagonia season opens · 1 oct. – 31 mars (en général)This is the gateway rather than the destination: the Paine buses, the Cape Horn boats and the Antarctic charters all run in this window, so the hotels price against Torres del Paine.71
  16. Bratislava 🇸🇰 SlovaquieDanube catamaran from Vienna · 25 mars – 5 nov. (en général)The fast boat down from Vienna's Schwedenplatz runs for the season only, about seventy-five minutes each way.70
  17. Mount Buller 🇦🇺 AustralieBike park and walking season · 1 déc. – 5 avr. (en général)Early December to early April the mountain runs for bikes and walkers instead, and it is a fraction as busy.69
  18. Ljubljana 🇸🇮 SlovénieOpen Kitchen food market · 15 mars – 31 oct. (en général)Every Friday from spring to the end of October the market square becomes an open-air kitchen with a hundred-odd stalls.69
  19. Cambridge 🇬🇧 Royaume-UniPunting season · 15 mars – 31 oct. (en général)The chauffeured punts and the touts on Magdalene Bridge appear with the first warm weekend and are gone by November.69
  20. Farellones 🇨🇱 ChiliSummer mountain park · 1 déc. – 15 mars (en général)Out of the snow the village runs a small adventure park with a zip-line canopy, and the climb up is a cyclists' route; most of the hotels stay shut.63
  21. Lviv 🇺🇦 UkraineRynok Square farmers' fair · 29 mars – 30 sept. (en général)Producers set up on Rynok Square from spring to the end of September — cheese, honey, berries in their weeks, and the coffee roasters the city is known for.63
  22. Grytviken Géorgie du Sud-et-les îles Sandwich du SudExpedition ship season · 15 oct. – 31 mars (en général)Everything here happens in the southern summer, when expedition ships work down from the Falklands and the museum, church and post office at Grytviken open for the hours a ship is in the bay.63
  23. Copenhague 🇩🇰 DanemarkTivoli summer season · 25 mars – 22 sept. (en général)Tivoli opens for the summer at the end of March and shuts in the third week of September.62
  24. Keswick 🇬🇧 Royaume-UniDerwentwater launch season · 20 mars – 1 nov. (en général)The launches round the lake run a full timetable from spring to the end of October and a skeleton one after.60
  25. Parc national de Gateway Arch 🇺🇸 États-UnisRiverboat cruise season · 1 mars – 30 nov.The paddlewheelers run off the levee from March to November, with the lock-and-dam trips added in October.59

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Ouverture de la saison d’été en avril

  1. Rhodes 🇬🇷 GrèceResort season opens · 1 avr. – 10 mai (en général)Charter flights, the east-coast hotels and the Lindos tavernas restart around Easter.93
  2. Santorin 🇬🇷 GrèceSeason opens · 25 mars – 10 mai (en général)Caldera hotels and the boat trips restart through April; the cable car leaves its winter half-day timetable on 1 April and only runs late from May.92
  3. Mykonos 🇬🇷 GrèceBeach clubs open · 20 avr. – 1 juin (en général)Paradise, Super Paradise and the Psarou loungers stagger their openings through May, and the Delos boats start with them.92
  4. Páros 🇬🇷 GrèceRooms and ferries open up · 15 avr. – 25 mai (en général)Naoussa's harbour tavernas, the Antiparos crossing and the fast boats from Piraeus all restart around Easter.92
  5. Tavira 🇵🇹 PortugalIlha de Tavira ferry season · 1 avr. – 15 oct. (en général)The sandbar island's beach bars and the frequent boats out to it run from spring to mid-October.92
  6. Datça 🇹🇷 TurquieBodrum ferry season · 1 avr. – 31 oct. (en général)The crossing from Bodrum to Körmen runs a few times a week in spring and autumn and two or three times a day through high summer, then stops.92
  7. Naxos 🇬🇷 GrèceRooms and ferries open up · 15 avr. – 25 mai (en général)Hotels along Agios Prokopios and the fast ferries from Piraeus and Mykonos both come back around Easter, which is also when the wildflowers on the Tragea plateau are still out.91
  8. Ölüdeniz 🇹🇷 TurquieBabadag paragliding season · 1 avr. – 15 nov. (en général)The tandem flights off the mountain behind the lagoon are what most people come for, and the shuttles up to the launch decks run through the warm half of the year.91
  9. Ibiza 🇪🇸 EspagneOpening parties · 20 avr. – 20 mai (en général)The clubs, the beach clubs and most of the island's restaurants all open across three or four weekends from late April.90
  10. Corfou 🇬🇷 GrèceIsland season opens · 15 avr. – 20 mai (en général)Resorts, charter flights and the Paleokastritsa boats restart around Easter, and the island is at its greenest for the six weeks before the heat arrives.90
  11. Milos 🇬🇷 GrèceBoats and rooms open · 15 avr. – 20 mai (en général)The Kleftiko boat trips, the hire-car offices and most tavernas start up between Easter and mid-May, and the Piraeus ferry timetable thickens with them.90
  12. Ksamil 🇦🇱 AlbanieButrint on summer hours · 1 avr. – 31 oct.From April to October the Roman and Venetian site down the road takes last entry at six and closes at eight; in winter the last ticket is sold at three.90
  13. Marbella 🇪🇸 EspagneBeach clubs and chiringuitos open · 1 avr. – 15 oct. (en général)The chiringuitos on the sand run from Easter to about mid-October, sardines on a skewer over a boat full of embers.89
  14. Sorrente 🇮🇹 ItalieFerries and hotels reopen · 20 mars – 1 mai (en général)The fast boats to Capri, Positano and Amalfi restart around Easter along with most of the cliff hotels.89
  15. Lusaka 🇿🇲 ZambieLower Zambezi camp season · 1 avr. – 15 nov. (en général)The safari camps in Lower Zambezi National Park, several hours' drive south-east of Lusaka or a short charter flight, open for the season after the rains and close again by mid-November, when the park roads become impassable.88
  16. Capri 🇮🇹 ItalieIsland season opens · 25 mars – 15 mai (en général)Hotels, the Marina Piccola beach clubs and the full ferry timetable restart around Easter.88
  17. Positano 🇮🇹 ItalieHotels and ferries reopen · 20 mars – 1 mai (en général)Most of the town wakes up around Easter: the beach clubs on Spiaggia Grande and Fornillo, the cliff hotels and the fast ferries from Sorrento and Amalfi all restart within a fortnight of each other.88
  18. Bonifacio 🇫🇷 FranceLavezzi boat season · 15 avr. – 31 oct. (en général)Shuttles and excursion boats to the islands run from the middle of April to the end of October, hourly at the height of summer and on a shorter trip in April and October.88
  19. Vatican VaticanFriday evening museum openings · 15 avr. – 31 oct. (en général)The museums open on Friday evenings from spring to late October, online booking only and capped in number.88
  20. Skiathos 🇬🇷 GrèceRooms and boats open up · 20 avr. – 31 mai (en général)Hotels, the Koukounaries beach bars and the caiques round to Lalaria all restart through May, as do the charter flights that make up most of the island's arrivals.87
  21. Dubrovnik 🇭🇷 CroatieIsland ferry season · 15 avr. – 20 oct. (en général)The catamarans to Mljet, Korčula and the Elafiti run to a summer timetable only; outside it the islands drop to a couple of sailings a week and a day trip stops being possible.86
  22. Milan 🇮🇹 ItalieLake ferries on full timetable · 1 avr. – 15 oct. (en général)Como, Maggiore and Garda run the full public boat timetable from around Easter to mid-October, which is what makes the lakes a day out from Milan rather than a drive.85
  23. Banja Luka 🇧🇦 Bosnie-HerzégovineVrbas rafting season · 15 avr. – 15 oct. (en général)The rafting clubs at Karanovac and up the canyon run from spring to autumn; the river is pushiest just after the snowmelt and gentlest in late summer.85
  24. Tossa de Mar 🇪🇸 EspagneResort season opens · 1 avr. – 15 oct. (en général)Hotels, the coastal boats to Lloret and Sant Feliu, and the restaurants under the Vila Vella walls all open around Easter and shut again in October.85
  25. Pensacola 🇺🇸 États-UnisBlue Angels practice days · 25 mars – 1 nov. (en général)The squadron flies practice sessions over the naval air station on most Tuesday and Wednesday mornings in season, free to watch from behind the museum.85

…et 30 de plus en avril.

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Ouverture de la saison d’été en mai

  1. Ibiza 🇪🇸 EspagneOpening parties · 20 avr. – 20 mai (en général)The clubs, the beach clubs and most of the island's restaurants all open across three or four weekends from late April.95
  2. Páros 🇬🇷 GrèceRooms and ferries open up · 15 avr. – 25 mai (en général)Naoussa's harbour tavernas, the Antiparos crossing and the fast boats from Piraeus all restart around Easter.95
  3. Tavira 🇵🇹 PortugalIlha de Tavira ferry season · 1 avr. – 15 oct. (en général)The sandbar island's beach bars and the frequent boats out to it run from spring to mid-October.95
  4. Ölüdeniz 🇹🇷 TurquieBabadag paragliding season · 1 avr. – 15 nov. (en général)The tandem flights off the mountain behind the lagoon are what most people come for, and the shuttles up to the launch decks run through the warm half of the year.95
  5. Santorin 🇬🇷 GrèceSeason opens · 25 mars – 10 mai (en général)Caldera hotels and the boat trips restart through April; the cable car leaves its winter half-day timetable on 1 April and only runs late from May.94
  6. Mykonos 🇬🇷 GrèceBeach clubs open · 20 avr. – 1 juin (en général)Paradise, Super Paradise and the Psarou loungers stagger their openings through May, and the Delos boats start with them.94
  7. Lusaka 🇿🇲 ZambieLower Zambezi camp season · 1 avr. – 15 nov. (en général)The safari camps in Lower Zambezi National Park, several hours' drive south-east of Lusaka or a short charter flight, open for the season after the rains and close again by mid-November, when the park roads become impassable.94
  8. Marbella 🇪🇸 EspagneBeach clubs and chiringuitos open · 1 avr. – 15 oct. (en général)The chiringuitos on the sand run from Easter to about mid-October, sardines on a skewer over a boat full of embers.94
  9. Rhodes 🇬🇷 GrèceResort season opens · 1 avr. – 10 mai (en général)Charter flights, the east-coast hotels and the Lindos tavernas restart around Easter.93
  10. Belgrade 🇷🇸 SerbieThe river clubs open · 1 mai – 30 sept. (en général)Around the start of June the big indoor venues shut and reopen as splavovi, barges moored along the Sava and Danube, and move back inland at the end of September.93
  11. Plovdiv 🇧🇬 BulgarieRoman theatre season · 20 mai – 30 sept. (en général)Opera, drama and touring concerts move into the second-century theatre on the hill for the warm half of the year — it seats about five thousand and is still a working venue, not a ruin with a rope round it.93
  12. Olbia 🇮🇹 ItalieSummer flights and ferries · 15 mai – 1 oct. (en général)Olbia is the gateway to the Costa Smeralda and its airport and the Golfo Aranci ferries run on a summer timetable; out of season the direct routes to northern Europe disappear almost entirely.93
  13. Kos 🇬🇷 GrèceCharter and resort season · 1 mai – 15 oct. (en général)Kardamena, Tigaki and Mastichari run on northern European charter flights, and the hotels, bike hire and beach bars open and close with them.93
  14. Bonifacio 🇫🇷 FranceLavezzi boat season · 15 avr. – 31 oct. (en général)Shuttles and excursion boats to the islands run from the middle of April to the end of October, hourly at the height of summer and on a shorter trip in April and October.93
  15. Tossa de Mar 🇪🇸 EspagneResort season opens · 1 avr. – 15 oct. (en général)Hotels, the coastal boats to Lloret and Sant Feliu, and the restaurants under the Vila Vella walls all open around Easter and shut again in October.93
  16. Naxos 🇬🇷 GrèceRooms and ferries open up · 15 avr. – 25 mai (en général)Hotels along Agios Prokopios and the fast ferries from Piraeus and Mykonos both come back around Easter, which is also when the wildflowers on the Tragea plateau are still out.93
  17. Datça 🇹🇷 TurquieBodrum ferry season · 1 avr. – 31 oct. (en général)The crossing from Bodrum to Körmen runs a few times a week in spring and autumn and two or three times a day through high summer, then stops.93
  18. Budapest 🇭🇺 HongrieGarden bar season · 1 mai – 30 sept. (en général)The kertek — courtyard, rooftop and riverbank bars that only exist in warm months — open through May and are boarded up again by October.92
  19. Saranda 🇦🇱 AlbanieCorfu crossing season · 1 mai – 15 oct. (en général)The hydrofoil to Corfu runs several times a day through the summer and drops to a skeleton service in winter; it is a half-hour crossing and the reason many people arrive here at all.92
  20. Corfou 🇬🇷 GrèceIsland season opens · 15 avr. – 20 mai (en général)Resorts, charter flights and the Paleokastritsa boats restart around Easter, and the island is at its greenest for the six weeks before the heat arrives.92
  21. Mamaia 🇷🇴 RoumanieBeach season opens · 25 mai – 15 sept. (en général)Beach clubs, sunbed concessions and the cable car along the strip come back at once around the start of June, and the whole four-kilometre sandbar switches on.92
  22. Vatican VaticanFriday evening museum openings · 15 avr. – 31 oct. (en général)The museums open on Friday evenings from spring to late October, online booking only and capped in number.92
  23. Marmaris 🇹🇷 TurquieBlue cruise season · 1 mai – 15 oct. (en général)The gulet fleet comes out of winter lay-up in the bay and the week-long runs down towards Fethiye start going.91
  24. Chișinău 🇲🇩 MoldavieGreen Theatre open-air season · 29 mai – 15 sept. (en général)The huge open-air amphitheatre in Valea Morilor park opens its summer season in late May, with free city concerts on some nights and folk, pop and symphonic programmes through the summer.91
  25. Milos 🇬🇷 GrèceBoats and rooms open · 15 avr. – 20 mai (en général)The Kleftiko boat trips, the hire-car offices and most tavernas start up between Easter and mid-May, and the Piraeus ferry timetable thickens with them.91

…et 81 de plus en mai.

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Ouverture de la saison d’été en juin

  1. Stockholm 🇸🇪 SuèdeArchipelago boat season · 15 juin – 25 août (en général)The full ferry timetable to the outer islands runs for about ten weeks; outside it half the destinations have no service at all.95
  2. Lusaka 🇿🇲 ZambieLower Zambezi camp season · 1 avr. – 15 nov. (en général)The safari camps in Lower Zambezi National Park, several hours' drive south-east of Lusaka or a short charter flight, open for the season after the rains and close again by mid-November, when the park roads become impassable.95
  3. Kazan 🇷🇺 RussieVolga boat season · 1 mai – 5 oct. (en général)River cruises between Moscow and Astrakhan tie up here for a day each, and the local hydrofoils and Sviyazhsk boats only run once the ice has gone.95
  4. Iakoutsk 🇷🇺 RussieLena boat season · 1 juin – 30 sept. (en général)The ferry restarts and the boats to the Lena Pillars run for about four months — the only way to reach the rock columns upstream, a full day each way.95
  5. Bend 🇺🇸 États-UnisDeschutes float season · 15 juin – 5 sept. (en général)Half the town floats the stretch from Riverbend Park to the Old Mill on a hot afternoon, and the shuttle runs all summer.94
  6. Santa Cruz 🇺🇸 États-UnisBoardwalk summer season · 23 mai – 7 sept. (en général)The old wooden coaster and the rest of the seafront run daily from Memorial Day to Labor Day, with free bands on the beach on summer Friday evenings.94
  7. Varsovie 🇵🇱 PologneVistula riverside season · 1 mai – 20 sept. (en général)The wild east bank and the boulevards opposite it are where the city drinks from May to September.93
  8. Irkoutsk 🇷🇺 RussieBaikal summer season · 15 juin – 31 août (en général)Circum-Baikal excursion trains add midsummer departures, boats run from Listvyanka, and the Olkhon ferry crossing is at its busiest in July and August.93
  9. Leipzig 🇩🇪 AllemagneLake season south of the city · 1 juin – 10 sept. (en général)The flooded lignite pits ringing the city — Cospudener, Markkleeberger, Zwenkauer — are the summer weekend, reachable by tram and bike path.93
  10. Costa da Caparica 🇵🇹 PortugalBeach season · 15 juin – 15 sept. (en général)The bar-restaurants strung down the dune line only open for the declared bathing season, when the beaches are flagged and staffed.93
  11. Copenhague 🇩🇰 DanemarkTivoli summer season · 25 mars – 22 sept. (en général)Tivoli opens for the summer at the end of March and shuts in the third week of September.92
  12. Lviv 🇺🇦 UkraineRynok Square farmers' fair · 29 mars – 30 sept. (en général)Producers set up on Rynok Square from spring to the end of September — cheese, honey, berries in their weeks, and the coffee roasters the city is known for.92
  13. Marbella 🇪🇸 EspagneBeach clubs and chiringuitos open · 1 avr. – 15 oct. (en général)The chiringuitos on the sand run from Easter to about mid-October, sardines on a skewer over a boat full of embers.92
  14. Peniche 🇵🇹 PortugalBerlengas boat season · 1 mai – 30 sept. (en général)The nature reserve caps the island at 550 visitors at a time and the daily crossings only run through the summer, weather permitting.92
  15. Tavira 🇵🇹 PortugalIlha de Tavira ferry season · 1 avr. – 15 oct. (en général)The sandbar island's beach bars and the frequent boats out to it run from spring to mid-October.92
  16. Berne 🇨🇭 SuisseAare swimming season · 20 mai – 15 sept. (en général)The city swims in the river, not a pool: in at Eichholz, out at the Marzili, and the current does the work.92
  17. Nijni Novgorod 🇷🇺 RussieVolga cruise season · 1 mai – 5 oct. (en général)The Moscow-to-Astrakhan cruise boats call here for a day each once the ice has gone, and the local river trams and hydrofoils run on the same window.92
  18. Berlin 🇩🇪 AllemagneLake and Freibad season · 15 mai – 31 août (en général)The outdoor pools open around the middle of May and the city moves outdoors with them.91
  19. Lausanne 🇨🇭 SuisseBelle Époque steamer season · 10 avr. – 20 oct. (en général)The paddle steamers out of Ouchy — the largest fleet of their kind anywhere — run a full timetable for the season and drop to a skeleton one after.91
  20. Hyannis Transportation Center 🇺🇸 États-UnisIsland ferry high season · 20 mai – 15 oct. (en général)Hyannis is the mainland end of the Nantucket boats, and the summer timetable adds fast ferries and extra sailings from late May.91
  21. Munich 🇩🇪 AllemagneBeer garden season · 1 mai – 30 sept. (en général)The gardens open properly once the evenings hold, and the rule that you may bring your own food to the self-service tables is what makes them worth the trip.90
  22. Helsinki 🇫🇮 FinlandeTerrace and ferry season · 1 mai – 15 sept. (en général)The island ferries to Suomenlinna and Vallisaari, the outdoor pools and every terrace in the city open within about a fortnight of each other, and the place is unrecognisable from March.90
  23. Hambourg 🇩🇪 AllemagneAlster and pool season · 15 mai – 10 sept. (en général)The outdoor pools open in May and the Alster banks fill with rowers, beer and barbecues.90
  24. Bratislava 🇸🇰 SlovaquieDanube catamaran from Vienna · 25 mars – 5 nov. (en général)The fast boat down from Vienna's Schwedenplatz runs for the season only, about seventy-five minutes each way.90
  25. Boise 🇺🇸 États-UnisFloat the Boise season · 20 juin – 7 sept. (en général)The city opens the river to tubes once the spring runoff drops to a safe flow, usually late June, and shuts it on Labor Day when the shuttle and rental stop.90

…et 110 de plus en juin.

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  1. Santa Cruz 🇺🇸 États-UnisBoardwalk summer season · 23 mai – 7 sept. (en général)The old wooden coaster and the rest of the seafront run daily from Memorial Day to Labor Day, with free bands on the beach on summer Friday evenings.97
  2. Victoria 🇨🇦 CanadaButchart summer fireworks · 4 juil. – 5 sept. (en général)Saturday-night fireworks over the sunken garden through July and August, with live music on the lawn before them.95
  3. Novossibirsk 🇷🇺 RussieRiver and beach season · 10 juin – 25 août (en général)The short, hot Siberian summer sends the city to the Ob beaches and the reservoir shore at Akademgorodok, and the river boats run for about ten weeks.94
  4. Cambridge 🇬🇧 Royaume-UniPunting season · 15 mars – 31 oct. (en général)The chauffeured punts and the touts on Magdalene Bridge appear with the first warm weekend and are gone by November.94
  5. Stockholm 🇸🇪 SuèdeArchipelago boat season · 15 juin – 25 août (en général)The full ferry timetable to the outer islands runs for about ten weeks; outside it half the destinations have no service at all.93
  6. Helsinki 🇫🇮 FinlandeTerrace and ferry season · 1 mai – 15 sept. (en général)The island ferries to Suomenlinna and Vallisaari, the outdoor pools and every terrace in the city open within about a fortnight of each other, and the place is unrecognisable from March.93
  7. Lusaka 🇿🇲 ZambieLower Zambezi camp season · 1 avr. – 15 nov. (en général)The safari camps in Lower Zambezi National Park, several hours' drive south-east of Lusaka or a short charter flight, open for the season after the rains and close again by mid-November, when the park roads become impassable.93
  8. Saint-Pétersbourg 🇷🇺 RussiePeterhof fountains switched on · 25 avr. – 12 oct. (en général)The Grand Cascade is started with a ceremony in the last days of April and shut down in the second week of October.93
  9. Peniche 🇵🇹 PortugalBerlengas boat season · 1 mai – 30 sept. (en général)The nature reserve caps the island at 550 visitors at a time and the daily crossings only run through the summer, weather permitting.93
  10. Bath 🇬🇧 Royaume-UniRoman Baths open late · 1 juil. – 31 aoûtThrough July and August the Baths stay open into the evening and the terrace is lit by torches.92
  11. Iakoutsk 🇷🇺 RussieLena boat season · 1 juin – 30 sept. (en général)The ferry restarts and the boats to the Lena Pillars run for about four months — the only way to reach the rock columns upstream, a full day each way.92
  12. Anvers 🇧🇪 BelgiqueZomer van Antwerpen · 18 juin – 30 aoûtCircus tents, open-air cinema and free neighbourhood concerts spread across docks and squares for ten weeks, so the summer programme is scattered rather than in one place.92
  13. Saint-Pierre-Port GuerneseyHerm and Sark boat season · 15 avr. – 15 oct. (en général)The small boats to Herm, Sark and Alderney run frequently from the harbour through the season and thin out sharply after October.92
  14. Mariehamn ÅlandArchipelago summer season · 15 mai – 10 sept. (en général)The inter-island ferries move to the full timetable, the guest harbours and the Pommern open up, and the cafes on Torggatan put tables outside.92
  15. Mourmansk 🇷🇺 RussieBarents coast season · 15 juin – 10 sept. (en général)Teriberka, two and a half hours out on the open Arctic shore, is the summer trip: the whale and bird boats run, the beach of wave-rounded boulders is walkable, and the road behaves.91
  16. Utrecht 🇳🇱 Pays-BasWharf terrace season · 15 avr. – 30 sept. (en général)The cellars along the Oudegracht put their tables out at water level from spring to autumn.91
  17. Leipzig 🇩🇪 AllemagneLake season south of the city · 1 juin – 10 sept. (en général)The flooded lignite pits ringing the city — Cospudener, Markkleeberger, Zwenkauer — are the summer weekend, reachable by tram and bike path.91
  18. Nantes 🇫🇷 FranceLe Voyage a Nantes · 4 juil. – 6 sept. (en général)A green line painted on the pavement links a couple of dozen commissioned works across the city for the summer, most of them free and outdoors.91
  19. Ostende 🇧🇪 BelgiqueBeach season on the coast · 15 juin – 5 sept. (en général)The beach bars, the lifeguard posts and the full coast tram timetable all run for the summer, and the whole of inland Belgium arrives on the first hot Sunday.91
  20. Bar Harbor 🇺🇸 États-UnisThe CAT ferry to Nova Scotia · 14 mai – 14 oct. (en général)The fast ferry to Yarmouth runs from mid-May to mid-October and takes three and a half hours across the Gulf of Maine.91
  21. Strasbourg 🇫🇷 FranceCathedral summer light show · 1 juil. – 5 sept. (en général)A projection on the cathedral front runs nightly through the summer, free, with the Petite France bridges lit alongside it.90
  22. Biarritz 🇫🇷 FranceLifeguarded beach season · 15 juin – 15 sept. (en général)The Grande Plage and Cote des Basques are only flagged and patrolled through the summer, and the beach clubs open with them.90
  23. Newquay 🇬🇧 Royaume-UniLifeguarded beach season · 1 mai – 30 sept. (en général)The main beaches are patrolled from about May to the end of September and unpatrolled either side, when the rips at Fistral and Crantock are the same but nobody is watching them.90
  24. Paris 🇫🇷 FranceParis-Plages · 6 juil. – 31 août (en général)Sand, deckchairs and pools go down along the Seine and the Bassin de la Villette for about eight weeks, free and busiest in the early evening.89
  25. Copenhague 🇩🇰 DanemarkTivoli summer season · 25 mars – 22 sept. (en général)Tivoli opens for the summer at the end of March and shuts in the third week of September.89

…et 118 de plus en juillet.

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  1. Santa Cruz 🇺🇸 États-UnisBoardwalk summer season · 23 mai – 7 sept. (en général)The old wooden coaster and the rest of the seafront run daily from Memorial Day to Labor Day, with free bands on the beach on summer Friday evenings.95
  2. Anvers 🇧🇪 BelgiqueZomer van Antwerpen · 18 juin – 30 aoûtCircus tents, open-air cinema and free neighbourhood concerts spread across docks and squares for ten weeks, so the summer programme is scattered rather than in one place.94
  3. Peniche 🇵🇹 PortugalBerlengas boat season · 1 mai – 30 sept. (en général)The nature reserve caps the island at 550 visitors at a time and the daily crossings only run through the summer, weather permitting.94
  4. Victoria 🇨🇦 CanadaButchart summer fireworks · 4 juil. – 5 sept. (en général)Saturday-night fireworks over the sunken garden through July and August, with live music on the lawn before them.94
  5. Nijni Novgorod 🇷🇺 RussieVolga cruise season · 1 mai – 5 oct. (en général)The Moscow-to-Astrakhan cruise boats call here for a day each once the ice has gone, and the local river trams and hydrofoils run on the same window.94
  6. Berlin 🇩🇪 AllemagneLake and Freibad season · 15 mai – 31 août (en général)The outdoor pools open around the middle of May and the city moves outdoors with them.93
  7. Hambourg 🇩🇪 AllemagneAlster and pool season · 15 mai – 10 sept. (en général)The outdoor pools open in May and the Alster banks fill with rowers, beer and barbecues.93
  8. Astana 🇰🇿 KazakhstanYesil embankment season · 1 juin – 31 août (en général)River boats, outdoor tables and the embankment walk only exist for these weeks, and the city uses them hard.93
  9. Utrecht 🇳🇱 Pays-BasWharf terrace season · 15 avr. – 30 sept. (en général)The cellars along the Oudegracht put their tables out at water level from spring to autumn.93
  10. Novossibirsk 🇷🇺 RussieRiver and beach season · 10 juin – 25 août (en général)The short, hot Siberian summer sends the city to the Ob beaches and the reservoir shore at Akademgorodok, and the river boats run for about ten weeks.92
  11. Kazan 🇷🇺 RussieVolga boat season · 1 mai – 5 oct. (en général)River cruises between Moscow and Astrakhan tie up here for a day each, and the local hydrofoils and Sviyazhsk boats only run once the ice has gone.92
  12. Nantes 🇫🇷 FranceLe Voyage a Nantes · 4 juil. – 6 sept. (en général)A green line painted on the pavement links a couple of dozen commissioned works across the city for the summer, most of them free and outdoors.92
  13. Cambridge 🇬🇧 Royaume-UniPunting season · 15 mars – 31 oct. (en général)The chauffeured punts and the touts on Magdalene Bridge appear with the first warm weekend and are gone by November.92
  14. Sopot 🇵🇱 PologneBeach season · 20 juin – 5 sept. (en général)Sopot is where Warsaw goes in July: lifeguards, beach bars and the Monte Cassino strip solid with people from the station to the pier.92
  15. Lusaka 🇿🇲 ZambieLower Zambezi camp season · 1 avr. – 15 nov. (en général)The safari camps in Lower Zambezi National Park, several hours' drive south-east of Lusaka or a short charter flight, open for the season after the rains and close again by mid-November, when the park roads become impassable.91
  16. Paris 🇫🇷 FranceParis-Plages · 6 juil. – 31 août (en général)Sand, deckchairs and pools go down along the Seine and the Bassin de la Villette for about eight weeks, free and busiest in the early evening.90
  17. Varsovie 🇵🇱 PologneVistula riverside season · 1 mai – 20 sept. (en général)The wild east bank and the boulevards opposite it are where the city drinks from May to September.90
  18. Stockholm 🇸🇪 SuèdeArchipelago boat season · 15 juin – 25 août (en général)The full ferry timetable to the outer islands runs for about ten weeks; outside it half the destinations have no service at all.90
  19. Lviv 🇺🇦 UkraineRynok Square farmers' fair · 29 mars – 30 sept. (en général)Producers set up on Rynok Square from spring to the end of September — cheese, honey, berries in their weeks, and the coffee roasters the city is known for.90
  20. Český Krumlov 🇨🇿 TchéquieVltava paddling season · 1 mai – 20 sept. (en général)Canoes and rubber rafts run the river through the middle of town all summer, with a weir chute under the castle that everyone stops to watch.90
  21. Ostende 🇧🇪 BelgiqueBeach season on the coast · 15 juin – 5 sept. (en général)The beach bars, the lifeguard posts and the full coast tram timetable all run for the summer, and the whole of inland Belgium arrives on the first hot Sunday.90
  22. Irkoutsk 🇷🇺 RussieBaikal summer season · 15 juin – 31 août (en général)Circum-Baikal excursion trains add midsummer departures, boats run from Listvyanka, and the Olkhon ferry crossing is at its busiest in July and August.89
  23. Leipzig 🇩🇪 AllemagneLake season south of the city · 1 juin – 10 sept. (en général)The flooded lignite pits ringing the city — Cospudener, Markkleeberger, Zwenkauer — are the summer weekend, reachable by tram and bike path.89
  24. Saint-Pierre-Port GuerneseyHerm and Sark boat season · 15 avr. – 15 oct. (en général)The small boats to Herm, Sark and Alderney run frequently from the harbour through the season and thin out sharply after October.89
  25. Copenhague 🇩🇰 DanemarkTivoli summer season · 25 mars – 22 sept. (en général)Tivoli opens for the summer at the end of March and shuts in the third week of September.88

…et 117 de plus en août.

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  1. Odessa 🇺🇦 UkraineBeach season opens · 15 mai – 15 sept. (en général)Lanzheron, Otrada and the Arcadia strip put out loungers and reopen the beach bars from the middle of May, though wartime coastguard rules have kept swimming limited to netted, mine-cleared zones since 2022.95
  2. Plovdiv 🇧🇬 BulgarieRoman theatre season · 20 mai – 30 sept. (en général)Opera, drama and touring concerts move into the second-century theatre on the hill for the warm half of the year — it seats about five thousand and is still a working venue, not a ruin with a rope round it.94
  3. Boise 🇺🇸 États-UnisFloat the Boise season · 20 juin – 7 sept. (en général)The city opens the river to tubes once the spring runoff drops to a safe flow, usually late June, and shuts it on Labor Day when the shuttle and rental stop.94
  4. Varna 🇧🇬 BulgarieBeach and sea season · 1 juin – 20 sept. (en général)The city beach below the Sea Garden and the resort strip north both switch on for the summer, with lifeguards and beach bars appearing within a fortnight of each other.94
  5. Chișinău 🇲🇩 MoldavieGreen Theatre open-air season · 29 mai – 15 sept. (en général)The huge open-air amphitheatre in Valea Morilor park opens its summer season in late May, with free city concerts on some nights and folk, pop and symphonic programmes through the summer.94
  6. Budapest 🇭🇺 HongrieGarden bar season · 1 mai – 30 sept. (en général)The kertek — courtyard, rooftop and riverbank bars that only exist in warm months — open through May and are boarded up again by October.93
  7. Strasbourg 🇫🇷 FranceCathedral summer light show · 1 juil. – 5 sept. (en général)A projection on the cathedral front runs nightly through the summer, free, with the Petite France bridges lit alongside it.93
  8. Bourgas 🇧🇬 BulgarieBeach season opens · 1 juin – 20 sept. (en général)Lifeguards, sunbed concessions and the beach bars under the Sea Garden come back for the summer, and the central beach is a short walk from the station rather than a drive.93
  9. Mamaia 🇷🇴 RoumanieBeach season opens · 25 mai – 15 sept. (en général)Beach clubs, sunbed concessions and the cable car along the strip come back at once around the start of June, and the whole four-kilometre sandbar switches on.93
  10. Santa Cruz 🇺🇸 États-UnisBoardwalk summer season · 23 mai – 7 sept. (en général)The old wooden coaster and the rest of the seafront run daily from Memorial Day to Labor Day, with free bands on the beach on summer Friday evenings.93
  11. Kars 🇹🇷 TurquieShort summer on the steppe · 10 juin – 10 sept. (en général)The grass comes up, the herders move to the highland pastures and the cheese-making starts.93
  12. Carcassonne 🇫🇷 FranceCanal du Midi boating season · 25 mars – 5 nov. (en général)Hire boats work the canal through the town from the end of March to the start of November; the locks come out of service for maintenance over the winter.92
  13. Chutes du Niagara 🇨🇦 CanadaFalls boat season · 24 avr. – 30 nov. (en général)The boats run from late April to the end of November and are the only way to get under the falls.92
  14. Bend 🇺🇸 États-UnisDeschutes float season · 15 juin – 5 sept. (en général)Half the town floats the stretch from Riverbend Park to the Old Mill on a hot afternoon, and the shuttle runs all summer.92
  15. Bâle 🇨🇭 SuisseRhine swimming season · 15 juin – 10 sept. (en général)Locals float through the middle of the city with their clothes in a waterproof bag and climb out at the marked steps.91
  16. Belgrade 🇷🇸 SerbieThe river clubs open · 1 mai – 30 sept. (en général)Around the start of June the big indoor venues shut and reopen as splavovi, barges moored along the Sava and Danube, and move back inland at the end of September.91
  17. Chicago 🇺🇸 États-UnisLakefront beach season · 22 mai – 7 sept. (en général)The city's twenty-odd beaches are guarded from Memorial Day weekend to Labor Day and effectively shut either side of it.91
  18. Cleveland 🇺🇸 États-UnisLakefront season · 1 juin – 10 sept.Edgewater and Euclid beaches, the Flats patios and free concerts in Public Square all run on the same short calendar.91
  19. Lac Balaton 🇭🇺 HongrieFerries and lake boats return · 1 avr. – 31 oct. (en général)The scheduled passenger boats between the shores run to a seasonal timetable that thins out fast after August; the Szántód–Tihany car ferry itself runs year-round but on a much-reduced winter timetable.91
  20. Vienne 🇦🇹 AutricheFilm festival on Rathausplatz · 28 juin – 5 sept. (en général)The square in front of the city hall becomes an open-air screen and a street of food stalls every evening from the start of July to early September.90
  21. Denver 🇺🇸 États-UnisRed Rocks concert season · 1 avr. – 5 nov. (en général)The amphitheatre runs from about April to early November, with sunrise yoga and film nights filling the gaps between shows.90
  22. Détroit 🇺🇸 États-UnisRiverfront and Belle Isle season · 1 juin – 15 sept. (en général)The riverwalk, the Belle Isle beach and the pop-up bars along the Dequindre Cut only exist for one season, and Detroit uses all of it.90
  23. Vladivostok 🇷🇺 RussieVelvet season · 5 sept. – 15 oct. (en général)Once the monsoon and the storms are done the air clears and the sea is still warm enough to swim — locals call it the velvet season and treat it as the real summer.90
  24. Banja Luka 🇧🇦 Bosnie-HerzégovineVrbas rafting season · 15 avr. – 15 oct. (en général)The rafting clubs at Karanovac and up the canyon run from spring to autumn; the river is pushiest just after the snowmelt and gentlest in late summer.90
  25. Peniche 🇵🇹 PortugalBerlengas boat season · 1 mai – 30 sept. (en général)The nature reserve caps the island at 550 visitors at a time and the daily crossings only run through the summer, weather permitting.90

…et 101 de plus en septembre.

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  1. Ölüdeniz 🇹🇷 TurquieBabadag paragliding season · 1 avr. – 15 nov. (en général)The tandem flights off the mountain behind the lagoon are what most people come for, and the shuttles up to the launch decks run through the warm half of the year.93
  2. Bonifacio 🇫🇷 FranceLavezzi boat season · 15 avr. – 31 oct. (en général)Shuttles and excursion boats to the islands run from the middle of April to the end of October, hourly at the height of summer and on a shorter trip in April and October.92
  3. Olbia 🇮🇹 ItalieSummer flights and ferries · 15 mai – 1 oct. (en général)Olbia is the gateway to the Costa Smeralda and its airport and the Golfo Aranci ferries run on a summer timetable; out of season the direct routes to northern Europe disappear almost entirely.91
  4. Tavira 🇵🇹 PortugalIlha de Tavira ferry season · 1 avr. – 15 oct. (en général)The sandbar island's beach bars and the frequent boats out to it run from spring to mid-October.90
  5. Fethiye 🇹🇷 TurquieBlue cruise season · 1 mai – 15 oct. (en général)The gulets come out of winter lay-up in Fethiye and Göcek harbours and the twelve-island runs start going daily.89
  6. Kos 🇬🇷 GrèceCharter and resort season · 1 mai – 15 oct. (en général)Kardamena, Tigaki and Mastichari run on northern European charter flights, and the hotels, bike hire and beach bars open and close with them.88
  7. Marbella 🇪🇸 EspagneBeach clubs and chiringuitos open · 1 avr. – 15 oct. (en général)The chiringuitos on the sand run from Easter to about mid-October, sardines on a skewer over a boat full of embers.87
  8. Marmaris 🇹🇷 TurquieBlue cruise season · 1 mai – 15 oct. (en général)The gulet fleet comes out of winter lay-up in the bay and the week-long runs down towards Fethiye start going.87
  9. Denver 🇺🇸 États-UnisRed Rocks concert season · 1 avr. – 5 nov. (en général)The amphitheatre runs from about April to early November, with sunrise yoga and film nights filling the gaps between shows.86
  10. Tossa de Mar 🇪🇸 EspagneResort season opens · 1 avr. – 15 oct. (en général)Hotels, the coastal boats to Lloret and Sant Feliu, and the restaurants under the Vila Vella walls all open around Easter and shut again in October.86
  11. Datça 🇹🇷 TurquieBodrum ferry season · 1 avr. – 31 oct. (en général)The crossing from Bodrum to Körmen runs a few times a week in spring and autumn and two or three times a day through high summer, then stops.86
  12. Sousse 🇹🇳 TunisieResort season · 1 juin – 7 oct.The season here traditionally opens at the start of June and closes with parties on the first weekend of October.86
  13. Vatican VaticanFriday evening museum openings · 15 avr. – 31 oct. (en général)The museums open on Friday evenings from spring to late October, online booking only and capped in number.86
  14. Dubrovnik 🇭🇷 CroatieIsland ferry season · 15 avr. – 20 oct. (en général)The catamarans to Mljet, Korčula and the Elafiti run to a summer timetable only; outside it the islands drop to a couple of sailings a week and a day trip stops being possible.85
  15. Saranda 🇦🇱 AlbanieCorfu crossing season · 1 mai – 15 oct. (en général)The hydrofoil to Corfu runs several times a day through the summer and drops to a skeleton service in winter; it is a half-hour crossing and the reason many people arrive here at all.85
  16. Outer Banks 🇺🇸 États-UnisLighthouse climbing season · 17 avr. – 12 oct. (en général)The seashore's towers open for climbs from the third Friday in April to Columbus Day, tickets timed and limited.85
  17. Carcassonne 🇫🇷 FranceCanal du Midi boating season · 25 mars – 5 nov. (en général)Hire boats work the canal through the town from the end of March to the start of November; the locks come out of service for maintenance over the winter.84
  18. Ksamil 🇦🇱 AlbanieButrint on summer hours · 1 avr. – 31 oct.From April to October the Roman and Venetian site down the road takes last entry at six and closes at eight; in winter the last ticket is sold at three.84
  19. Koutaïssi 🇬🇪 GéorgieCanyon and cave season · 1 mai – 15 oct. (en général)The day trips the city is used as a base for — the Martvili boats, the Okatse walkway, the Prometheus cave boat ride — run properly in the warm half of the year and shrink or stop outside it.83
  20. Lusaka 🇿🇲 ZambieLower Zambezi camp season · 1 avr. – 15 nov. (en général)The safari camps in Lower Zambezi National Park, several hours' drive south-east of Lusaka or a short charter flight, open for the season after the rains and close again by mid-November, when the park roads become impassable.82
  21. Banja Luka 🇧🇦 Bosnie-HerzégovineVrbas rafting season · 15 avr. – 15 oct. (en général)The rafting clubs at Karanovac and up the canyon run from spring to autumn; the river is pushiest just after the snowmelt and gentlest in late summer.81
  22. Pensacola 🇺🇸 États-UnisBlue Angels practice days · 25 mars – 1 nov. (en général)The squadron flies practice sessions over the naval air station on most Tuesday and Wednesday mornings in season, free to watch from behind the museum.80
  23. Vladivostok 🇷🇺 RussieVelvet season · 5 sept. – 15 oct. (en général)Once the monsoon and the storms are done the air clears and the sea is still warm enough to swim — locals call it the velvet season and treat it as the real summer.77
  24. Milan 🇮🇹 ItalieLake ferries on full timetable · 1 avr. – 15 oct. (en général)Como, Maggiore and Garda run the full public boat timetable from around Easter to mid-October, which is what makes the lakes a day out from Milan rather than a drive.76
  25. Lac Balaton 🇭🇺 HongrieFerries and lake boats return · 1 avr. – 31 oct. (en général)The scheduled passenger boats between the shores run to a seasonal timetable that thins out fast after August; the Szántód–Tihany car ferry itself runs year-round but on a much-reduced winter timetable.76

…et 35 de plus en octobre.

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Ouverture de la saison d’été en novembre

  1. Pensacola 🇺🇸 États-UnisBlue Angels practice days · 25 mars – 1 nov. (en général)The squadron flies practice sessions over the naval air station on most Tuesday and Wednesday mornings in season, free to watch from behind the museum.88
  2. Rosario 🇦🇷 ArgentineRiver season on the Parana · 15 nov. – 15 mars (en général)The balnearios along the north bank open and the launches start running to the sandbank beaches on the island side.86
  3. Ölüdeniz 🇹🇷 TurquieBabadag paragliding season · 1 avr. – 15 nov. (en général)The tandem flights off the mountain behind the lagoon are what most people come for, and the shuttles up to the launch decks run through the warm half of the year.83
  4. Mysore 🇮🇳 IndeDasara exhibition · 1 oct. – 15 janv. (en général)The fairground at Doddakere Maidan opens with Dasara and stays up for months afterwards — stalls, rides and a stage, and the one part of the festival that outlasts the crowds.77
  5. Dubaï 🇦🇪 Émirats arabes unisGlobal Village season · 10 oct. – 31 mai (en général)The open-air pavilion park reopens in mid-October and runs to late May, which is as good a marker as any for when Dubai becomes an outdoor city again.76
  6. Punta Arenas 🇨🇱 ChiliPatagonia season opens · 1 oct. – 31 mars (en général)This is the gateway rather than the destination: the Paine buses, the Cape Horn boats and the Antarctic charters all run in this window, so the hotels price against Torres del Paine.76
  7. Abou Dabi 🇦🇪 Émirats arabes unisSheikh Zayed Festival · 1 nov. – 22 mars (en général)The heritage and culture festival out at Al Wathba runs from the start of November to late March, with country pavilions and fireworks most nights.75
  8. Lusaka 🇿🇲 ZambieLower Zambezi camp season · 1 avr. – 15 nov. (en général)The safari camps in Lower Zambezi National Park, several hours' drive south-east of Lusaka or a short charter flight, open for the season after the rains and close again by mid-November, when the park roads become impassable.75
  9. Denver 🇺🇸 États-UnisRed Rocks concert season · 1 avr. – 5 nov. (en général)The amphitheatre runs from about April to early November, with sunrise yoga and film nights filling the gaps between shows.73
  10. Gokarna 🇮🇳 IndeBeach hut season · 15 oct. – 28 févr.The huts go back up on Kudle and Om once the rain stops and the walk between the beaches is passable again.72
  11. Carcassonne 🇫🇷 FranceCanal du Midi boating season · 25 mars – 5 nov. (en général)Hire boats work the canal through the town from the end of March to the start of November; the locks come out of service for maintenance over the winter.70
  12. Lugano 🇨🇭 SuisseSan Salvatore funicular season · 14 mars – 8 nov. (en général)The funicular up the sugarloaf runs from about mid-March to early November and then stops for the winter.66
  13. Grytviken Géorgie du Sud-et-les îles Sandwich du SudExpedition ship season · 15 oct. – 31 mars (en général)Everything here happens in the southern summer, when expedition ships work down from the Falklands and the museum, church and post office at Grytviken open for the hours a ship is in the bay.66
  14. Côme 🇮🇹 ItalieVilla gardens and full boat timetable · 20 mars – 5 nov. (en général)Villa Carlotta, Balbianello and the rest open for the season in the second half of March, and the lake boats move to the full timetable with them.65
  15. Bratislava 🇸🇰 SlovaquieDanube catamaran from Vienna · 25 mars – 5 nov. (en général)The fast boat down from Vienna's Schwedenplatz runs for the season only, about seventy-five minutes each way.59
  16. Parc national de Gateway Arch 🇺🇸 États-UnisRiverboat cruise season · 1 mars – 30 nov.The paddlewheelers run off the levee from March to November, with the lock-and-dam trips added in October.59
  17. Madison 🇺🇸 États-UnisFarmers' market on the Square · 15 avr. – 10 nov. (en général)Saturday mornings from mid-April to early November, producers only, and everyone walks the Capitol Square anticlockwise because that is the rule.59
  18. Chutes du Niagara 🇨🇦 CanadaFalls boat season · 24 avr. – 30 nov. (en général)The boats run from late April to the end of November and are the only way to get under the falls.59
  19. Keswick 🇬🇧 Royaume-UniDerwentwater launch season · 20 mars – 1 nov. (en général)The launches round the lake run a full timetable from spring to the end of October and a skeleton one after.49

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  1. Antofagasta 🇨🇱 ChiliLifeguarded beach season · 15 déc. – 15 marsFrom 15 December the city opens its lifeguarded beaches, Balneario Municipal, Trocadero and Playa Paraiso, until mid-March.94
  2. Launceston 🇦🇺 AustralieThe Basin pool opens · 1 déc. – 31 mars (en général)The free pool at First Basin in Cataract Gorge is staffed and open for the summer only, a fifteen-minute walk from the middle of town.91
  3. Mar del Plata 🇦🇷 ArgentineSummer theatre season · 20 déc. – 28 févr. (en général)Half of Buenos Aires theatre moves down the coast for the summer and the Avenida Independencia bills comedies and revues nightly.88
  4. Abou Dabi 🇦🇪 Émirats arabes unisSheikh Zayed Festival · 1 nov. – 22 mars (en général)The heritage and culture festival out at Al Wathba runs from the start of November to late March, with country pavilions and fireworks most nights.86
  5. Dubaï 🇦🇪 Émirats arabes unisGlobal Village season · 10 oct. – 31 mai (en général)The open-air pavilion park reopens in mid-October and runs to late May, which is as good a marker as any for when Dubai becomes an outdoor city again.85
  6. Mysore 🇮🇳 IndeDasara exhibition · 1 oct. – 15 janv. (en général)The fairground at Doddakere Maidan opens with Dasara and stays up for months afterwards — stalls, rides and a stage, and the one part of the festival that outlasts the crowds.84
  7. Rosario 🇦🇷 ArgentineRiver season on the Parana · 15 nov. – 15 mars (en général)The balnearios along the north bank open and the launches start running to the sandbank beaches on the island side.81
  8. Punta Arenas 🇨🇱 ChiliPatagonia season opens · 1 oct. – 31 mars (en général)This is the gateway rather than the destination: the Paine buses, the Cape Horn boats and the Antarctic charters all run in this window, so the hotels price against Torres del Paine.78
  9. Gokarna 🇮🇳 IndeBeach hut season · 15 oct. – 28 févr.The huts go back up on Kudle and Om once the rain stops and the walk between the beaches is passable again.78
  10. Grytviken Géorgie du Sud-et-les îles Sandwich du SudExpedition ship season · 15 oct. – 31 mars (en général)Everything here happens in the southern summer, when expedition ships work down from the Falklands and the museum, church and post office at Grytviken open for the hours a ship is in the bay.71
  11. Farellones 🇨🇱 ChiliSummer mountain park · 1 déc. – 15 mars (en général)Out of the snow the village runs a small adventure park with a zip-line canopy, and the climb up is a cyclists' route; most of the hotels stay shut.70
  12. Mount Buller 🇦🇺 AustralieBike park and walking season · 1 déc. – 5 avr. (en général)Early December to early April the mountain runs for bikes and walkers instead, and it is a fraction as busy.67

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