Cosa c'è in programma a Atene (Grecia) durante l'anno

Tranquillo — il mese tranquillo secondo la redazione, Christmas holidays in Grecia

• Regola

  Acropolis timed entry

  1 gen – 31 dicPrenota presto

  Tickets carry an hourly slot and the site is capped at twenty thousand people a day. The eight-to-noon slots go first, and the gate queue is what you are paying to skip. Fonte ↗

Ancora in corso: Winter hours at the ancient sites (1 nov – 31 mar)

Tranquillo — il mese tranquillo secondo la redazione, vacanze scolastiche in 3 dei paesi da cui arrivano i visitatori

• Festival

  Carnival and Clean Monday

  23 feb

  Three weeks of neighbourhood carnival end on Clean Monday, when families take kites up onto Filopappou and the hills above the city and the whole country eats lenten food outdoors. Fonte ↗

Ancora in corso: Acropolis timed entry (1 gen – 31 dic), Winter hours at the ancient sites (1 nov – 31 mar)

Affollato — tra un picco e l'altro, Independence Day parade

• Festival

  Independence Day parade

  25 marFesta nazionaleAffollatoChiusure

  A military parade closes Vasilissis Sofias and the streets around Syntagma for the morning of 25 March. Museums and most shops are shut for the holiday. Fonte ↗

• Festività

  Orthodox Easter

  10–13 aprPasqua e Settimana SantaChiusure

  Athens empties for a week as the city goes back to the villages. Shops and many tavernas close, the centre is oddly calm, and every road and ferry out of town is full on the Thursday and Friday. Fonte ↗

Ancora in corso: Acropolis timed entry (1 gen – 31 dic), Carnival and Clean Monday (23 feb), Winter hours at the ancient sites (1 nov – 31 mar)

Affollato — tra un picco e l'altro, Orthodox Easter

In aprile non inizia nulla di nuovo.

Ancora in corso: Acropolis timed entry (1 gen – 31 dic), Orthodox Easter (10–13 apr)

Media stagione — tra un picco e l'altro, vacanze scolastiche in 4 dei paesi da cui arrivano i visitatori

In maggio non inizia nulla di nuovo.

Ancora in corso: Acropolis timed entry (1 gen – 31 dic), Orthodox Easter (10–13 apr)

Affollato — Summer holidays in Grecia, vacanze scolastiche in 4 dei paesi da cui arrivano i visitatori

• Stagione

  Sea warm enough to swim

  1 giu – 31 ott · di solito

  The coastal suburbs down the tram line from the centre are swimmable from June, and the water is at its warmest in September, well after the air has stopped being punishing.

• Festival

  Athens Epidaurus Festival

  1 giu – 29 agoFestival delle artiPrenota presto

  Three months of theatre, dance and concerts, with the headline nights under the Acropolis at the Odeon of Herodes Atticus and Greek tragedy staged in the ancient theatre at Epidaurus. Fonte ↗

• Rischio

  Midday closures in the heat

  15 giu – 31 ago · di solitoCaldo estremoChiusure

  On the worst days the culture ministry shuts the open archaeological sites through the middle of the afternoon and the Red Cross hands out water at the gate. Do the ruins before ten or after six. Fonte ↗

Ancora in corso: Acropolis timed entry (1 gen – 31 dic)

Folla al massimo — il mese di punta secondo la redazione, Summer holidays in Grecia

In luglio non inizia nulla di nuovo.

Ancora in corso: Acropolis timed entry (1 gen – 31 dic), Sea warm enough to swim (1 giu – 31 ott (di solito)), Athens Epidaurus Festival (1 giu – 29 ago), Midday closures in the heat (15 giu – 31 ago (di solito))

Folla al massimo — il mese di punta secondo la redazione, The 15 August exodus

• Festività

  The 15 August exodus

  8–25 ago · di solitoVacanze scolasticheChiusure

  Athenians leave for the islands and the villages around the Dormition holiday on the 15th. Neighbourhood shops and tavernas shut for a fortnight, and what is left in the centre is heat and visitors. Fonte ↗

Ancora in corso: Acropolis timed entry (1 gen – 31 dic), Sea warm enough to swim (1 giu – 31 ott (di solito)), Athens Epidaurus Festival (1 giu – 29 ago), Midday closures in the heat (15 giu – 31 ago (di solito))

Affollato — tra un picco e l'altro, Summer holidays in Grecia

In settembre non inizia nulla di nuovo.

Ancora in corso: Acropolis timed entry (1 gen – 31 dic), Sea warm enough to swim (1 giu – 31 ott (di solito))

Affollato — tra un picco e l'altro, Ohi Day

• Festività

  Ohi Day

  28 ottFesta nazionaleChiusureAffollato

  A military parade closes Vasilissis Sofias and Syntagma on the 28th and the country takes the day off; museums and most shops shut, and it usually pulls a long weekend with it. Fonte ↗

Ancora in corso: Acropolis timed entry (1 gen – 31 dic), Sea warm enough to swim (1 giu – 31 ott (di solito))

Tranquillo — il mese tranquillo secondo la redazione, Athens Marathon

• Regola

  Winter hours at the ancient sites

  1 nov – 31 marChiusure

  From the first of November the archaeological sites move to the short winter timetable and close in the middle of the afternoon. The trade is a cheaper ticket and an Acropolis you can walk without booking. Fonte ↗

• Festival

  Athens Marathon

  8 novEvento sportivoAffollatoChiusure

  The race runs from Marathon into the Panathenaic Stadium and closes the eastern approaches to the city for most of a Sunday. Do not book a morning flight out of that day. Fonte ↗

Ancora in corso: Acropolis timed entry (1 gen – 31 dic)

Tranquillo — il mese tranquillo secondo la redazione, Christmas holidays in Grecia

In dicembre non inizia nulla di nuovo.

Ancora in corso: Acropolis timed entry (1 gen – 31 dic), Winter hours at the ancient sites (1 nov – 31 mar)