Cosa c'è in programma a Canton (Cina) durante l'anno

Tranquillo — i viaggiatori la descrivono come tranquilla, Winter break (around Chinese New Year) in Cina

• Festival

  Spring Festival flower markets

  10–17 febCapodanno lunareAffollato

  Eleven street markets across the districts sell peach branches, kumquats and narcissus in the last days before the new year, trading until the small hours of new year's eve. Walking the flower street is the local ritual, not the shopping. Fonte ↗

Folla al massimo — Spring Festival flower markets, Winter break (around Chinese New Year) in Cina

• Stagione

  Hui Nan Tian, the damp return

  15 feb – 10 apr · di solitoStagione della nebbiaRischio

  Warm sea air meeting surfaces still cold from winter puts a film of water on floors, walls and mirrors for days at a time. Laundry will not dry, marble lobbies turn slippery and hotels run dehumidifiers. Fonte ↗

Ancora in corso: Spring Festival flower markets (10–17 feb)

Media stagione — vacanze scolastiche in 2 dei paesi da cui arrivano i visitatori, un mese nella media

In marzo non inizia nulla di nuovo.

Ancora in corso: Hui Nan Tian, the damp return (15 feb – 10 apr (di solito))

Folla al massimo — Qingming grave-sweeping holiday, Canton Fair, spring session

• Festività

  Qingming grave-sweeping holiday

  3–7 apr · di solitoFesta nazionaleAffollatoChiusure

  Three days off in early April with the whole delta on the road to the ancestral villages. The Baiyun cemeteries queue from dawn and intercity trains out of Guangzhou sell out a fortnight ahead. Fonte ↗

• Festival

  Canton Fair, spring session

  15 apr – 5 magGrande festaAffollatoPrenota presto

  Three five-day phases of the world's largest trade fair, and the reason a hotel room in Guangzhou can cost four times its usual rate in late April. Book beds and taxis well before, or come in a different month. Fonte ↗

Ancora in corso: Hui Nan Tian, the damp return (15 feb – 10 apr (di solito))

Folla al massimo — Canton Fair, spring session, May Day holiday

• Festività

  May Day holiday

  1–5 magGolden WeekAffollatoPrenota presto

  The second national travel week of the year, five days from 1 May. Train and flight tickets go the moment sales open, hotel rates jump, and the main sights take domestic crowds all week. Fonte ↗

• Natura

  Lychee season

  20 mag – 20 lug · di solitoRaccolto

  The Pearl River delta is the lychee heartland and the fruit is sold by the branch on every corner from late May, cheapest at the end of June when the main varieties come in together.

• Festival

  Dragon boat month

  25 mag – 25 giu · di solitoEvento sportivo

  The delta villages dig their long boats out of the creek mud in early summer and spend weeks visiting each other before the race day itself. Liede, Shawan and the tributaries are where it happens, not the tourist waterfront. Fonte ↗

Ancora in corso: Canton Fair, spring session (15 apr – 5 mag)

Tranquillo — vacanze scolastiche in 3 dei paesi da cui arrivano i visitatori, uno dei mesi con il clima peggiore

In giugno non inizia nulla di nuovo.

Ancora in corso: Lychee season (20 mag – 20 lug (di solito)), Dragon boat month (25 mag – 25 giu (di solito))

Affollato — Summer break in Cina, vacanze scolastiche in 4 dei paesi da cui arrivano i visitatori

• Rischio

  Typhoon season

  1 lug – 30 set · di solitoChiusure

  A typhoon signal eight closes offices, schools and the ferries to Hong Kong for the day, and September is the month it is most likely. It rarely takes more than a day out of a trip. Fonte ↗

Ancora in corso: Lychee season (20 mag – 20 lug (di solito))

Affollato — Summer break in Cina, vacanze scolastiche in 3 dei paesi da cui arrivano i visitatori

In agosto non inizia nulla di nuovo.

Ancora in corso: Typhoon season (1 lug – 30 set (di solito))

Affollato — Mid-Autumn Festival, vacanze scolastiche in 3 dei paesi da cui arrivano i visitatori

• Festività

  Mid-Autumn Festival

  25 setLuci e fuochiAffollatoPrenota presto

  The Cantonese call it the Mooncake Festival and mean it: boxes stacked in every bakery for a fortnight, then lanterns in the parks on the night of the full moon. It is a mainland public holiday, so trains and rooms tighten around it. Fonte ↗

Ancora in corso: Typhoon season (1 lug – 30 set (di solito))

Folla al massimo — National Day Golden Week, Canton Fair, autumn session

• Festività

  National Day Golden Week

  1–7 ottAffollatoPrenota presto

  Seven days off nationally from 1 October and the biggest travel surge of the Chinese year. Trains and flights sell out weeks ahead, hotel rates rise sharply, and the best-known sights run at their visitor caps. Fonte ↗

• Festival

  Canton Fair, autumn session

  15 ott – 4 novGrande festaAffollatoPrenota presto

  The second session runs the same three phases across three weeks, and does the same thing to room rates. It overlaps the best weather of the year, which is exactly the problem. Fonte ↗

Ancora in corso: Mid-Autumn Festival (25 set)

Folla al massimo — Canton Fair, autumn session, International Light Festival

• Festival

  International Light Festival

  10–30 nov · di solitoLuci e fuochiAffollato

  Eleven days of installations along the new axis at Huacheng Square and Haixinsha. Free, but the island venues run on timed entry booked through a mini-programme days ahead, and the nearby metro exits queue after dark. Fonte ↗

Ancora in corso: Canton Fair, autumn session (15 ott – 4 nov)

Affollato — Guangzhou Marathon, vacanze scolastiche in 5 dei paesi da cui arrivano i visitatori

• Festival

  Guangzhou Marathon

  20 dicEvento sportivoAffollatoChiusure

  Thirty thousand runners along the Pearl River on a Sunday in December, which closes the riverside roads and both bridges near Canton Tower for the morning. Fonte ↗