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

Affollato — Christmas holidays in Grecia, vacanze scolastiche in 7 dei paesi da cui arrivano i visitatori

In gennaio non inizia nulla di nuovo.

Ancora in corso: Olive harvest (1 nov – 31 gen (di solito)), Winter: charters stop (5 nov – 31 mar)

Affollato — Clean Monday, vacanze scolastiche in 3 dei paesi da cui arrivano i visitatori

• Festività

  Clean Monday

  23 febCarnevaleChiusureAffollato

  Clean Monday, the first day of Orthodox Lent and 48 days before Easter, is a public holiday. Offices and most shops close, families head outdoors to picnic and fly kites, and tavernas serve Lenten food such as seafood, bean dishes and flat lagana bread. Fonte ↗

Ancora in corso: Winter: charters stop (5 nov – 31 mar)

Affollato — Independence Day, vacanze scolastiche in 4 dei paesi da cui arrivano i visitatori

• Natura

  Spring on the Messara

  10 mar – 10 mag · di solitoFiori e fioriture

  The plain south of the city and the climb up to the Lasithi plateau are green and flowering for two months, which is also when the archaeological sites are walkable at midday.

• Festività

  Independence Day

  25 marFesta nazionaleChiusure

  25 March, also the feast of the Annunciation, is a national holiday. Schoolchildren and bands parade through town centres under blue-and-white flags, banks, offices and most shops close, and fried salt cod with garlic sauce is the traditional lunch. Fonte ↗

Ancora in corso: Clean Monday (23 feb), Winter: charters stop (5 nov – 31 mar)

Folla al massimo — Orthodox Easter, Coach and cruise season at Knossos

• Festività

  Orthodox Easter

  10–13 aprPasqua e Settimana SantaChiusurePrenota presto

  Shops, museums and half the restaurants shut from Good Friday through Easter Monday while the villages roast lamb. Domestic flights and the Piraeus ferries fill first. Fonte ↗

• Stagione

  Coach and cruise season at Knossos

  15 apr – 31 ottAffollatoPrenota presto

  The site takes the island's whole coach and cruise load between ten and two, on almost no shade. Being at the gate when it opens is the only version of Knossos worth having.

Ancora in corso: Spring on the Messara (10 mar – 10 mag (di solito))

Affollato — Coach and cruise season at Knossos, vacanze scolastiche in 4 dei paesi da cui arrivano i visitatori

In maggio non inizia nulla di nuovo.

Ancora in corso: Spring on the Messara (10 mar – 10 mag (di solito)), Orthodox Easter (10–13 apr), Coach and cruise season at Knossos (15 apr – 31 ott)

Folla al massimo — Coach and cruise season at Knossos, Summer holidays in Grecia

• Stagione

  Sea warm enough to swim

  1 giu – 5 nov · di solito

  Crete's water runs a month ahead of the mainland at both ends of the season. The city's own beaches are ordinary; the ones east towards Malia and west at Agia Pelagia are not. Fonte ↗

Ancora in corso: Coach and cruise season at Knossos (15 apr – 31 ott)

Folla al massimo — Coach and cruise season at Knossos, Summer holidays in Grecia

In luglio non inizia nulla di nuovo.

Ancora in corso: Coach and cruise season at Knossos (15 apr – 31 ott), Sea warm enough to swim (1 giu – 5 nov (di solito))

Folla al massimo — Coach and cruise season at Knossos, August peak

• Festività

  August peak

  1–31 agoVacanze scolasticheAffollatoPrenota presto

  Greek and northern European holidays land together, the airport runs at capacity and hire cars are the thing that actually sells out. Book the car before the room. Fonte ↗

• Natura

  Peza wine harvest

  20 ago – 10 ott · di solito

  The vineyards at Peza and Archanes, twenty minutes uphill, bring in vidiano and kotsifali from late August, and the estates open their doors while they do. Fonte ↗

Ancora in corso: Coach and cruise season at Knossos (15 apr – 31 ott), Sea warm enough to swim (1 giu – 5 nov (di solito))

Folla al massimo — Coach and cruise season at Knossos, Summer holidays in Grecia

In settembre non inizia nulla di nuovo.

Ancora in corso: Coach and cruise season at Knossos (15 apr – 31 ott), Sea warm enough to swim (1 giu – 5 nov (di solito)), Peza wine harvest (20 ago – 10 ott (di solito))

Folla al massimo — Coach and cruise season at Knossos, Ohi Day

• Festività

  Ohi Day

  28 ottFesta nazionaleChiusure

  28 October marks Greece's refusal of the 1940 Italian ultimatum. School and military parades fill town centres in the morning, flags hang from balconies, and banks, offices and many shops close for the day. Fonte ↗

Ancora in corso: Coach and cruise season at Knossos (15 apr – 31 ott), Sea warm enough to swim (1 giu – 5 nov (di solito)), Peza wine harvest (20 ago – 10 ott (di solito))

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

• Natura

  Olive harvest

  1 nov – 31 gen · di solito

  Nets under the trees across the whole prefecture from November, and the presses running late into the night. The new oil is the reason to eat in a village in December.

• Stagione

  Winter: charters stop

  5 nov – 31 marChiusura di bassa stagioneChiusure

  The resorts either side of the city close and the charter flights end, but Heraklion is a working port city of 150,000 and carries on. Rooms cost a third of August.

Ancora in corso: Sea warm enough to swim (1 giu – 5 nov (di solito))

Affollato — Christmas holidays in Grecia, vacanze scolastiche in 7 dei paesi da cui arrivano i visitatori

In dicembre non inizia nulla di nuovo.

Ancora in corso: Olive harvest (1 nov – 31 gen (di solito)), Winter: charters stop (5 nov – 31 mar)