Cosa c'è in programma a Istanbul (Turchia) durante l'anno

Tranquillo — il mese tranquillo secondo la redazione, Semester (winter) break in Turchia

In gennaio non inizia nulla di nuovo.

Ancora in corso: Hamsi season (1 nov – 28 feb (di solito)), Lodos and poyraz storm season (15 nov – 15 mar (di solito))

Tranquillo — il mese tranquillo secondo la redazione, Ramadan

• Festività

  Ramadan

  17 feb – 19 marAffollato

  Sultanahmet fills at sunset for iftar and the mosque courtyards are laid with tables. Museums keep normal hours; the atmosphere is the reason to come, not an obstacle. Fonte ↗

Ancora in corso: Hamsi season (1 nov – 28 feb (di solito)), Lodos and poyraz storm season (15 nov – 15 mar (di solito))

Affollato — tra un picco e l'altro, Ramadan

• Festività

  Ramazan Bayrami

  20–22 marRamadan ed EidAffollatoChiusure

  Three public holidays that empty the offices and fill the coach stations. The historic peninsula gets busier, not quieter, because the rest of Turkey comes to it. Fonte ↗

Ancora in corso: Ramadan (17 feb – 19 mar), Lodos and poyraz storm season (15 nov – 15 mar (di solito))

Media stagione — tra un picco e l'altro, vacanze scolastiche in 3 dei paesi da cui arrivano i visitatori

• Festival

  Tulip Festival

  1–30 aprFiori e fioriture

  The municipality plants millions of bulbs across Emirgan, Gulhane and the Asian-side parks. The flower was Ottoman long before it was Dutch, and the city is not shy about saying so. Fonte ↗

Affollato — tra un picco e l'altro, Kurban Bayrami

• Festività

  Kurban Bayrami

  27–30 magRamadan ed EidChiusureAffollato

  The longer of the two religious holidays. Residents leave for the coast, shops shut for several days and the ferries to the islands run full. Fonte ↗

• Festival

  Istanbul Music Festival

  30 mag – 30 giu · di solito

  Classical concerts through June in Hagia Eirene inside the Topkapi walls and in churches and cisterns around the old city, run by the foundation behind the jazz and film festivals. Tickets are cheap by European standards. Fonte ↗

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

In giugno non inizia nulla di nuovo.

Ancora in corso: Kurban Bayrami (27–30 mag), Istanbul Music Festival (30 mag – 30 giu (di solito))

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

• Stagione

  Sea warm enough to swim

  15 lug – 30 set · di solito

  The Marmara and the Black Sea beaches hold their heat into late September, which is when the islands and the Sile coast are worth the trip out.

• Festival

  Bosphorus cross-continental swim

  15 lug – 31 ago · di solitoEvento sportivoChiusure

  One morning in high summer the strait is closed to all shipping and a few thousand swimmers cross from Kanlica down to Kurucesme. Watching from the Asian shore is free; entry places go the day they open. Fonte ↗

Folla al massimo — il mese di punta secondo la redazione, Victory Day

• Festività

  Victory Day

  30 agoFesta nazionaleChiusure

  A public holiday on 30 August, with a parade and the bridges lit. It lands at the end of the school holidays, so the coach stations and the domestic flights out of the city are full for several days around it. Fonte ↗

Ancora in corso: Sea warm enough to swim (15 lug – 30 set (di solito)), Bosphorus cross-continental swim (15 lug – 31 ago (di solito))

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

In settembre non inizia nulla di nuovo.

Ancora in corso: Sea warm enough to swim (15 lug – 30 set (di solito))

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

• Festività

  Republic Day

  28–29 ottFesta nazionaleAffollatoChiusure

  The holiday starts at one o'clock on 28 October. Streets close for parades and there are fireworks over the Bosphorus, and moving across the city those two days is hopeless. Fonte ↗

Tranquillo — il mese tranquillo secondo la redazione, Istanbul Marathon

• Natura

  Hamsi season

  1 nov – 28 feb · di solitoStagione di funghi e primizie

  The Black Sea anchovy run reaches the city and the small fish turn up grilled and fried at every quayside counter. It is the one thing Istanbul cooks by the calendar. Fonte ↗

• Festival

  Istanbul Marathon

  1–15 nov · di solitoEvento sportivoChiusureAffollato

  The only marathon that crosses between two continents: the course runs over the Bosphorus bridge, shut to traffic from the night before. Most of the field is there for the eight-kilometre walk over it. Fonte ↗

• Stagione

  Lodos and poyraz storm season

  15 nov – 15 mar · di solitoStagione del ventoChiusureRischio

  The two winter winds take turns, and when either blows hard the Bosphorus ferries and the island boats are cancelled at short notice. Have a bridge route in reserve. Fonte ↗

Tranquillo — il mese tranquillo secondo la redazione, vacanze scolastiche in 5 dei paesi da cui arrivano i visitatori

In dicembre non inizia nulla di nuovo.

Ancora in corso: Hamsi season (1 nov – 28 feb (di solito)), Lodos and poyraz storm season (15 nov – 15 mar (di solito))