Cosa c'è in programma a Kalambaka (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: Monasteries on winter hours (1 nov – 31 mar), Cloud on the pillars (1 nov – 15 mar (di solito))

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: Monasteries on winter hours (1 nov – 31 mar), Cloud on the pillars (1 nov – 15 mar (di solito))

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

• 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), Monasteries on winter hours (1 nov – 31 mar), Cloud on the pillars (1 nov – 15 mar (di solito))

Folla al massimo — Orthodox Easter, Easter holidays (Orthodox) in Grecia

• Natura

  Spring on the rocks

  1 apr – 31 mag · di solitoFiori e fioriture

  The pillars are green to the base and the footpaths between the monasteries are at their best before the plain heats up. Griffon vultures are on the thermals by mid-morning.

• Festività

  Orthodox Easter

  10–13 aprPasqua e Settimana SantaAffollatoChiusure

  The monasteries keep the full liturgical week and Greek visitors come for it, so the town is booked out and the sites keep their own hours rather than the posted ones. Fonte ↗

• Stagione

  Climbing and hiking season

  1 apr – 15 giu · di solitoStagione dei sentieri

  The conglomerate towers have been climbed since the 1970s and spring is the window, along with mid-September to November. Midsummer rock is too hot to hold by ten.

Affollato — vacanze scolastiche in 4 dei paesi da cui arrivano i visitatori, uno dei mesi con il clima migliore

In maggio non inizia nulla di nuovo.

Ancora in corso: Spring on the rocks (1 apr – 31 mag (di solito)), Orthodox Easter (10–13 apr), Climbing and hiking season (1 apr – 15 giu (di solito))

Folla al massimo — i viaggiatori la descrivono come alta stagione, Summer holidays in Grecia

In giugno non inizia nulla di nuovo.

Ancora in corso: Climbing and hiking season (1 apr – 15 giu (di solito))

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

• Rischio

  Thessaly plain heat

  1 lug – 25 agoCaldo estremo

  This inland plain is one of the hottest places in Greece and the rock radiates it back. Monastery visits mean stairs in full sun, so it is an early-morning trip in high summer. Fonte ↗

Folla al massimo — August coaches, Summer holidays in Grecia

• Festività

  August coaches

  1–31 agoVacanze scolasticheAffollato

  Day coaches from Thessaloniki and the Athens road arrive together in the middle of the day, and the narrow monastery stairs are one-in-one-out. Go at opening or at four. Fonte ↗

Ancora in corso: Thessaly plain heat (1 lug – 25 ago)

Affollato — Summer holidays in Grecia, vacanze scolastiche in 3 dei paesi da cui arrivano i visitatori

In settembre non inizia nulla di nuovo.

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

• Natura

  Autumn colour in the Pindus

  15 ott – 20 nov · di solito

  The oak and beech on the slopes behind the rocks turn through late October, and the coaches have gone. It is the quietest good month here.

• 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 ↗

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

• Chiusura

  Monasteries on winter hours

  1 nov – 31 mar

  From November the six monasteries drop to short winter hours and each closes two or three days a week rather than one. Plan the loop around the closures or you will drive past locked gates. Fonte ↗

• Stagione

  Cloud on the pillars

  1 nov – 15 mar · di solitoStagione della nebbiaRischio

  Winter mornings put low cloud in the valley with the monasteries standing above it, which is the photograph everyone comes for. It also means some days you see nothing at all.

Ancora in corso: Autumn colour in the Pindus (15 ott – 20 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: Monasteries on winter hours (1 nov – 31 mar), Cloud on the pillars (1 nov – 15 mar (di solito))