Cosa c'è in programma a Queenstown (Nuova Zelanda) durante l'anno

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

In gennaio non inizia nulla di nuovo.

Ancora in corso: Great Walks season (25 ott – 30 apr), Lupins along the roads (15 nov – 5 gen (di solito))

Folla al massimo — il mese di punta secondo la redazione

In febbraio non inizia nulla di nuovo.

Ancora in corso: Great Walks season (25 ott – 30 apr)

Media stagione — tra un picco e l'altro

• Festività

  Easter long weekend

  3–6 aprPasqua e Settimana SantaAffollatoPrenota prestoChiusure

  Good Friday and Easter Monday are public holidays, and on Good Friday and Easter Sunday most shops must stay shut unless local rules or a tourist-area exemption let them open. New Zealanders make it a long weekend away, so motels, holiday parks and campsites fill. Fonte ↗

Ancora in corso: Great Walks season (25 ott – 30 apr)

Folla al massimo — Easter long weekend, Arrowtown Autumn Festival

• Natura

  Autumn colour in Arrowtown

  5 apr – 5 mag · di solito

  The poplars and larches in the old gold town turn through late April, which is the one thing every New Zealander drives here for out of ski season.

• Festival

  Arrowtown Autumn Festival

  15–19 aprGrande festaAffollato

  Five days built around the colour: a street parade, a market and the town at capacity while the rest of the district is between seasons. Fonte ↗

• Festività

  Anzac Day

  25–27 aprFesta nazionaleChiusure

  25 April remembers those who served in war. Dawn services are held at memorials in towns across the country, and by law most shops stay closed until 1 pm. When it falls on a weekend the public holiday moves to the Monday. Fonte ↗

Ancora in corso: Easter long weekend (3–6 apr), Great Walks season (25 ott – 30 apr)

Tranquillo — il mese tranquillo secondo la redazione

In maggio non inizia nulla di nuovo.

Ancora in corso: Autumn colour in Arrowtown (5 apr – 5 mag (di solito))

Affollato — tra un picco e l'altro, Ski fields open

• Apertura

  Ski fields open

  13 giuStagione sciisticaAffollato

  Coronet Peak and the Remarkables open in the second week of June, with a snow-factory head start on Coronet from late May. The town fills within a fortnight. Fonte ↗

• Stagione

  Ski season

  13 giu – 11 ott · di solitoAffollato

  Four fields within an hour, a base that peaks in August, and lift queues that follow the New Zealand and Australian school holidays rather than the snow.

Folla al massimo — il mese di punta secondo la redazione, Ski season

• Festività

  New Zealand school holidays

  4–19 lug · di solitoAffollato

  The winter term break puts the whole country on the mountain at once; the first week of July is the hardest fortnight of the year to find a bed or a lift ticket. Fonte ↗

Ancora in corso: Ski season (13 giu – 11 ott (di solito))

Folla al massimo — il mese di punta secondo la redazione, Ski season

In agosto non inizia nulla di nuovo.

Ancora in corso: Ski season (13 giu – 11 ott (di solito))

Affollato — tra un picco e l'altro, Ski season

• Festival

  Snow Machine

  10–12 setFestival musicaleAffollato

  An alpine music festival at the end of the season, when the snow is soft, the days are long and the town has one last busy week in it. Fonte ↗

Ancora in corso: Ski season (13 giu – 11 ott (di solito))

Tranquillo — il mese tranquillo secondo la redazione, Ski season

• Chiusura

  Ski fields close

  4–11 ott

  Coronet Peak shuts in the first week of October and the Remarkables a week later, which starts the emptiest month of the Queenstown year. Fonte ↗

• Stagione

  Great Walks season

  25 ott – 30 aprStagione dei sentieriPrenota presto

  The Routeburn and Milford huts run on booked, serviced season rules for roughly six months; outside it the bridges come out and the passes are an alpine undertaking.

Ancora in corso: Ski season (13 giu – 11 ott (di solito))

Media stagione — tra un picco e l'altro

• Natura

  Lupins along the roads

  15 nov – 5 gen · di solitoFiori e fioriture

  Russell lupins take over the roadsides and river flats towards Wanaka and the Mackenzie for about six weeks. They are an invasive weed and photograph beautifully anyway. Fonte ↗

Ancora in corso: Great Walks season (25 ott – 30 apr)

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

• Festività

  Christmas Day closures

  25–26 dicNatale e CapodannoChiusure

  Christmas Day is one of the few days most shops must close by law, and many cafes, restaurants and tours shut too. Boxing Day is a public holiday as well, when shops reopen for the sales and the roads fill with families heading off on summer holiday. Fonte ↗

Ancora in corso: Great Walks season (25 ott – 30 apr), Lupins along the roads (15 nov – 5 gen (di solito))