Cosa c'è in programma a Soufrière (Saint Lucia) durante l'anno

Media stagione — vacanze scolastiche in 3 dei paesi da cui arrivano i visitatori, un mese nella media

• Festival

  Nobel Laureate Festival

  1–31 gen · di solitoFestival delle arti

  January honours the island's two Nobel winners, Sir Arthur Lewis and Derek Walcott, both born on 23 January: readings, lectures, a writers' showcase and school events, mostly in and around Castries. Fonte ↗

Affollato — Independence Day

• Natura

  Humpback whales pass

  1 feb – 30 apr · di solitoStagione delle balene

  Humpbacks migrate past the island from February to April, while resident pilot whales, sperm whales and spinner dolphins are around all year. The calmer seas of the dry months make the leeward coast the easier place to look. Fonte ↗

• Festività

  Independence Day

  22 febFesta nazionaleChiusure

  Saint Lucia marks independence from Britain on 22 February with a public holiday and a formal ceremony in Castries. In Soufrière it is mostly a day off, with shops and offices shut. Fonte ↗

Affollato — vacanze scolastiche in 2 dei paesi da cui arrivano i visitatori, uno dei mesi con il clima migliore

In marzo non inizia nulla di nuovo.

Ancora in corso: Humpback whales pass (1 feb – 30 apr (di solito))

Affollato — uno dei mesi con il clima migliore

• Festival

  Saint Lucia Jazz and Arts Festival

  25 apr – 12 mag · di solitoFestival musicalePrenota presto

  Ten days of music staged around the island at the end of the dry season, with side events reaching the west coast villages. It is the one time outside winter that the south of the island books out. Fonte ↗

Ancora in corso: Humpback whales pass (1 feb – 30 apr (di solito))

Media stagione — un mese nella media

In maggio non inizia nulla di nuovo.

Ancora in corso: Saint Lucia Jazz and Arts Festival (25 apr – 12 mag (di solito))

Media stagione — vacanze scolastiche in 3 dei paesi da cui arrivano i visitatori, un mese nella media

• Rischio

  Atlantic hurricane season

  1 giu – 30 nov

  Beryl came through at the end of June 2024 and Tomas before it, and the steep ground behind the town is what turns a tropical storm into landslides and blocked roads. Mid-August to mid-October is the concentrated part. Fonte ↗

Affollato — Saint Lucia Carnival, vacanze scolastiche in 3 dei paesi da cui arrivano i visitatori

• Festival

  Saint Lucia Carnival

  1–22 lugAffollatoPrenota presto

  Saint Lucia moved its carnival off Lent and into July, so the build-up runs most of the month and the parade days land in the middle. The staging is in Castries, but the island travels for it and the buses go with them. Fonte ↗

Ancora in corso: Atlantic hurricane season (1 giu – 30 nov)

Media stagione — vacanze scolastiche in 3 dei paesi da cui arrivano i visitatori, un mese nella media

• Festival

  La Rose flower festival

  28 ago – 1 setGrande festa

  One of the island's two flower societies takes 30 August, dresses in red and processes with song from church to feast. Its rival in white, La Marguerite, gets 17 October, and villages keep to one side or the other. Fonte ↗

Ancora in corso: Atlantic hurricane season (1 giu – 30 nov)

Tranquillo — vacanze scolastiche in 2 dei paesi da cui arrivano i visitatori, uno dei mesi con il clima peggiore

In settembre non inizia nulla di nuovo.

Ancora in corso: Atlantic hurricane season (1 giu – 30 nov), La Rose flower festival (28 ago – 1 set)

Affollato — Creole Heritage Month

• Festival

  Creole Heritage Month

  1–31 ottGrande festaAffollato

  October is given over to Kweyol: food, language and music events across the island, ending on Jounen Kweyol when chosen villages cook and play all day. Soufriere and the fishing towns round it are often among them. Fonte ↗

Ancora in corso: Atlantic hurricane season (1 giu – 30 nov)

Tranquillo — uno dei mesi con il clima peggiore

In novembre non inizia nulla di nuovo.

Ancora in corso: Atlantic hurricane season (1 giu – 30 nov)

Affollato — Festival of Lights and Renewal, vacanze scolastiche in 3 dei paesi da cui arrivano i visitatori

• Festival

  Festival of Lights and Renewal

  12–13 dicLuci e fuochiAffollato

  On the eve of National Day, 13 December, Castries lights its Christmas displays, judges a lantern competition and closes with fireworks; the next day is a public holiday. Castries is about an hour's drive north. Fonte ↗