Cosa c'è in programma a Saint Louis (Stati Uniti d'America) durante l'anno

Folla al massimo — Soulard Mardi Gras, Garden Glow

• Regola

  Arch tram timed tickets

  1 gen – 31 dicPrenota presto

  The ride to the top of the Arch is sold as a timed slot and the summer and holiday-weekend trams go days ahead. The museum underneath is free and needs no ticket at all. Fonte ↗

• Festival

  Soulard Mardi Gras

  6 gen – 9 mar · di solitoCarnevaleAffollato

  The second-largest Mardi Gras in the country, built around the Grand Parade through Soulard on the Saturday before Fat Tuesday and a pet parade a fortnight earlier. It is February and it is outdoors. Fonte ↗

Ancora in corso: Garden Glow (20 nov – 4 gen (di solito)), Ice storms (15 dic – 28 feb (di solito))

Affollato — Soulard Mardi Gras

In febbraio non inizia nulla di nuovo.

Ancora in corso: Arch tram timed tickets (1 gen – 31 dic), Soulard Mardi Gras (6 gen – 9 mar (di solito)), Ice storms (15 dic – 28 feb (di solito))

Folla al massimo — Soulard Mardi Gras, Spring break in Stati Uniti d'America

• Rischio

  Severe storm season

  15 mar – 15 giu · di solito

  Spring is when the warm Gulf air meets the cold front over the Mississippi valley, and the region sits at the eastern edge of tornado country. Watches are routine; the sirens are not. Fonte ↗

Ancora in corso: Arch tram timed tickets (1 gen – 31 dic), Soulard Mardi Gras (6 gen – 9 mar (di solito))

Media stagione — un mese nella media

• Natura

  Botanical Garden spring bloom

  1 apr – 5 mag · di solitoFioritura dei ciliegi

  The Missouri Botanical Garden's Japanese garden, one of the largest in the west, runs cherry and then azalea and iris through April. It is the oldest botanical garden in the country still operating.

• Rischio

  Spring river flooding

  1 apr – 30 giu · di solitoStagione delle alluvioniChiusure

  Snowmelt and spring rain up two river systems meet here, and the Arch grounds, Laclede's Landing and the riverboat docks go under in the bad years. The floodwall keeps the city dry; the riverfront is not behind it. Fonte ↗

Ancora in corso: Arch tram timed tickets (1 gen – 31 dic), Severe storm season (15 mar – 15 giu (di solito))

Affollato — uno dei mesi con il clima migliore

In maggio non inizia nulla di nuovo.

Ancora in corso: Arch tram timed tickets (1 gen – 31 dic), Severe storm season (15 mar – 15 giu (di solito)), Botanical Garden spring bloom (1 apr – 5 mag (di solito)), Spring river flooding (1 apr – 30 giu (di solito))

Affollato — Summer break in Stati Uniti d'America, vacanze scolastiche in 2 dei paesi da cui arrivano i visitatori

• Rischio

  Summer heat and humidity

  15 giu – 5 set · di solitoCaldo estremo

  The river valley traps humidity and the heat index runs well above the thermometer for weeks. Forest Park is a morning walk in July, and the Arch grounds have no shade at all. Fonte ↗

Ancora in corso: Arch tram timed tickets (1 gen – 31 dic), Severe storm season (15 mar – 15 giu (di solito)), Spring river flooding (1 apr – 30 giu (di solito))

Folla al massimo — Fair Saint Louis, Independence Day

• Festival

  Fair Saint Louis

  1–6 lug · di solitoGrande festaAffollatoChiusure

  The Fourth of July fair on the Arch grounds by the river: free concerts, an air show and fireworks over the Mississippi. Downtown parking is gone by mid-afternoon. Fonte ↗

• Festività

  Independence Day

  3–5 lugFesta nazionaleAffollatoChiusure

  The Fourth of July is a federal holiday: banks and government offices close, fireworks draw large crowds to parks and waterfronts after dark, and roads and flights are busy over the long weekend. Claim a viewing spot early. Fonte ↗

Ancora in corso: Arch tram timed tickets (1 gen – 31 dic), Summer heat and humidity (15 giu – 5 set (di solito))

Folla al massimo — Japanese Festival, Summer break in Stati Uniti d'America

• Festival

  Japanese Festival

  30 ago – 8 set · di solitoGrande festaAffollato

  Three days at the Botanical Garden over Labor Day weekend, running since 1977 and one of the largest of its kind in the country. Evening taiko in the Japanese garden is the reason to go. Fonte ↗

Ancora in corso: Arch tram timed tickets (1 gen – 31 dic), Summer heat and humidity (15 giu – 5 set (di solito))

Folla al massimo — Japanese Festival, Great Forest Park Balloon Race

• Festival

  Great Forest Park Balloon Race

  14–22 set · di solitoEvento sportivoAffollato

  A Friday-night balloon glow and a Saturday race from Forest Park, free, with seventy balloons and a six-figure crowd on the grass. The most-attended single-day balloon event in America. Fonte ↗

Ancora in corso: Arch tram timed tickets (1 gen – 31 dic), Summer heat and humidity (15 giu – 5 set (di solito)), Japanese Festival (30 ago – 8 set (di solito))

Affollato — uno dei mesi con il clima migliore

• Natura

  Fall colour

  15 ott – 10 nov · di solitoFoliage autunnale

  Forest Park and the Missouri river bluffs turn from mid-October, and the Ozark hills two hours south peak at about the same time. October is the best month of the St Louis year.

Ancora in corso: Arch tram timed tickets (1 gen – 31 dic)

Folla al massimo — Garden Glow, Thanksgiving

• Festival

  Garden Glow

  20 nov – 4 gen · di solitoNatale e CapodannoAffollatoPrenota presto

  The Botanical Garden lights its paths and lakes for six weeks from late November, timed entry, and the December weekends sell out. Winter Wonderland in Tilles Park is the drive-through version. Fonte ↗

• Festività

  Thanksgiving

  25–29 novFesta nazionaleAffollatoChiusure

  Thanksgiving, the fourth Thursday of November, is the country's biggest travel holiday: airports and highways are at their busiest on the Wednesday before and the Sunday after, and on the day itself offices, banks and many shops close. Fonte ↗

Ancora in corso: Arch tram timed tickets (1 gen – 31 dic), Fall colour (15 ott – 10 nov (di solito))

Folla al massimo — Garden Glow, Winter / Christmas break in Stati Uniti d'America

• Rischio

  Ice storms

  15 dic – 28 feb · di solitoFreddo estremoChiusure

  The city sits on the freezing-rain line most winters, and an ice event does more damage here than snow: power out for days, the interstates closed and flights cancelled at Lambert. Fonte ↗

Ancora in corso: Arch tram timed tickets (1 gen – 31 dic), Garden Glow (20 nov – 4 gen (di solito)), Thanksgiving (25–29 nov)