Cosa c'è in programma a Siracusa (Italia) durante l'anno

Tranquillo — i viaggiatori la descrivono come tranquilla, Christmas holidays in Italia

• Natura

  Almond blossom around Avola

  10 gen – 28 feb · di solitoFioritura dei ciliegi

  The Avola almond varieties flower unusually early, from January into February, turning the terraced orchards white in the hills south of the city around Avola and Noto. Fonte ↗

Ancora in corso: Winter quiet (1 nov – 31 mar (di solito))

Affollato — Sant'Agata in Catania, vacanze scolastiche in 3 dei paesi da cui arrivano i visitatori

• Festival

  Avola historic carnival

  1 feb – 9 mar · di solito

  Half an hour down the coast, Avola runs one of Italy's officially recognised historic carnivals: floats decked in flowers and masked groups parade on the final Sunday, and the Re Carnevale puppet goes up in flames on Shrove Tuesday. Fonte ↗

• Festival

  Sant'Agata in Catania

  3–5 febFesta religiosaAffollato

  An hour north, Catania's patron-saint feast is among the largest Catholic processions anywhere: devotees in white haul the saint's silver reliquary through the streets from the morning of 5 February into the next day. An easy day trip by train. Fonte ↗

Ancora in corso: Almond blossom around Avola (10 gen – 28 feb (di solito)), Winter quiet (1 nov – 31 mar (di solito))

Tranquillo — i viaggiatori la descrivono come tranquilla, Holy Week

• Festività

  Holy Week

  29 mar – 6 aprAffollato

  Processions through Ortigia's lanes and the first week the sea-front tables come out. It is also when Sicilians travel, so the island's roads and ferries are at their fullest. Fonte ↗

Ancora in corso: Avola historic carnival (1 feb – 9 mar (di solito)), Winter quiet (1 nov – 31 mar (di solito))

Folla al massimo — Holy Week, Spring bank-holiday bridges

• Festività

  Spring bank-holiday bridges

  25 apr – 2 giuFesta nazionaleAffollatoPrenota presto

  Liberation Day (25 April), Labour Day (1 May) and Republic Day (2 June) are public holidays, and when one falls near a weekend Italians bridge it into a long break, the ponte. Those weekends bring domestic crowds, fuller trains and higher room rates, and some shops close on the day. Fonte ↗

Ancora in corso: Holy Week (29 mar – 6 apr)

Folla al massimo — i viaggiatori la descrivono come alta stagione, Spring bank-holiday bridges

• Festival

  Greek tragedy at the Teatro Greco

  8 mag – 28 giuFestival delle artiPrenota presto

  Aeschylus and Sophocles staged in the fifth-century BC theatre they were written for, most evenings from early May to the end of June. Tickets for the good nights go months ahead. Fonte ↗

Ancora in corso: Spring bank-holiday bridges (25 apr – 2 giu)

Folla al massimo — Spring bank-holiday bridges, Summer holidays in Italia

• Stagione

  Sea warm enough to swim

  1 giu – 25 ott · di solito

  One of the longest swimming windows in Europe: the Ionian off Ortigia's ladders and the Plemmirio reserve stays comfortable from June well into late October.

Ancora in corso: Spring bank-holiday bridges (25 apr – 2 giu), Greek tragedy at the Teatro Greco (8 mag – 28 giu)

Affollato — Summer holidays in Italia, vacanze scolastiche in 6 dei paesi da cui arrivano i visitatori

• Rischio

  Sirocco heat

  1 lug – 31 agoCaldo estremo

  South-east Sicily records some of Europe's highest temperatures when the sirocco pushes up from Africa, and the archaeological park has no shade at all. Go at opening or not at all. Fonte ↗

Ancora in corso: Greek tragedy at the Teatro Greco (8 mag – 28 giu), Sea warm enough to swim (1 giu – 25 ott (di solito))

Folla al massimo — Ferragosto, Summer holidays in Italia

• Festività

  Ferragosto

  8–22 agoVacanze scolasticheAffollatoChiusure

  Ortigia fills with Italians and half its own workshops and family kitchens close for the fortnight. The beaches south towards Fontane Bianche are where everyone actually is. Fonte ↗

Ancora in corso: Sea warm enough to swim (1 giu – 25 ott (di solito)), Sirocco heat (1 lug – 31 ago)

Affollato — Summer holidays in Italia, vacanze scolastiche in 2 dei paesi da cui arrivano i visitatori

• Festival

  Ortigia Film Festival

  20–26 set · di solito

  Independent cinema screened outdoors in the squares of the old island for a week in late September, free or close to it, and starting late enough that the heat has gone out of the day. Fonte ↗

Ancora in corso: Sea warm enough to swim (1 giu – 25 ott (di solito))

Media stagione — vacanze scolastiche in 4 dei paesi da cui arrivano i visitatori, un mese nella media

In ottobre non inizia nulla di nuovo.

Ancora in corso: Sea warm enough to swim (1 giu – 25 ott (di solito))

Tranquillo — i viaggiatori la descrivono come tranquilla, vacanze scolastiche in 2 dei paesi da cui arrivano i visitatori

• Stagione

  Winter quiet

  1 nov – 31 mar · di solitoChiusura di bassa stagione

  Once the sea cools, the beach clubs south of the city close, boat trips around Ortigia run only on calm days and some seasonal restaurants shut. Ortigia itself stays lived-in, and rooms are far easier to find.

Folla al massimo — Santa Lucia, Christmas holidays in Italia

• Festival

  Santa Lucia

  13–20 dicFesta religiosaAffollato

  The city's own saint. On 13 December the silver statue is carried out of the cathedral and across the bridge to her basilica, and nobody in Syracuse eats bread that day, only cuccia. Fonte ↗

Ancora in corso: Winter quiet (1 nov – 31 mar (di solito))