Hva som skjer i Ajaccio (Corsica), France gjennom året

Travelt — Christmas holidays i France, skoleferie i 6 av markedene som fyller stedet

Ingenting nytt starter i januar.

Fortsatt på gang: Low season (1. nov – 31. mar (vanligvis))

Travelt — Winter (February) holidays i France, skoleferie i 2 av markedene som fyller stedet

Ingenting nytt starter i februar.

Fortsatt på gang: Low season (1. nov – 31. mar (vanligvis))

Toppsesong — Holy Week processions, Winter (February) holidays i France

• Festival

  A Madunnuccia

  17.–18. marReligiøs høytid

  The city's patron saint day: candles lit at the statue on Place Foch on the evening of the 17th, then mass at the cathedral and a procession through the old town on the 18th, a local holiday. Kilde ↗

• Helligdag

  Holy Week processions

  20. mar – 25. apr · vanligvisPåske og stillehelg

  Corsica keeps its Good Friday rites. In Ajaccio the confraternities of Saint Anthony and Saint Erasmus carry the dead Christ from the cathedral through the candlelit old town; Sartene's hooded penitent is a day trip away. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Low season (1. nov – 31. mar (vanligvis))

Toppsesong — Holy Week processions, Spring holidays i France

Ingenting nytt starter i april.

Fortsatt på gang: Holy Week processions (20. mar – 25. apr (vanligvis))

Toppsesong — May holidays and ponts, Spring holidays i France

• Helligdag

  May holidays and ponts

  1.–25. maiNasjonaldagMye folkBestill tidligStengninger

  1 May, 8 May, Ascension Thursday and Whit Monday are public holidays, and the French bridge the gaps with a day off, the pont. Expect four-day weekends of busy trains, jammed roads and full rooms in towns that draw visitors, and near-total closures on 1 May. Kilde ↗

• Festival

  Saint-Erasme, the fishermen's feast

  30. mai – 2. jun · vanligvisReligiøs høytid

  The fishermen carry their patron down to the port at the end of May, and on 2 June the statue goes out into the gulf with a following of boats before the blessing. A town evening, not a ticketed one. Kilde ↗

Travelt — skoleferie i 4 av markedene som fyller stedet, en av de beste månedene værmessig

• Sesong

  Sea warm enough to swim

  15. jun – 10. okt · vanligvis

  The gulf is comfortable from the middle of June and stays that way well past the September exodus, when the beaches south of town empty out but the water has not cooled.

• Fare

  Fire risk and closed massifs

  15. jun – 30. sep · vanligvisRøyksesongStengninger

  The prefecture bans fires and outdoor work across Corse-du-Sud into the end of September, and on severe-risk days it shuts whole forest massifs to walkers and cars at a day's notice. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: May holidays and ponts (1.–25. mai), Saint-Erasme, the fishermen's feast (30. mai – 2. jun (vanligvis))

Toppsesong — Bastille Day (14 juillet), The August crush

• Helligdag

  Bastille Day (14 juillet)

  13.–14. julNasjonaldagMye folkStengninger

  14 July is the national holiday: towns hold fireworks on the evening of the 13th or 14th, often with a firemen's ball, a parade or a concert, and banks, offices and many shops close for the day. Kilde ↗

• Helligdag

  The August crush

  15. jul – 31. augSkoleferieMye folkBestill tidlig

  Corsica takes the French and Italian holidays at the same time. Ferries, flights and hire cars for August go months ahead, and the coast road out of town crawls from the middle of July. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Sea warm enough to swim (15. jun – 10. okt (vanligvis)), Fire risk and closed massifs (15. jun – 30. sep (vanligvis))

Toppsesong — The August crush, Journees Napoleoniennes

• Festival

  Journees Napoleoniennes

  12.–15. augStor festivalMye folk

  Four days of bivouacs, costumed drills and parades around the Maison Bonaparte for the emperor's birthday, closing with the Assumption procession and fireworks off the Saint-Francois beach on the 15th. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Sea warm enough to swim (15. jun – 10. okt (vanligvis)), Fire risk and closed massifs (15. jun – 30. sep (vanligvis)), The August crush (15. jul – 31. aug)

Toppsesong — reisende beskriver det som høysesong, skoleferie i 3 av markedene som fyller stedet

Ingenting nytt starter i september.

Fortsatt på gang: Sea warm enough to swim (15. jun – 10. okt (vanligvis)), Fire risk and closed massifs (15. jun – 30. sep (vanligvis))

Travelt — All Saints (autumn) holidays i France, skoleferie i 3 av markedene som fyller stedet

Ingenting nytt starter i oktober.

Fortsatt på gang: Sea warm enough to swim (15. jun – 10. okt (vanligvis))

Travelt — All Saints (autumn) holidays i France

• Sesong

  Low season

  1. nov – 31. mar · vanligvisStengt utenfor sesongStengninger

  Most beach restaurants and a good share of hotels shut, and many summer flights and ferries stop running. The old town and its markets carry on for the locals, and prices fall a long way.

• Festival

  Natali in Aiacciu

  28. nov – 31. des · vanligvisJul og nyttår

  The Christmas market fills Place Foch, Place Campinchi and the harbour quay with chalets of Corsican produce, an ice rink and a parade. It is the one busy month in Ajaccio's winter. Kilde ↗

Travelt — Christmas holidays i France, skoleferie i 6 av markedene som fyller stedet

Ingenting nytt starter i desember.

Fortsatt på gang: Low season (1. nov – 31. mar (vanligvis)), Natali in Aiacciu (28. nov – 31. des (vanligvis))