Hva som skjer i Corfu (Kerkyra), Greece gjennom året

Travelt — Christmas holidays i Greece, skoleferie i 7 av markedene som fyller stedet

Ingenting nytt starter i januar.

Fortsatt på gang: Olive harvest (1. nov – 28. feb (vanligvis)), Resorts shut for winter (1. nov – 31. mar)

Skuldersesong — skoleferie i 3 av markedene som fyller stedet, en helt vanlig måned

• Festival

  Corfu Carnival

  5. feb – 10. mar · vanligvis

  Venetian in origin and still masked: weeks of satirical street theatre in the old town, ending with the burning of the carnival king on the last Sunday before Lent. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Olive harvest (1. nov – 28. feb (vanligvis)), Resorts shut for winter (1. nov – 31. mar)

Travelt — Independence Day, skoleferie i 4 av markedene som fyller stedet

• Natur

  Spring flowers and orchids

  10. mar – 30. apr · vanligvisVillblomster og blomstring

  The island is the greenest in the Ionian and the olive terraces come up thick with orchids and asphodel before the summer burns it all off. The Corfu Trail is at its best now. Kilde ↗

• Helligdag

  Independence Day

  25. marNasjonaldagStengninger

  25 March, also the feast of the Annunciation, is a national holiday. Schoolchildren and bands parade through town centres under blue-and-white flags, banks, offices and most shops close, and fried salt cod with garlic sauce is the traditional lunch. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Corfu Carnival (5. feb – 10. mar (vanligvis)), Resorts shut for winter (1. nov – 31. mar)

Toppsesong — Corfu Easter, Easter holidays (Orthodox) i Greece

• Helligdag

  Corfu Easter

  6.–13. aprPåske og stillehelgMye folkBestill tidlig

  The most Venetian Easter in Greece: philharmonic bands in the streets all week, then at eleven on Holy Saturday morning the old town throws clay pots of water off its balconies. Kilde ↗

• Åpning

  Island season opens

  15. apr – 20. mai · vanligvisSommersesongen åpner

  Resorts, charter flights and the Paleokastritsa boats restart around Easter, and the island is at its greenest for the six weeks before the heat arrives. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Spring flowers and orchids (10. mar – 30. apr (vanligvis))

Travelt — Cruise days in the old town, skoleferie i 4 av markedene som fyller stedet

• Festival

  Cricket on the Spianada

  1. mai – 15. sep · vanligvisSportsarrangement

  A leftover of British rule that never went away: club matches on the ground beside the esplanade through the summer, watched from the arcade cafes by people who are mainly there for the coffee. Kilde ↗

• Sesong

  Cruise days in the old town

  1. mai – 15. okt · vanligvisCruisesesongMye folk

  Ships tie up a ten-minute walk from the Liston and the Spianada, so the old town runs on ship hours: heaving from ten to four, and the town's own again by early evening. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Corfu Easter (6.–13. apr), Island season opens (15. apr – 20. mai (vanligvis))

Toppsesong — Cruise days in the old town, Summer holidays i Greece

• Sesong

  Sea warm enough to swim

  10. jun – 20. okt · vanligvis

  The Ionian is calmer and clearer than the Aegean because the meltemi does not reach it, and the west-coast bays stay swimmable into the second half of October.

Fortsatt på gang: Cricket on the Spianada (1. mai – 15. sep (vanligvis)), Cruise days in the old town (1. mai – 15. okt (vanligvis))

Toppsesong — Cruise days in the old town, Summer holidays i Greece

Ingenting nytt starter i juli.

Fortsatt på gang: Cricket on the Spianada (1. mai – 15. sep (vanligvis)), Cruise days in the old town (1. mai – 15. okt (vanligvis)), Sea warm enough to swim (10. jun – 20. okt (vanligvis))

Toppsesong — Cruise days in the old town, August peak

• Helligdag

  August peak

  1.–28. augSkoleferieMye folkBestill tidlig

  Italians and mainland Greeks both take August here, so ferries from Igoumenitsa run full, the north-east coast roads jam and villa prices roughly double for the month. Kilde ↗

• Festival

  Saint Spyridon litany

  11. augReligiøs høytidMye folk

  One of the four days a year the saint's body is carried through the old town, with every philharmonic band on the island behind it. The 11 August one marks a lifted siege. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Cricket on the Spianada (1. mai – 15. sep (vanligvis)), Cruise days in the old town (1. mai – 15. okt (vanligvis)), Sea warm enough to swim (10. jun – 20. okt (vanligvis))

Rolig — reisende beskriver det som rolig, Cruise days in the old town

Ingenting nytt starter i september.

Fortsatt på gang: Cricket on the Spianada (1. mai – 15. sep (vanligvis)), Cruise days in the old town (1. mai – 15. okt (vanligvis)), Sea warm enough to swim (10. jun – 20. okt (vanligvis))

Toppsesong — Cruise days in the old town, Ohi Day

• Helligdag

  Ohi Day

  28. oktNasjonaldagStengninger

  28 October marks Greece's refusal of the 1940 Italian ultimatum. School and military parades fill town centres in the morning, flags hang from balconies, and banks, offices and many shops close for the day. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Cruise days in the old town (1. mai – 15. okt (vanligvis)), Sea warm enough to swim (10. jun – 20. okt (vanligvis))

Rolig — skoleferie i 2 av markedene som fyller stedet, en av de dårligste månedene værmessig

• Natur

  Olive harvest

  1. nov – 28. feb · vanligvis

  Nets go down under four million trees, most of them planted under the Venetians and never pruned, and the presses in the villages run through the winter. Kilde ↗

• Stengt

  Resorts shut for winter

  1. nov – 31. mar

  Outside Corfu Town almost everything closes for the winter, the charter flights stop and the coast roads are empty. The town itself is a working Venetian city year round. Kilde ↗

Travelt — Christmas holidays i Greece, skoleferie i 7 av markedene som fyller stedet

Ingenting nytt starter i desember.

Fortsatt på gang: Olive harvest (1. nov – 28. feb (vanligvis)), Resorts shut for winter (1. nov – 31. mar)