Hva som skjer i Florence (Firenze), Italy gjennom året

Toppsesong — reisende beskriver det som høysesong, Pitti Immagine trade fairs

• Regel

  Booked slots at the big museums

  1. jan – 31. desBestill tidlig

  The Uffizi and the Accademia sell timed entry and turning up without one costs hours between March and October. The city also charges a nightly tourist tax on every bed. Kilde ↗

• Festival

  Pitti Immagine trade fairs

  8.–18. jan · vanligvisStor festivalMye folkBestill tidlig

  Menswear buyers fill the Fortezza and every good hotel in the city in the second week of January, and again in the second week of June. The dearest week of an otherwise cheap month. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Christmas to Epiphany (24. des – 6. jan)

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

Ingenting nytt starter i februar.

Fortsatt på gang: Booked slots at the big museums (1. jan – 31. des)

Skuldersesong — skoleferie i 4 av markedene som fyller stedet, en helt vanlig måned

• Festival

  Scoppio del Carro

  5. aprPåske og stillehelgMye folk

  On Easter morning a cart of fireworks is dragged by white oxen to the cathedral door and set off by a mechanical dove fired down a wire from the altar. It takes about ten minutes. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Booked slots at the big museums (1. jan – 31. des)

Toppsesong — Scoppio del Carro, Spring bank-holiday bridges

• Helligdag

  Spring bank-holiday bridges

  25. apr – 2. junNasjonaldagMye folkBestill tidlig

  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. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Booked slots at the big museums (1. jan – 31. des), Scoppio del Carro (5. apr)

Toppsesong — reisende beskriver det som høysesong, Spring bank-holiday bridges

Ingenting nytt starter i mai.

Fortsatt på gang: Booked slots at the big museums (1. jan – 31. des), Spring bank-holiday bridges (25. apr – 2. jun)

Toppsesong — Spring bank-holiday bridges, Calcio Storico and San Giovanni

• Festival

  Calcio Storico and San Giovanni

  10.–24. junSportsarrangementMye folkStengninger

  Semi-finals in the middle of June and the final always on 24 June, played on sand in Piazza Santa Croce behind a parade in armour, then fireworks off Piazzale Michelangelo that night. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Booked slots at the big museums (1. jan – 31. des), Spring bank-holiday bridges (25. apr – 2. jun)

Travelt — Summer holidays i Italy, skoleferie i 6 av markedene som fyller stedet

• Fare

  Basin heat

  1. jul – 25. augEkstrem varme

  The city sits in a bowl in the Arno valley with no breeze and stone that holds the day's heat overnight. Queues in the open, which is most of them, are the real problem. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Booked slots at the big museums (1. jan – 31. des)

Toppsesong — Ferragosto, Summer holidays i Italy

• Helligdag

  Ferragosto

  5.–25. augSkoleferieStengningerMye folk

  Florentines leave and their trattorias close for a fortnight, while the coach tours carry on regardless. The queues stay; the reason to eat here does not. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Booked slots at the big museums (1. jan – 31. des), Basin heat (1. jul – 25. aug)

Travelt — Summer holidays i Italy, skoleferie i 2 av markedene som fyller stedet

Ingenting nytt starter i september.

Fortsatt på gang: Booked slots at the big museums (1. jan – 31. des)

Skuldersesong — skoleferie i 4 av markedene som fyller stedet, en helt vanlig måned

• Natur

  Olive harvest and new oil

  25. okt – 10. des · vanligvis

  The hills at Fiesole and through Chianti are picked from late October and the first pressing turns up green and peppery on bruschetta everywhere for about six weeks.

Fortsatt på gang: Booked slots at the big museums (1. jan – 31. des)

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

Ingenting nytt starter i november.

Fortsatt på gang: Booked slots at the big museums (1. jan – 31. des), Olive harvest and new oil (25. okt – 10. des (vanligvis))

Toppsesong — reisende beskriver det som høysesong, Christmas to Epiphany

• Helligdag

  Christmas to Epiphany

  24. des – 6. janJul og nyttårStengningerMye folk

  Christmas Day, Santo Stefano (26 December), New Year's Day and Epiphany (6 January) are public holidays. Many museums, shops and restaurants close on the 25th and some on the 26th and 1st, while the days between bring Italian families out to nativity scenes, lights and markets. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Booked slots at the big museums (1. jan – 31. des), Olive harvest and new oil (25. okt – 10. des (vanligvis))