Hva som skjer i Heraklion (Crete), 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 – 31. jan (vanligvis)), Winter: charters stop (5. nov – 31. mar)

Travelt — Clean Monday, skoleferie i 3 av markedene som fyller stedet

• Helligdag

  Clean Monday

  23. febKarnevalStengningerMye folk

  Clean Monday, the first day of Orthodox Lent and 48 days before Easter, is a public holiday. Offices and most shops close, families head outdoors to picnic and fly kites, and tavernas serve Lenten food such as seafood, bean dishes and flat lagana bread. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Winter: charters stop (5. nov – 31. mar)

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

• Natur

  Spring on the Messara

  10. mar – 10. mai · vanligvisVillblomster og blomstring

  The plain south of the city and the climb up to the Lasithi plateau are green and flowering for two months, which is also when the archaeological sites are walkable at midday.

• 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: Clean Monday (23. feb), Winter: charters stop (5. nov – 31. mar)

Toppsesong — Orthodox Easter, Coach and cruise season at Knossos

• Helligdag

  Orthodox Easter

  10.–13. aprPåske og stillehelgStengningerBestill tidlig

  Shops, museums and half the restaurants shut from Good Friday through Easter Monday while the villages roast lamb. Domestic flights and the Piraeus ferries fill first. Kilde ↗

• Sesong

  Coach and cruise season at Knossos

  15. apr – 31. oktMye folkBestill tidlig

  The site takes the island's whole coach and cruise load between ten and two, on almost no shade. Being at the gate when it opens is the only version of Knossos worth having.

Fortsatt på gang: Spring on the Messara (10. mar – 10. mai (vanligvis))

Travelt — Coach and cruise season at Knossos, skoleferie i 4 av markedene som fyller stedet

Ingenting nytt starter i mai.

Fortsatt på gang: Spring on the Messara (10. mar – 10. mai (vanligvis)), Orthodox Easter (10.–13. apr), Coach and cruise season at Knossos (15. apr – 31. okt)

Toppsesong — Coach and cruise season at Knossos, Summer holidays i Greece

• Sesong

  Sea warm enough to swim

  1. jun – 5. nov · vanligvis

  Crete's water runs a month ahead of the mainland at both ends of the season. The city's own beaches are ordinary; the ones east towards Malia and west at Agia Pelagia are not. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Coach and cruise season at Knossos (15. apr – 31. okt)

Toppsesong — Coach and cruise season at Knossos, Summer holidays i Greece

Ingenting nytt starter i juli.

Fortsatt på gang: Coach and cruise season at Knossos (15. apr – 31. okt), Sea warm enough to swim (1. jun – 5. nov (vanligvis))

Toppsesong — Coach and cruise season at Knossos, August peak

• Helligdag

  August peak

  1.–31. augSkoleferieMye folkBestill tidlig

  Greek and northern European holidays land together, the airport runs at capacity and hire cars are the thing that actually sells out. Book the car before the room. Kilde ↗

• Natur

  Peza wine harvest

  20. aug – 10. okt · vanligvis

  The vineyards at Peza and Archanes, twenty minutes uphill, bring in vidiano and kotsifali from late August, and the estates open their doors while they do. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Coach and cruise season at Knossos (15. apr – 31. okt), Sea warm enough to swim (1. jun – 5. nov (vanligvis))

Toppsesong — Coach and cruise season at Knossos, Summer holidays i Greece

Ingenting nytt starter i september.

Fortsatt på gang: Coach and cruise season at Knossos (15. apr – 31. okt), Sea warm enough to swim (1. jun – 5. nov (vanligvis)), Peza wine harvest (20. aug – 10. okt (vanligvis))

Toppsesong — Coach and cruise season at Knossos, 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: Coach and cruise season at Knossos (15. apr – 31. okt), Sea warm enough to swim (1. jun – 5. nov (vanligvis)), Peza wine harvest (20. aug – 10. okt (vanligvis))

Skuldersesong — skoleferie i 2 av markedene som fyller stedet, en helt vanlig måned

• Natur

  Olive harvest

  1. nov – 31. jan · vanligvis

  Nets under the trees across the whole prefecture from November, and the presses running late into the night. The new oil is the reason to eat in a village in December.

• Sesong

  Winter: charters stop

  5. nov – 31. marStengt utenfor sesongStengninger

  The resorts either side of the city close and the charter flights end, but Heraklion is a working port city of 150,000 and carries on. Rooms cost a third of August.

Fortsatt på gang: Sea warm enough to swim (1. jun – 5. nov (vanligvis))

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 – 31. jan (vanligvis)), Winter: charters stop (5. nov – 31. mar)