Hva som skjer i Kalabaka (Meteora), Greece gjennom året

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

Ingenting nytt starter i januar.

Fortsatt på gang: Monasteries on winter hours (1. nov – 31. mar), Cloud on the pillars (1. nov – 15. mar (vanligvis))

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: Monasteries on winter hours (1. nov – 31. mar), Cloud on the pillars (1. nov – 15. mar (vanligvis))

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

• 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), Monasteries on winter hours (1. nov – 31. mar), Cloud on the pillars (1. nov – 15. mar (vanligvis))

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

• Natur

  Spring on the rocks

  1. apr – 31. mai · vanligvisVillblomster og blomstring

  The pillars are green to the base and the footpaths between the monasteries are at their best before the plain heats up. Griffon vultures are on the thermals by mid-morning.

• Helligdag

  Orthodox Easter

  10.–13. aprPåske og stillehelgMye folkStengninger

  The monasteries keep the full liturgical week and Greek visitors come for it, so the town is booked out and the sites keep their own hours rather than the posted ones. Kilde ↗

• Sesong

  Climbing and hiking season

  1. apr – 15. jun · vanligvisStisesong

  The conglomerate towers have been climbed since the 1970s and spring is the window, along with mid-September to November. Midsummer rock is too hot to hold by ten.

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

Ingenting nytt starter i mai.

Fortsatt på gang: Spring on the rocks (1. apr – 31. mai (vanligvis)), Orthodox Easter (10.–13. apr), Climbing and hiking season (1. apr – 15. jun (vanligvis))

Toppsesong — reisende beskriver det som høysesong, Summer holidays i Greece

Ingenting nytt starter i juni.

Fortsatt på gang: Climbing and hiking season (1. apr – 15. jun (vanligvis))

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

• Fare

  Thessaly plain heat

  1. jul – 25. augEkstrem varme

  This inland plain is one of the hottest places in Greece and the rock radiates it back. Monastery visits mean stairs in full sun, so it is an early-morning trip in high summer. Kilde ↗

Toppsesong — August coaches, Summer holidays i Greece

• Helligdag

  August coaches

  1.–31. augSkoleferieMye folk

  Day coaches from Thessaloniki and the Athens road arrive together in the middle of the day, and the narrow monastery stairs are one-in-one-out. Go at opening or at four. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Thessaly plain heat (1. jul – 25. aug)

Travelt — Summer holidays i Greece, skoleferie i 3 av markedene som fyller stedet

Ingenting nytt starter i september.

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

• Natur

  Autumn colour in the Pindus

  15. okt – 20. nov · vanligvis

  The oak and beech on the slopes behind the rocks turn through late October, and the coaches have gone. It is the quietest good month here.

• 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 ↗

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

• Stengt

  Monasteries on winter hours

  1. nov – 31. mar

  From November the six monasteries drop to short winter hours and each closes two or three days a week rather than one. Plan the loop around the closures or you will drive past locked gates. Kilde ↗

• Sesong

  Cloud on the pillars

  1. nov – 15. mar · vanligvisTåkesesongRisiko

  Winter mornings put low cloud in the valley with the monasteries standing above it, which is the photograph everyone comes for. It also means some days you see nothing at all.

Fortsatt på gang: Autumn colour in the Pindus (15. okt – 20. nov (vanligvis))

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

Ingenting nytt starter i desember.

Fortsatt på gang: Monasteries on winter hours (1. nov – 31. mar), Cloud on the pillars (1. nov – 15. mar (vanligvis))