Hva som skjer i Kos, Greece gjennom året

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

Ingenting nytt starter i januar.

Fortsatt på gang: Winter shutdown (1. 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 shutdown (1. nov – 31. mar)

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), Winter shutdown (1. nov – 31. mar)

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

• Helligdag

  Orthodox Easter

  10.–13. aprPåske og stillehelgMye folk

  The first weekend the island wakes up: Greek families come out from Athens and the Dodecanese, the tavernas in Kos town reopen for it, and the spit-roasts are on the Sunday. Ferries and flights fill for the long weekend. Kilde ↗

Travelt — Charter and resort season, skoleferie i 4 av markedene som fyller stedet

• Sesong

  Charter and resort season

  1. mai – 15. okt · vanligvisSommersesongen åpnerMye folk

  Kardamena, Tigaki and Mastichari run on northern European charter flights, and the hotels, bike hire and beach bars open and close with them. Outside the season the airport goes back to a couple of Athens flights a day.

Fortsatt på gang: Orthodox Easter (10.–13. apr)

Toppsesong — Charter and resort season, Summer holidays i Greece

• Sesong

  Sea warm enough

  15. jun – 31. okt · vanligvis

  The Aegean here is comfortable from late June and holds into October, well after the charter flights thin. The hot springs at Therma warm a corner of the sea year round.

• Sesong

  Meltemi

  15. jun – 15. sep · vanligvisVindsesongRisiko

  The northerly blows hardest through July and August, which is why the windsurf schools are on the north coast and the sheltered swimming is at Kefalos and Paradise in the south. It also cancels the small boats to Nisyros.

Fortsatt på gang: Charter and resort season (1. mai – 15. okt (vanligvis))

Toppsesong — Charter and resort season, Summer holidays i Greece

Ingenting nytt starter i juli.

Fortsatt på gang: Charter and resort season (1. mai – 15. okt (vanligvis)), Sea warm enough (15. jun – 31. okt (vanligvis)), Meltemi (15. jun – 15. sep (vanligvis))

Toppsesong — Charter and resort season, Summer holidays i Greece

Ingenting nytt starter i august.

Fortsatt på gang: Charter and resort season (1. mai – 15. okt (vanligvis)), Sea warm enough (15. jun – 31. okt (vanligvis)), Meltemi (15. jun – 15. sep (vanligvis))

Toppsesong — Charter and resort season, Summer holidays i Greece

Ingenting nytt starter i september.

Fortsatt på gang: Charter and resort season (1. mai – 15. okt (vanligvis)), Sea warm enough (15. jun – 31. okt (vanligvis)), Meltemi (15. jun – 15. sep (vanligvis))

Toppsesong — Charter and resort season, 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: Charter and resort season (1. mai – 15. okt (vanligvis)), Sea warm enough (15. jun – 31. okt (vanligvis))

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

• Sesong

  Winter shutdown

  1. nov – 31. marStengt utenfor sesongStengninger

  The resort strips are shuttered and the island shrinks back to Kos town, where enough stays open for the locals. Ruins and the Asklepieion are yours, and the bike lanes are empty.

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

Ingenting nytt starter i desember.

Fortsatt på gang: Winter shutdown (1. nov – 31. mar)