Wat er het hele jaar speelt in Ajaccio (Corsica), Frankrijk

Druk — Christmas holidays in Frankrijk, schoolvakanties in 6 van de markten die de plek vullen

In januari begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Low season (1 nov – 31 mrt (meestal))

Druk — Winter (February) holidays in Frankrijk, schoolvakanties in 2 van de markten die de plek vullen

In februari begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Low season (1 nov – 31 mrt (meestal))

Topdrukte — Holy Week processions, Winter (February) holidays in Frankrijk

• Festival

  A Madunnuccia

  17–18 mrtReligieus feest

  The city's patron saint day: candles lit at the statue on Place Foch on the evening of the 17th, then mass at the cathedral and a procession through the old town on the 18th, a local holiday. Bron ↗

• Feestdag

  Holy Week processions

  20 mrt – 25 apr · meestalPasen & Goede Week

  Corsica keeps its Good Friday rites. In Ajaccio the confraternities of Saint Anthony and Saint Erasmus carry the dead Christ from the cathedral through the candlelit old town; Sartene's hooded penitent is a day trip away. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Low season (1 nov – 31 mrt (meestal))

Topdrukte — Holy Week processions, Spring holidays in Frankrijk

In april begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Holy Week processions (20 mrt – 25 apr (meestal))

Topdrukte — May holidays and ponts, Spring holidays in Frankrijk

• Feestdag

  May holidays and ponts

  1–25 meiNationale feestdagDrukBoek vroegSluitingen

  1 May, 8 May, Ascension Thursday and Whit Monday are public holidays, and the French bridge the gaps with a day off, the pont. Expect four-day weekends of busy trains, jammed roads and full rooms in towns that draw visitors, and near-total closures on 1 May. Bron ↗

• Festival

  Saint-Erasme, the fishermen's feast

  30 mei – 2 jun · meestalReligieus feest

  The fishermen carry their patron down to the port at the end of May, and on 2 June the statue goes out into the gulf with a following of boats before the blessing. A town evening, not a ticketed one. Bron ↗

Druk — schoolvakanties in 4 van de markten die de plek vullen, een van de beste maanden qua weer

• Seizoen

  Sea warm enough to swim

  15 jun – 10 okt · meestal

  The gulf is comfortable from the middle of June and stays that way well past the September exodus, when the beaches south of town empty out but the water has not cooled.

• Risico

  Fire risk and closed massifs

  15 jun – 30 sep · meestalRookseizoenSluitingen

  The prefecture bans fires and outdoor work across Corse-du-Sud into the end of September, and on severe-risk days it shuts whole forest massifs to walkers and cars at a day's notice. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: May holidays and ponts (1–25 mei), Saint-Erasme, the fishermen's feast (30 mei – 2 jun (meestal))

Topdrukte — Bastille Day (14 juillet), The August crush

• Feestdag

  Bastille Day (14 juillet)

  13–14 julNationale feestdagDrukSluitingen

  14 July is the national holiday: towns hold fireworks on the evening of the 13th or 14th, often with a firemen's ball, a parade or a concert, and banks, offices and many shops close for the day. Bron ↗

• Feestdag

  The August crush

  15 jul – 31 augSchoolvakantiesDrukBoek vroeg

  Corsica takes the French and Italian holidays at the same time. Ferries, flights and hire cars for August go months ahead, and the coast road out of town crawls from the middle of July. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Sea warm enough to swim (15 jun – 10 okt (meestal)), Fire risk and closed massifs (15 jun – 30 sep (meestal))

Topdrukte — The August crush, Journees Napoleoniennes

• Festival

  Journees Napoleoniennes

  12–15 augGroot festivalDruk

  Four days of bivouacs, costumed drills and parades around the Maison Bonaparte for the emperor's birthday, closing with the Assumption procession and fireworks off the Saint-Francois beach on the 15th. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Sea warm enough to swim (15 jun – 10 okt (meestal)), Fire risk and closed massifs (15 jun – 30 sep (meestal)), The August crush (15 jul – 31 aug)

Topdrukte — reizigers noemen het hoogseizoen, schoolvakanties in 3 van de markten die de plek vullen

In september begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Sea warm enough to swim (15 jun – 10 okt (meestal)), Fire risk and closed massifs (15 jun – 30 sep (meestal))

Druk — All Saints (autumn) holidays in Frankrijk, schoolvakanties in 3 van de markten die de plek vullen

In oktober begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Sea warm enough to swim (15 jun – 10 okt (meestal))

Druk — All Saints (autumn) holidays in Frankrijk

• Seizoen

  Low season

  1 nov – 31 mrt · meestalSeizoensluitingSluitingen

  Most beach restaurants and a good share of hotels shut, and many summer flights and ferries stop running. The old town and its markets carry on for the locals, and prices fall a long way.

• Festival

  Natali in Aiacciu

  28 nov – 31 dec · meestalKerst & nieuwjaar

  The Christmas market fills Place Foch, Place Campinchi and the harbour quay with chalets of Corsican produce, an ice rink and a parade. It is the one busy month in Ajaccio's winter. Bron ↗

Druk — Christmas holidays in Frankrijk, schoolvakanties in 6 van de markten die de plek vullen

In december begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Low season (1 nov – 31 mrt (meestal)), Natali in Aiacciu (28 nov – 31 dec (meestal))