Wat er het hele jaar speelt in Chania (Crete), Griekenland

Druk — Christmas holidays in Griekenland, schoolvakanties in 7 van de markten die de plek vullen

In januari begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Olive harvest (1 nov – 31 jan (meestal)), Winter: the coast closes (1 nov – 31 mrt)

Druk — Clean Monday, schoolvakanties in 3 van de markten die de plek vullen

• Feestdag

  Clean Monday

  23 febCarnavalSluitingenDruk

  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. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Winter: the coast closes (1 nov – 31 mrt)

Druk — Independence Day, schoolvakanties in 4 van de markten die de plek vullen

• Natuur

  Spring wildflowers and greens

  10 mrt – 10 mei · meestalWilde bloemen & bloei

  The hills behind the town go green and flowering for two months, and the horta the tavernas serve in spring is picked off them. It is the walking season the island does not advertise.

• Feestdag

  Independence Day

  25 mrtNationale feestdagSluitingen

  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. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Clean Monday (23 feb), Winter: the coast closes (1 nov – 31 mrt)

Topdrukte — Orthodox Easter, Easter holidays (Orthodox) in Griekenland

• Feestdag

  Orthodox Easter

  10–13 aprPasen & Goede WeekDrukSluitingenBoek vroeg

  The biggest weekend of the Greek year: the villages fill with returning families, lamb goes on the spit on Sunday and shops shut for days around it. Domestic flights and ferries book out first. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Spring wildflowers and greens (10 mrt – 10 mei (meestal))

Tussenseizoen — schoolvakanties in 4 van de markten die de plek vullen, een gewone maand

• Opening

  Samaria Gorge open

  1 mei – 31 okt · meestalWandelseizoen

  The national park opens when the authority judges the riverbed safe, usually in the first half of May, and shuts around the end of October. Out of season you can only walk the last two kilometres from Agia Roumeli. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Spring wildflowers and greens (10 mrt – 10 mei (meestal)), Orthodox Easter (10–13 apr)

Druk — Summer holidays in Griekenland, schoolvakanties in 4 van de markten die de plek vullen

• Seizoen

  Sea warm enough to swim

  1 jun – 5 nov · meestal

  Crete's water is usable a month either side of the Greek mainland's season, and the shallow lagoons at Balos and Elafonissi are warm well before the open coast.

Nog steeds bezig: Samaria Gorge open (1 mei – 31 okt (meestal))

Druk — Summer holidays in Griekenland, schoolvakanties in 7 van de markten die de plek vullen

• Seizoen

  The meltemi

  1 jul – 31 aug · meestalWindseizoenRisico

  The northerly blows down the Aegean into high summer and this is the coast it hits. It cancels the Balos boats and closes the north-facing beaches on its worst days; the south coast stays calm.

Nog steeds bezig: Samaria Gorge open (1 mei – 31 okt (meestal)), Sea warm enough to swim (1 jun – 5 nov (meestal))

Topdrukte — August peak, Summer holidays in Griekenland

• Feestdag

  August peak

  1–31 augSchoolvakantiesDrukBoek vroeg

  Greeks take their own holiday in the same weeks as northern Europe, so the old harbour, the west coast beaches and the road to Elafonissi are all at capacity around 15 August. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Samaria Gorge open (1 mei – 31 okt (meestal)), Sea warm enough to swim (1 jun – 5 nov (meestal)), The meltemi (1 jul – 31 aug (meestal))

Druk — Summer holidays in Griekenland, schoolvakanties in 3 van de markten die de plek vullen

In september begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Samaria Gorge open (1 mei – 31 okt (meestal)), Sea warm enough to swim (1 jun – 5 nov (meestal))

Druk — Ohi Day, schoolvakanties in 4 van de markten die de plek vullen

• Feestdag

  Ohi Day

  28 oktNationale feestdagSluitingen

  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. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Samaria Gorge open (1 mei – 31 okt (meestal)), Sea warm enough to swim (1 jun – 5 nov (meestal))

Tussenseizoen — schoolvakanties in 2 van de markten die de plek vullen, een gewone maand

• Natuur

  Olive harvest

  1 nov – 31 jan · meestal

  Nets go down under the trees across the whole prefecture from November and the presses run through the winter. The new oil turns up in the markets green and cloudy.

• Seizoen

  Winter: the coast closes

  1 nov – 31 mrtSeizoensluitingSluitingen

  Beach resorts, most charter flights and a good share of the harbour restaurants shut for the winter. Chania town itself keeps working, which is more than the villages around it do.

Nog steeds bezig: Sea warm enough to swim (1 jun – 5 nov (meestal))

Druk — Christmas holidays in Griekenland, schoolvakanties in 7 van de markten die de plek vullen

In december begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Olive harvest (1 nov – 31 jan (meestal)), Winter: the coast closes (1 nov – 31 mrt)