Wat er het hele jaar speelt in Korfoe, 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 – 28 feb (meestal)), Resorts shut for winter (1 nov – 31 mrt)

Tussenseizoen — schoolvakanties in 3 van de markten die de plek vullen, een gewone maand

• Festival

  Corfu Carnival

  5 feb – 10 mrt · meestal

  Venetian in origin and still masked: weeks of satirical street theatre in the old town, ending with the burning of the carnival king on the last Sunday before Lent. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Olive harvest (1 nov – 28 feb (meestal)), Resorts shut for winter (1 nov – 31 mrt)

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

• Natuur

  Spring flowers and orchids

  10 mrt – 30 apr · meestalWilde bloemen & bloei

  The island is the greenest in the Ionian and the olive terraces come up thick with orchids and asphodel before the summer burns it all off. The Corfu Trail is at its best now. Bron ↗

• 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: Corfu Carnival (5 feb – 10 mrt (meestal)), Resorts shut for winter (1 nov – 31 mrt)

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

• Feestdag

  Corfu Easter

  6–13 aprPasen & Goede WeekDrukBoek vroeg

  The most Venetian Easter in Greece: philharmonic bands in the streets all week, then at eleven on Holy Saturday morning the old town throws clay pots of water off its balconies. Bron ↗

• Opening

  Island season opens

  15 apr – 20 mei · meestalZomerseizoen opent

  Resorts, charter flights and the Paleokastritsa boats restart around Easter, and the island is at its greenest for the six weeks before the heat arrives. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Spring flowers and orchids (10 mrt – 30 apr (meestal))

Druk — Cruise days in the old town, schoolvakanties in 4 van de markten die de plek vullen

• Festival

  Cricket on the Spianada

  1 mei – 15 sep · meestalSportevenement

  A leftover of British rule that never went away: club matches on the ground beside the esplanade through the summer, watched from the arcade cafes by people who are mainly there for the coffee. Bron ↗

• Seizoen

  Cruise days in the old town

  1 mei – 15 okt · meestalCruiseseizoenDruk

  Ships tie up a ten-minute walk from the Liston and the Spianada, so the old town runs on ship hours: heaving from ten to four, and the town's own again by early evening. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Corfu Easter (6–13 apr), Island season opens (15 apr – 20 mei (meestal))

Topdrukte — Cruise days in the old town, Summer holidays in Griekenland

• Seizoen

  Sea warm enough to swim

  10 jun – 20 okt · meestal

  The Ionian is calmer and clearer than the Aegean because the meltemi does not reach it, and the west-coast bays stay swimmable into the second half of October.

Nog steeds bezig: Cricket on the Spianada (1 mei – 15 sep (meestal)), Cruise days in the old town (1 mei – 15 okt (meestal))

Topdrukte — Cruise days in the old town, Summer holidays in Griekenland

In juli begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Cricket on the Spianada (1 mei – 15 sep (meestal)), Cruise days in the old town (1 mei – 15 okt (meestal)), Sea warm enough to swim (10 jun – 20 okt (meestal))

Topdrukte — Cruise days in the old town, August peak

• Feestdag

  August peak

  1–28 augSchoolvakantiesDrukBoek vroeg

  Italians and mainland Greeks both take August here, so ferries from Igoumenitsa run full, the north-east coast roads jam and villa prices roughly double for the month. Bron ↗

• Festival

  Saint Spyridon litany

  11 augReligieus feestDruk

  One of the four days a year the saint's body is carried through the old town, with every philharmonic band on the island behind it. The 11 August one marks a lifted siege. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Cricket on the Spianada (1 mei – 15 sep (meestal)), Cruise days in the old town (1 mei – 15 okt (meestal)), Sea warm enough to swim (10 jun – 20 okt (meestal))

Rustig — reizigers noemen het rustig, Cruise days in the old town

In september begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Cricket on the Spianada (1 mei – 15 sep (meestal)), Cruise days in the old town (1 mei – 15 okt (meestal)), Sea warm enough to swim (10 jun – 20 okt (meestal))

Topdrukte — Cruise days in the old town, Ohi Day

• 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: Cruise days in the old town (1 mei – 15 okt (meestal)), Sea warm enough to swim (10 jun – 20 okt (meestal))

Rustig — schoolvakanties in 2 van de markten die de plek vullen, een van de slechtste maanden qua weer

• Natuur

  Olive harvest

  1 nov – 28 feb · meestal

  Nets go down under four million trees, most of them planted under the Venetians and never pruned, and the presses in the villages run through the winter. Bron ↗

• Sluiting

  Resorts shut for winter

  1 nov – 31 mrt

  Outside Corfu Town almost everything closes for the winter, the charter flights stop and the coast roads are empty. The town itself is a working Venetian city year round. Bron ↗

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 – 28 feb (meestal)), Resorts shut for winter (1 nov – 31 mrt)