Wat er het hele jaar speelt in Florence (Firenze), Italië

Topdrukte — reizigers noemen het hoogseizoen, Pitti Immagine trade fairs

• Regel

  Booked slots at the big museums

  1 jan – 31 decBoek vroeg

  The Uffizi and the Accademia sell timed entry and turning up without one costs hours between March and October. The city also charges a nightly tourist tax on every bed. Bron ↗

• Festival

  Pitti Immagine trade fairs

  8–18 jan · meestalGroot festivalDrukBoek vroeg

  Menswear buyers fill the Fortezza and every good hotel in the city in the second week of January, and again in the second week of June. The dearest week of an otherwise cheap month. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Christmas to Epiphany (24 dec – 6 jan)

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

In februari begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Booked slots at the big museums (1 jan – 31 dec)

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

• Festival

  Scoppio del Carro

  5 aprPasen & Goede WeekDruk

  On Easter morning a cart of fireworks is dragged by white oxen to the cathedral door and set off by a mechanical dove fired down a wire from the altar. It takes about ten minutes. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Booked slots at the big museums (1 jan – 31 dec)

Topdrukte — Scoppio del Carro, Spring bank-holiday bridges

• Feestdag

  Spring bank-holiday bridges

  25 apr – 2 junNationale feestdagDrukBoek vroeg

  Liberation Day (25 April), Labour Day (1 May) and Republic Day (2 June) are public holidays, and when one falls near a weekend Italians bridge it into a long break, the ponte. Those weekends bring domestic crowds, fuller trains and higher room rates, and some shops close on the day. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Booked slots at the big museums (1 jan – 31 dec), Scoppio del Carro (5 apr)

Topdrukte — reizigers noemen het hoogseizoen, Spring bank-holiday bridges

In mei begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Booked slots at the big museums (1 jan – 31 dec), Spring bank-holiday bridges (25 apr – 2 jun)

Topdrukte — Spring bank-holiday bridges, Calcio Storico and San Giovanni

• Festival

  Calcio Storico and San Giovanni

  10–24 junSportevenementDrukSluitingen

  Semi-finals in the middle of June and the final always on 24 June, played on sand in Piazza Santa Croce behind a parade in armour, then fireworks off Piazzale Michelangelo that night. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Booked slots at the big museums (1 jan – 31 dec), Spring bank-holiday bridges (25 apr – 2 jun)

Druk — Summer holidays in Italië, schoolvakanties in 6 van de markten die de plek vullen

• Risico

  Basin heat

  1 jul – 25 augExtreme hitte

  The city sits in a bowl in the Arno valley with no breeze and stone that holds the day's heat overnight. Queues in the open, which is most of them, are the real problem. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Booked slots at the big museums (1 jan – 31 dec)

Topdrukte — Ferragosto, Summer holidays in Italië

• Feestdag

  Ferragosto

  5–25 augSchoolvakantiesSluitingenDruk

  Florentines leave and their trattorias close for a fortnight, while the coach tours carry on regardless. The queues stay; the reason to eat here does not. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Booked slots at the big museums (1 jan – 31 dec), Basin heat (1 jul – 25 aug)

Druk — Summer holidays in Italië, schoolvakanties in 2 van de markten die de plek vullen

In september begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Booked slots at the big museums (1 jan – 31 dec)

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

• Natuur

  Olive harvest and new oil

  25 okt – 10 dec · meestal

  The hills at Fiesole and through Chianti are picked from late October and the first pressing turns up green and peppery on bruschetta everywhere for about six weeks.

Nog steeds bezig: Booked slots at the big museums (1 jan – 31 dec)

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

In november begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Booked slots at the big museums (1 jan – 31 dec), Olive harvest and new oil (25 okt – 10 dec (meestal))

Topdrukte — reizigers noemen het hoogseizoen, Christmas to Epiphany

• Feestdag

  Christmas to Epiphany

  24 dec – 6 janKerst & nieuwjaarSluitingenDruk

  Christmas Day, Santo Stefano (26 December), New Year's Day and Epiphany (6 January) are public holidays. Many museums, shops and restaurants close on the 25th and some on the 26th and 1st, while the days between bring Italian families out to nativity scenes, lights and markets. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Booked slots at the big museums (1 jan – 31 dec), Olive harvest and new oil (25 okt – 10 dec (meestal))