Wat er het hele jaar speelt in Korčula, Kroatië

Rustig — reizigers noemen het rustig, Winter (Christmas) holidays in Kroatië

In januari begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: The island out of season (1 nov – 15 apr (meestal))

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

In februari begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: The island out of season (1 nov – 15 apr (meestal))

Druk — Spring (Easter) holidays in Kroatië, schoolvakanties in 4 van de markten die de plek vullen

• Feestdag

  Easter

  5–6 aprSluitingen

  Easter Sunday and Easter Monday are public holidays: most shops close, churches overflow for Holy Week services, and families gather for long lunches. On the coast many restaurants and guesthouses open for the season around this weekend, while others stay shut until May. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: The island out of season (1 nov – 15 apr (meestal))

Topdrukte — Easter, Spring (Easter) holidays in Kroatië

In april begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Easter (5–6 apr), The island out of season (1 nov – 15 apr (meestal))

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

In mei begint er niets nieuws.

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

• Festival

  Moreska sword dance

  1 jun – 30 sepKunstenfestival

  A staged battle between two armies of swordsmen that the town has performed for four centuries. It runs weekly through the season at the open-air cinema, and in full on 29 July for St Theodore. Bron ↗

• Seizoen

  Sea warm enough to swim

  15 jun – 5 okt · meestal

  The swimming is off the rocks below the walls or on the south-coast beaches at Pupnatska and Zavalatica, half an hour over the ridge. September is the better half of the season.

Topdrukte — Day-boat season, Summer holidays in Kroatië

• Seizoen

  Day-boat season

  1 jul – 31 augDrukte van dagjesmensenDruk

  Excursion boats from Dubrovnik and Hvar unload into a walled town the size of a few streets, and the Marco Polo house queue forms by eleven. Evenings, once they have gone, are the reason to stay.

Nog steeds bezig: Moreska sword dance (1 jun – 30 sep), Sea warm enough to swim (15 jun – 5 okt (meestal))

Topdrukte — Day-boat season, Assumption Day, 15 August

• Feestdag

  Assumption Day, 15 August

  14–16 augNationale feestdagDrukSluitingen

  15 August, Velika Gospa, is a public holiday at the height of summer. Churches hold processions and masses, many shops close, and it makes one of the busiest weekends of the year on coast roads, ferries and in accommodation, so book crossings ahead. Bron ↗

• Seizoen

  Grk and posip harvest

  25 aug – 5 okt · meestal

  The island grows two white grapes almost nobody else does, grk on the sand at Lumbarda and posip inland at Cara and Smokvica. The cellars are open and working through September.

Nog steeds bezig: Moreska sword dance (1 jun – 30 sep), Sea warm enough to swim (15 jun – 5 okt (meestal)), Day-boat season (1 jul – 31 aug)

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

In september begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Moreska sword dance (1 jun – 30 sep), Sea warm enough to swim (15 jun – 5 okt (meestal)), Grk and posip harvest (25 aug – 5 okt (meestal))

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

In oktober begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Sea warm enough to swim (15 jun – 5 okt (meestal)), Grk and posip harvest (25 aug – 5 okt (meestal))

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

• Seizoen

  The island out of season

  1 nov – 15 apr · meestalSeizoensluitingSluitingen

  The catamarans thin to a sailing or two a day and most of the old town's restaurants shut, though Korcula keeps more life than the smaller islands because people live here. Bura cancels boats without warning.

Topdrukte — Christmas closures, Winter (Christmas) holidays in Kroatië

• Feestdag

  Christmas closures

  24–26 decKerst & nieuwjaarSluitingen

  Christmas Day and St Stephen's Day on the 26th are public holidays. Most shops and many restaurants and museums close, public transport runs a holiday timetable, and Christmas Eve is a family evening with shops closing early. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: The island out of season (1 nov – 15 apr (meestal))