Wat er het hele jaar speelt in Makarska, Kroatië

Druk — Winter (Christmas) holidays in Kroatië, schoolvakanties in 7 van de markten die de plek vullen

In januari begint er niets nieuws.

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

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

In februari begint er niets nieuws.

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

Topdrukte — Easter, Spring (Easter) holidays in Kroatië

• Opening

  Biokovo park road season

  1 apr – 31 oktWandelseizoenBoek vroeg

  The mountain road and the glass Skywalk above the town are open from April to the end of October and shut for the winter. Only twenty cars go up each hour, so the slot is the thing to book, not the ticket. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Easter (5–6 apr)

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

In mei begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Biokovo park road season (1 apr – 31 okt)

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

• Seizoen

  Adriatic swimming season

  15 jun – 5 okt · meestalZee op temperatuur

  The sea here holds its warmth into October, which is why September is the local's answer: same water, half the sunbeds. The pebble beaches under the pines are the whole draw.

Nog steeds bezig: Biokovo park road season (1 apr – 31 okt)

Topdrukte — reizigers noemen het hoogseizoen, Package-holiday peak

• Seizoen

  Package-holiday peak

  5 jul – 25 augSchoolvakantiesDrukBoek vroeg

  Charter flights into Split fill the riviera for eight weeks and the coast road backs up at the changeover on Saturdays. Prices roughly double against June and drop again in the second week of September.

Nog steeds bezig: Biokovo park road season (1 apr – 31 okt), Adriatic swimming season (15 jun – 5 okt (meestal))

Topdrukte — Package-holiday peak, 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 ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Biokovo park road season (1 apr – 31 okt), Adriatic swimming season (15 jun – 5 okt (meestal)), Package-holiday peak (5 jul – 25 aug)

Druk — Autumn Leaves Jazz Festival, schoolvakanties in 3 van de markten die de plek vullen

• Festival

  Battle of Makarska re-enactment

  15–20 sep · meestalGroot festival

  A staged ninth-century sea fight on the harbour pier one September evening, with fireworks at the end of it. Small-town theatre rather than a spectacle, and free to stand and watch. Bron ↗

• Festival

  Autumn Leaves Jazz Festival

  25 sep – 10 okt · meestalMuziekfestivalDruk

  About thirty concerts spread across fourteen venues in town over a week, with musicians from as far as Scotland and the US alongside Croatia's own scene — a quieter, smaller sibling to the town's August jazz weekend. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Biokovo park road season (1 apr – 31 okt), Adriatic swimming season (15 jun – 5 okt (meestal))

Druk — Autumn Leaves Jazz Festival, schoolvakanties in 4 van de markten die de plek vullen

In oktober begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Biokovo park road season (1 apr – 31 okt), Adriatic swimming season (15 jun – 5 okt (meestal)), Autumn Leaves Jazz Festival (25 sep – 10 okt (meestal))

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

• Risico

  Bura season

  1 nov – 31 mrt · meestalWindseizoenSluitingen

  The cold northeasterly falls off the Biokovo wall in winter and can shut the coast road and the island ferries for a day. Half the town is closed then anyway; it is a summer resort out of season. Bron ↗

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: Bura season (1 nov – 31 mrt (meestal))