Wat er het hele jaar speelt in Palermo (Sicily), Italië

Topdrukte — Christmas to the Befana, Christmas holidays in Italië

In januari begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Christmas to the Befana (8 dec – 6 jan)

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

In februari begint er niets nieuws.

Druk — Holy Week, schoolvakanties in 4 van de markten die de plek vullen

• Feestdag

  Holy Week

  29 mrt – 6 aprDrukSluitingen

  Processions through the old quarters and cassata in every pasticceria. It is also the week Sicilians travel, so the ferries and the Palermo to Catania road both clog. Bron ↗

Topdrukte — Holy Week, 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: Holy Week (29 mrt – 6 apr)

Druk — Spring bank-holiday bridges, schoolvakanties in 4 van de markten die de plek vullen

In mei begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Spring bank-holiday bridges (25 apr – 2 jun)

Topdrukte — Spring bank-holiday bridges, Summer holidays in Italië

In juni begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Spring bank-holiday bridges (25 apr – 2 jun)

Topdrukte — Festino di Santa Rosalia, Summer holidays in Italië

• Risico

  Sirocco heat

  1 jul – 31 augExtreme hitte

  When the sirocco comes off North Africa the city sits under dust-hazed African air for days at a time and the markets close by noon. Sicily's worst heat events land in this window. Bron ↗

• Festival

  Festino di Santa Rosalia

  10–15 julReligieus feestDruk

  The city's own week, u Fistinu: a wagon carrying the saint is hauled down the Cassaro on the night of 14 July and the whole of Palermo walks behind it to fireworks over the Foro Italico. Bron ↗

Topdrukte — Ferragosto, Summer holidays in Italië

• Feestdag

  Ferragosto

  8–22 augSchoolvakantiesSluitingen

  Palermitani decamp to Mondello and the coast for a fortnight around 15 August; the family trattorias and half the workshops in the centre put up shutters with a handwritten note. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Sirocco heat (1 jul – 31 aug)

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

• Festival

  Acchianata to Monte Pellegrino

  3–4 sepReligieus feest

  The quieter half of the Rosalia year: on the night of 3 September people walk barefoot up the old mule track to the sanctuary on the mountain, arriving for dawn on the 4th. Bron ↗

Druk — schoolvakanties in 4 van de markten die de plek vullen, een van de beste maanden qua weer

• Opening

  Le Vie dei Tesori

  1 okt – 15 nov · meestalGroot festival

  For five or six autumn weekends a coupon buys entry to palazzi, crypts, rooftops and convents that are locked the rest of the year. The best argument for Palermo in October. Bron ↗

Rustig — reizigers noemen het rustig, schoolvakanties in 2 van de markten die de plek vullen

In november begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Le Vie dei Tesori (1 okt – 15 nov (meestal))

Topdrukte — Christmas to the Befana, Christmas holidays in Italië

• Feestdag

  Christmas to the Befana

  8 dec – 6 janKerst & nieuwjaarSluitingen

  Cribs in the churches, buccellato and cassata in the windows, and a centre that half-closes between the holidays. Mild enough to walk all day, which December in Italy rarely is. Bron ↗