Wat er het hele jaar speelt in Pisa, Italië

Topdrukte — Christmas and New Year, Christmas holidays in Italië

In januari begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Christmas and New Year (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 — Easter and Pasquetta, schoolvakanties in 4 van de markten die de plek vullen

• Feestdag

  Easter and Pasquetta

  29 mrt – 6 aprPasen & Goede WeekDrukBoek vroeg

  The first big coach week of the year on the Campo dei Miracoli, and tower slots for the Easter weekend are usually gone a month ahead. Bron ↗

• Festival

  Capodanno Pisano

  25 mrtGroot festival

  Pisa's old calendar began the year on 25 March, and the city still marks it: at noon a shaft of light through the cathedral wall lands on a marble egg, then a costumed procession crosses town. Bron ↗

Topdrukte — Easter and Pasquetta, Coach season on the Campo

• Seizoen

  Coach season on the Campo

  1 apr – 15 okt · meestalDrukte van dagjesmensenDruk

  Most people here are on a half-day stop between Florence and Livorno, which means the Campo dei Miracoli is a scrum from ten to five and close to empty before nine and after six.

• 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: Easter and Pasquetta (29 mrt – 6 apr)

Topdrukte — Coach season on the Campo, Spring bank-holiday bridges

In mei begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Coach season on the Campo (1 apr – 15 okt (meestal)), Spring bank-holiday bridges (25 apr – 2 jun)

Topdrukte — Coach season on the Campo, Spring bank-holiday bridges

• Festival

  Luminara di San Ranieri

  16–17 junLicht & vuurDruk

  On the night of 16 June the palazzi along both banks of the Arno are outlined in tens of thousands of candles and the street lights go off. The rowing regatta follows on the 17th. Bron ↗

• Festival

  Gioco del Ponte

  24–30 jun · meestalGroot festivalDruk

  On the last Saturday in June the two halves of the city push a seven-tonne cart at each other across the Ponte di Mezzo, in armour, after a parade of several hundred people in costume. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Coach season on the Campo (1 apr – 15 okt (meestal)), Spring bank-holiday bridges (25 apr – 2 jun)

Topdrukte — Coach season on the Campo, Summer holidays in Italië

In juli begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Coach season on the Campo (1 apr – 15 okt (meestal))

Topdrukte — Coach season on the Campo, Ferragosto

• Feestdag

  Ferragosto

  8–22 augSchoolvakantiesSluitingenDruk

  The monuments stay open and busy while the rest of the city takes its fortnight: student Pisa is gone, and the places locals eat in are the ones with the shutters down. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Coach season on the Campo (1 apr – 15 okt (meestal))

Topdrukte — Coach season on the Campo, Summer holidays in Italië

• Festival

  Anima Mundi sacred music

  5–28 sep · meestalMuziekfestival

  Two or three weeks in September of symphonic-choral concerts inside the cathedral, alternating with chamber evenings in the Camposanto next door. Seats are ticketed and go early. Bron ↗

• Festival

  Pisa Book Festival

  2–4 oktKunstenfestivalDruk

  Independent-publishing fair at Palazzo dei Congressi since 2003, with author meetings, translator seminars and a rotating guest-country programme. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Coach season on the Campo (1 apr – 15 okt (meestal))

Topdrukte — Coach season on the Campo, Pisa Book Festival

In oktober begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Coach season on the Campo (1 apr – 15 okt (meestal)), Pisa Book Festival (2–4 okt)

Topdrukte — reizigers noemen het hoogseizoen, schoolvakanties in 2 van de markten die de plek vullen

In november begint er niets nieuws.

Topdrukte — Christmas and New Year, Christmas holidays in Italië

• Feestdag

  Christmas and New Year

  8 dec – 6 janKerst & nieuwjaar

  The quietest the Campo gets all year, and the one stretch when you can photograph the tower without a queue of people pretending to hold it up. Short opening hours on the holidays themselves. Bron ↗