Wat er het hele jaar speelt in Rhodos, Griekenland

Druk — Christmas holidays in Griekenland, schoolvakanties in 7 van de markten die de plek vullen

In januari begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Resorts shut for winter (1 nov – 31 mrt), Olive harvest (1 nov – 15 jan (meestal))

Druk — Clean Monday, schoolvakanties in 3 van de markten die de plek vullen

• Feestdag

  Clean Monday

  23 febCarnavalSluitingenDruk

  Clean Monday, the first day of Orthodox Lent and 48 days before Easter, is a public holiday. Offices and most shops close, families head outdoors to picnic and fly kites, and tavernas serve Lenten food such as seafood, bean dishes and flat lagana bread. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Resorts shut for winter (1 nov – 31 mrt)

Druk — Independence Day, schoolvakanties in 4 van de markten die de plek vullen

• Feestdag

  Independence Day

  25 mrtNationale feestdagSluitingen

  25 March, also the feast of the Annunciation, is a national holiday. Schoolchildren and bands parade through town centres under blue-and-white flags, banks, offices and most shops close, and fried salt cod with garlic sauce is the traditional lunch. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Clean Monday (23 feb), Resorts shut for winter (1 nov – 31 mrt)

Topdrukte — Orthodox Easter, Cruise calls in the Old Town

• Opening

  Resort season opens

  1 apr – 10 mei · meestalZomerseizoen opent

  Charter flights, the east-coast hotels and the Lindos tavernas restart around Easter. Everything is open and nothing is full, which is the case for about six weeks. Bron ↗

• Feestdag

  Orthodox Easter

  10–13 aprPasen & Goede WeekDrukSluitingen

  Greeks travel for it, so the ferries and the island hotels fill before the foreign season starts. Midnight on Holy Saturday is fireworks and church bells everywhere at once. Bron ↗

• Seizoen

  Cruise calls in the Old Town

  15 apr – 31 okt · meestalCruiseseizoenDruk

  Ships tie up beside the medieval walls and the Street of the Knights belongs to their tours between about ten and four. Before and after that the Old Town is a different place.

Druk — Cruise calls in the Old Town, schoolvakanties in 4 van de markten die de plek vullen

In mei begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Resort season opens (1 apr – 10 mei (meestal)), Orthodox Easter (10–13 apr), Cruise calls in the Old Town (15 apr – 31 okt (meestal))

Topdrukte — Cruise calls in the Old Town, Summer holidays in Griekenland

• Seizoen

  Sea warm enough to swim

  10 jun – 31 okt · meestal

  The east coast is the swimmable side and stays comfortable to the end of October. The west coast has the wind and the waves, which is why the kitesurfers are all at Prasonisi.

• Natuur

  Moths at Petaloudes

  15 jun – 15 sep · meestalDierenseizoen

  Jersey tiger moths gather in their thousands in the shaded valley at Petaloudes for the dry months, and the site is closed to visitors outside them. Clapping to make them fly is both banned and pointless. Bron ↗

• Risico

  Wildfire season

  15 jun – 30 sep · meestalRookseizoen

  The island's interior burns in the worst summers and the 2023 fires emptied the southeast coast for a week. Risk is graded daily and access to the forested middle is restricted on the high days. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Cruise calls in the Old Town (15 apr – 31 okt (meestal))

Topdrukte — Cruise calls in the Old Town, Summer holidays in Griekenland

• Seizoen

  The meltemi

  1 jul – 31 aug · meestalWindseizoenRisico

  The summer north wind gets up most afternoons and blows for days at a stretch. It makes the heat bearable, closes the west-coast beaches to swimmers and occasionally stops the small ferries.

Nog steeds bezig: Cruise calls in the Old Town (15 apr – 31 okt (meestal)), Sea warm enough to swim (10 jun – 31 okt (meestal)), Moths at Petaloudes (15 jun – 15 sep (meestal)), Wildfire season (15 jun – 30 sep (meestal))

Topdrukte — Cruise calls in the Old Town, Assumption on 15 August

• Feestdag

  Assumption on 15 August

  12–18 augNationale feestdagDrukSluitingenBoek vroeg

  The biggest holiday of the Greek year outside Easter. Domestic flights and ferries fill, the village churches hold panigiria with food and lyra until dawn, and shops shut on the day itself. Bron ↗

• Seizoen

  Grape harvest at Embonas

  25 aug – 30 sep · meestal

  The Athiri vineyards on the slopes of Attavyros are picked from late August, and the mountain villages hold their wine feasts once the presses are running. The coast is still full; the interior is not.

Nog steeds bezig: Cruise calls in the Old Town (15 apr – 31 okt (meestal)), Sea warm enough to swim (10 jun – 31 okt (meestal)), Moths at Petaloudes (15 jun – 15 sep (meestal)), Wildfire season (15 jun – 30 sep (meestal)), The meltemi (1 jul – 31 aug (meestal))

Topdrukte — Cruise calls in the Old Town, Summer holidays in Griekenland

In september begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Cruise calls in the Old Town (15 apr – 31 okt (meestal)), Sea warm enough to swim (10 jun – 31 okt (meestal)), Moths at Petaloudes (15 jun – 15 sep (meestal)), Wildfire season (15 jun – 30 sep (meestal)), Grape harvest at Embonas (25 aug – 30 sep (meestal))

Topdrukte — Cruise calls in the Old Town, Ohi Day

• Feestdag

  Ohi Day

  28 oktNationale feestdagSluitingen

  28 October marks Greece's refusal of the 1940 Italian ultimatum. School and military parades fill town centres in the morning, flags hang from balconies, and banks, offices and many shops close for the day. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Cruise calls in the Old Town (15 apr – 31 okt (meestal)), Sea warm enough to swim (10 jun – 31 okt (meestal))

Tussenseizoen — schoolvakanties in 2 van de markten die de plek vullen, een gewone maand

• Sluiting

  Resorts shut for winter

  1 nov – 31 mrt

  Outside Rhodes Town the island closes: hotels boarded, Lindos down to a couple of kitchens, charter flights gone. The town itself keeps working and is the only reason to come in winter. Bron ↗

• Seizoen

  Olive harvest

  1 nov – 15 jan · meestal

  Nets go down under the trees across the interior once the resorts have shut, and the village presses run into January. It is the one thing happening on the island in those months.

Druk — Christmas holidays in Griekenland, schoolvakanties in 7 van de markten die de plek vullen

In december begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Resorts shut for winter (1 nov – 31 mrt), Olive harvest (1 nov – 15 jan (meestal))