O que acontece em Heraclião, Grécia, ao longo do ano

Movimentado — Christmas holidays em Grécia, férias escolares em 7 dos países que mais mandam visitantes

Nada novo começa em janeiro.

Ainda em andamento: Olive harvest (1 Nov – 31 Jan (normalmente)), Winter: charters stop (5 Nov – 31 Mar)

Movimentado — Clean Monday, férias escolares em 3 dos países que mais mandam visitantes

• Feriado

  Clean Monday

  23 FevCarnavalFechamentosLotado

  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. Fonte ↗

Ainda em andamento: Winter: charters stop (5 Nov – 31 Mar)

Movimentado — Independence Day, férias escolares em 4 dos países que mais mandam visitantes

• Natureza

  Spring on the Messara

  10 Mar – 10 Mai · normalmenteFlores silvestres e floradas

  The plain south of the city and the climb up to the Lasithi plateau are green and flowering for two months, which is also when the archaeological sites are walkable at midday.

• Feriado

  Independence Day

  25 MarFeriado nacionalFechamentos

  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. Fonte ↗

Ainda em andamento: Clean Monday (23 Fev), Winter: charters stop (5 Nov – 31 Mar)

Lotação máxima — Orthodox Easter, Coach and cruise season at Knossos

• Feriado

  Orthodox Easter

  10–13 AbrPáscoa e Semana SantaFechamentosReserve cedo

  Shops, museums and half the restaurants shut from Good Friday through Easter Monday while the villages roast lamb. Domestic flights and the Piraeus ferries fill first. Fonte ↗

• Temporada

  Coach and cruise season at Knossos

  15 Abr – 31 OutLotadoReserve cedo

  The site takes the island's whole coach and cruise load between ten and two, on almost no shade. Being at the gate when it opens is the only version of Knossos worth having.

Ainda em andamento: Spring on the Messara (10 Mar – 10 Mai (normalmente))

Movimentado — Coach and cruise season at Knossos, férias escolares em 4 dos países que mais mandam visitantes

Nada novo começa em maio.

Ainda em andamento: Spring on the Messara (10 Mar – 10 Mai (normalmente)), Orthodox Easter (10–13 Abr), Coach and cruise season at Knossos (15 Abr – 31 Out)

Lotação máxima — Coach and cruise season at Knossos, Summer holidays em Grécia

• Temporada

  Sea warm enough to swim

  1 Jun – 5 Nov · normalmente

  Crete's water runs a month ahead of the mainland at both ends of the season. The city's own beaches are ordinary; the ones east towards Malia and west at Agia Pelagia are not. Fonte ↗

Ainda em andamento: Coach and cruise season at Knossos (15 Abr – 31 Out)

Lotação máxima — Coach and cruise season at Knossos, Summer holidays em Grécia

Nada novo começa em julho.

Ainda em andamento: Coach and cruise season at Knossos (15 Abr – 31 Out), Sea warm enough to swim (1 Jun – 5 Nov (normalmente))

Lotação máxima — Coach and cruise season at Knossos, August peak

• Feriado

  August peak

  1–31 AgoFérias escolaresLotadoReserve cedo

  Greek and northern European holidays land together, the airport runs at capacity and hire cars are the thing that actually sells out. Book the car before the room. Fonte ↗

• Natureza

  Peza wine harvest

  20 Ago – 10 Out · normalmente

  The vineyards at Peza and Archanes, twenty minutes uphill, bring in vidiano and kotsifali from late August, and the estates open their doors while they do. Fonte ↗

Ainda em andamento: Coach and cruise season at Knossos (15 Abr – 31 Out), Sea warm enough to swim (1 Jun – 5 Nov (normalmente))

Lotação máxima — Coach and cruise season at Knossos, Summer holidays em Grécia

Nada novo começa em setembro.

Ainda em andamento: Coach and cruise season at Knossos (15 Abr – 31 Out), Sea warm enough to swim (1 Jun – 5 Nov (normalmente)), Peza wine harvest (20 Ago – 10 Out (normalmente))

Lotação máxima — Coach and cruise season at Knossos, Ohi Day

• Feriado

  Ohi Day

  28 OutFeriado nacionalFechamentos

  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. Fonte ↗

Ainda em andamento: Coach and cruise season at Knossos (15 Abr – 31 Out), Sea warm enough to swim (1 Jun – 5 Nov (normalmente)), Peza wine harvest (20 Ago – 10 Out (normalmente))

Meia-estação — férias escolares em 2 dos países que mais mandam visitantes, um mês comum

• Natureza

  Olive harvest

  1 Nov – 31 Jan · normalmente

  Nets under the trees across the whole prefecture from November, and the presses running late into the night. The new oil is the reason to eat in a village in December.

• Temporada

  Winter: charters stop

  5 Nov – 31 MarFechamento de baixa temporadaFechamentos

  The resorts either side of the city close and the charter flights end, but Heraklion is a working port city of 150,000 and carries on. Rooms cost a third of August.

Ainda em andamento: Sea warm enough to swim (1 Jun – 5 Nov (normalmente))

Movimentado — Christmas holidays em Grécia, férias escolares em 7 dos países que mais mandam visitantes

Nada novo começa em dezembro.

Ainda em andamento: Olive harvest (1 Nov – 31 Jan (normalmente)), Winter: charters stop (5 Nov – 31 Mar)