O que acontece em Rodes, 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: Resorts shut for winter (1 Nov – 31 Mar), Olive harvest (1 Nov – 15 Jan (normalmente))

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: Resorts shut for winter (1 Nov – 31 Mar)

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

• 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), Resorts shut for winter (1 Nov – 31 Mar)

Lotação máxima — Orthodox Easter, Cruise calls in the Old Town

• Abertura

  Resort season opens

  1 Abr – 10 Mai · normalmenteAbertura da temporada de verão

  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. Fonte ↗

• Feriado

  Orthodox Easter

  10–13 AbrPáscoa e Semana SantaLotadoFechamentos

  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. Fonte ↗

• Temporada

  Cruise calls in the Old Town

  15 Abr – 31 Out · normalmenteTemporada de cruzeirosLotado

  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.

Movimentado — Cruise calls in the Old Town, férias escolares em 4 dos países que mais mandam visitantes

Nada novo começa em maio.

Ainda em andamento: Resort season opens (1 Abr – 10 Mai (normalmente)), Orthodox Easter (10–13 Abr), Cruise calls in the Old Town (15 Abr – 31 Out (normalmente))

Lotação máxima — Cruise calls in the Old Town, Summer holidays em Grécia

• Temporada

  Sea warm enough to swim

  10 Jun – 31 Out · normalmente

  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.

• Natureza

  Moths at Petaloudes

  15 Jun – 15 Set · normalmenteTemporada de vida selvagem

  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. Fonte ↗

• Risco

  Wildfire season

  15 Jun – 30 Set · normalmenteTemporada de fumaça

  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. Fonte ↗

Ainda em andamento: Cruise calls in the Old Town (15 Abr – 31 Out (normalmente))

Lotação máxima — Cruise calls in the Old Town, Summer holidays em Grécia

• Temporada

  The meltemi

  1 Jul – 31 Ago · normalmenteTemporada de ventoRisco

  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.

Ainda em andamento: Cruise calls in the Old Town (15 Abr – 31 Out (normalmente)), Sea warm enough to swim (10 Jun – 31 Out (normalmente)), Moths at Petaloudes (15 Jun – 15 Set (normalmente)), Wildfire season (15 Jun – 30 Set (normalmente))

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

• Feriado

  Assumption on 15 August

  12–18 AgoFeriado nacionalLotadoFechamentosReserve cedo

  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. Fonte ↗

• Temporada

  Grape harvest at Embonas

  25 Ago – 30 Set · normalmente

  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.

Ainda em andamento: Cruise calls in the Old Town (15 Abr – 31 Out (normalmente)), Sea warm enough to swim (10 Jun – 31 Out (normalmente)), Moths at Petaloudes (15 Jun – 15 Set (normalmente)), Wildfire season (15 Jun – 30 Set (normalmente)), The meltemi (1 Jul – 31 Ago (normalmente))

Lotação máxima — Cruise calls in the Old Town, Summer holidays em Grécia

Nada novo começa em setembro.

Ainda em andamento: Cruise calls in the Old Town (15 Abr – 31 Out (normalmente)), Sea warm enough to swim (10 Jun – 31 Out (normalmente)), Moths at Petaloudes (15 Jun – 15 Set (normalmente)), Wildfire season (15 Jun – 30 Set (normalmente)), Grape harvest at Embonas (25 Ago – 30 Set (normalmente))

Lotação máxima — Cruise calls in the Old Town, 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: Cruise calls in the Old Town (15 Abr – 31 Out (normalmente)), Sea warm enough to swim (10 Jun – 31 Out (normalmente))

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

• Fechamento

  Resorts shut for winter

  1 Nov – 31 Mar

  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. Fonte ↗

• Temporada

  Olive harvest

  1 Nov – 15 Jan · normalmente

  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.

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

Nada novo começa em dezembro.

Ainda em andamento: Resorts shut for winter (1 Nov – 31 Mar), Olive harvest (1 Nov – 15 Jan (normalmente))