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Tranquilo — viajantes descrevem como tranquilo, Christmas holidays em Itália

• Natureza

  Almond blossom around Avola

  10 Jan – 28 Fev · normalmenteCerejeiras em flor

  The Avola almond varieties flower unusually early, from January into February, turning the terraced orchards white in the hills south of the city around Avola and Noto. Fonte ↗

Ainda em andamento: Winter quiet (1 Nov – 31 Mar (normalmente))

Movimentado — Sant'Agata in Catania, férias escolares em 3 dos países que mais mandam visitantes

• Festival

  Avola historic carnival

  1 Fev – 9 Mar · normalmente

  Half an hour down the coast, Avola runs one of Italy's officially recognised historic carnivals: floats decked in flowers and masked groups parade on the final Sunday, and the Re Carnevale puppet goes up in flames on Shrove Tuesday. Fonte ↗

• Festival

  Sant'Agata in Catania

  3–5 FevFesta religiosaLotado

  An hour north, Catania's patron-saint feast is among the largest Catholic processions anywhere: devotees in white haul the saint's silver reliquary through the streets from the morning of 5 February into the next day. An easy day trip by train. Fonte ↗

Ainda em andamento: Almond blossom around Avola (10 Jan – 28 Fev (normalmente)), Winter quiet (1 Nov – 31 Mar (normalmente))

Tranquilo — viajantes descrevem como tranquilo, Holy Week

• Feriado

  Holy Week

  29 Mar – 6 AbrLotado

  Processions through Ortigia's lanes and the first week the sea-front tables come out. It is also when Sicilians travel, so the island's roads and ferries are at their fullest. Fonte ↗

Ainda em andamento: Avola historic carnival (1 Fev – 9 Mar (normalmente)), Winter quiet (1 Nov – 31 Mar (normalmente))

Lotação máxima — Holy Week, Spring bank-holiday bridges

• Feriado

  Spring bank-holiday bridges

  25 Abr – 2 JunFeriado nacionalLotadoReserve cedo

  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. Fonte ↗

Ainda em andamento: Holy Week (29 Mar – 6 Abr)

Lotação máxima — viajantes descrevem como alta temporada, Spring bank-holiday bridges

• Festival

  Greek tragedy at the Teatro Greco

  8 Mai – 28 JunFestival de artesReserve cedo

  Aeschylus and Sophocles staged in the fifth-century BC theatre they were written for, most evenings from early May to the end of June. Tickets for the good nights go months ahead. Fonte ↗

Ainda em andamento: Spring bank-holiday bridges (25 Abr – 2 Jun)

Lotação máxima — Spring bank-holiday bridges, Summer holidays em Itália

• Temporada

  Sea warm enough to swim

  1 Jun – 25 Out · normalmente

  One of the longest swimming windows in Europe: the Ionian off Ortigia's ladders and the Plemmirio reserve stays comfortable from June well into late October.

Ainda em andamento: Spring bank-holiday bridges (25 Abr – 2 Jun), Greek tragedy at the Teatro Greco (8 Mai – 28 Jun)

Movimentado — Summer holidays em Itália, férias escolares em 6 dos países que mais mandam visitantes

• Risco

  Sirocco heat

  1 Jul – 31 AgoCalor extremo

  South-east Sicily records some of Europe's highest temperatures when the sirocco pushes up from Africa, and the archaeological park has no shade at all. Go at opening or not at all. Fonte ↗

Ainda em andamento: Greek tragedy at the Teatro Greco (8 Mai – 28 Jun), Sea warm enough to swim (1 Jun – 25 Out (normalmente))

Lotação máxima — Ferragosto, Summer holidays em Itália

• Feriado

  Ferragosto

  8–22 AgoFérias escolaresLotadoFechamentos

  Ortigia fills with Italians and half its own workshops and family kitchens close for the fortnight. The beaches south towards Fontane Bianche are where everyone actually is. Fonte ↗

Ainda em andamento: Sea warm enough to swim (1 Jun – 25 Out (normalmente)), Sirocco heat (1 Jul – 31 Ago)

Movimentado — Summer holidays em Itália, férias escolares em 2 dos países que mais mandam visitantes

• Festival

  Ortigia Film Festival

  20–26 Set · normalmente

  Independent cinema screened outdoors in the squares of the old island for a week in late September, free or close to it, and starting late enough that the heat has gone out of the day. Fonte ↗

Ainda em andamento: Sea warm enough to swim (1 Jun – 25 Out (normalmente))

Meia-estação — férias escolares em 4 dos países que mais mandam visitantes, um mês comum

Nada novo começa em outubro.

Ainda em andamento: Sea warm enough to swim (1 Jun – 25 Out (normalmente))

Tranquilo — viajantes descrevem como tranquilo, férias escolares em 2 dos países que mais mandam visitantes

• Temporada

  Winter quiet

  1 Nov – 31 Mar · normalmenteFechamento de baixa temporada

  Once the sea cools, the beach clubs south of the city close, boat trips around Ortigia run only on calm days and some seasonal restaurants shut. Ortigia itself stays lived-in, and rooms are far easier to find.

Lotação máxima — Santa Lucia, Christmas holidays em Itália

• Festival

  Santa Lucia

  13–20 DezFesta religiosaLotado

  The city's own saint. On 13 December the silver statue is carried out of the cathedral and across the bridge to her basilica, and nobody in Syracuse eats bread that day, only cuccia. Fonte ↗

Ainda em andamento: Winter quiet (1 Nov – 31 Mar (normalmente))