På gång i Ajaccio (Corsica), France under året

Mycket folk — Christmas holidays i France, skollov i 6 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

Inget nytt börjar i januari.

Pågår fortfarande: Low season (1 nov – 31 mar (vanligtvis))

Mycket folk — Winter (February) holidays i France, skollov i 2 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

Inget nytt börjar i februari.

Pågår fortfarande: Low season (1 nov – 31 mar (vanligtvis))

Mest folk — Holy Week processions, Winter (February) holidays i France

• Festival

  A Madunnuccia

  17–18 marReligiös högtid

  The city's patron saint day: candles lit at the statue on Place Foch on the evening of the 17th, then mass at the cathedral and a procession through the old town on the 18th, a local holiday. Källa ↗

• Helg

  Holy Week processions

  20 mar – 25 apr · vanligtvisPåsk & stilla veckan

  Corsica keeps its Good Friday rites. In Ajaccio the confraternities of Saint Anthony and Saint Erasmus carry the dead Christ from the cathedral through the candlelit old town; Sartene's hooded penitent is a day trip away. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Low season (1 nov – 31 mar (vanligtvis))

Mest folk — Holy Week processions, Spring holidays i France

Inget nytt börjar i april.

Pågår fortfarande: Holy Week processions (20 mar – 25 apr (vanligtvis))

Mest folk — May holidays and ponts, Spring holidays i France

• Helg

  May holidays and ponts

  1–25 majNationell helgdagTrångtBoka tidigtStängningar

  1 May, 8 May, Ascension Thursday and Whit Monday are public holidays, and the French bridge the gaps with a day off, the pont. Expect four-day weekends of busy trains, jammed roads and full rooms in towns that draw visitors, and near-total closures on 1 May. Källa ↗

• Festival

  Saint-Erasme, the fishermen's feast

  30 maj – 2 jun · vanligtvisReligiös högtid

  The fishermen carry their patron down to the port at the end of May, and on 2 June the statue goes out into the gulf with a following of boats before the blessing. A town evening, not a ticketed one. Källa ↗

Mycket folk — skollov i 4 av marknaderna som fyller platsen, en av dess bästa vädermånader

• Säsong

  Sea warm enough to swim

  15 jun – 10 okt · vanligtvis

  The gulf is comfortable from the middle of June and stays that way well past the September exodus, when the beaches south of town empty out but the water has not cooled.

• Risk

  Fire risk and closed massifs

  15 jun – 30 sep · vanligtvisRöksäsongStängningar

  The prefecture bans fires and outdoor work across Corse-du-Sud into the end of September, and on severe-risk days it shuts whole forest massifs to walkers and cars at a day's notice. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: May holidays and ponts (1–25 maj), Saint-Erasme, the fishermen's feast (30 maj – 2 jun (vanligtvis))

Mest folk — Bastille Day (14 juillet), The August crush

• Helg

  Bastille Day (14 juillet)

  13–14 julNationell helgdagTrångtStängningar

  14 July is the national holiday: towns hold fireworks on the evening of the 13th or 14th, often with a firemen's ball, a parade or a concert, and banks, offices and many shops close for the day. Källa ↗

• Helg

  The August crush

  15 jul – 31 augSkollovTrångtBoka tidigt

  Corsica takes the French and Italian holidays at the same time. Ferries, flights and hire cars for August go months ahead, and the coast road out of town crawls from the middle of July. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Sea warm enough to swim (15 jun – 10 okt (vanligtvis)), Fire risk and closed massifs (15 jun – 30 sep (vanligtvis))

Mest folk — The August crush, Journees Napoleoniennes

• Festival

  Journees Napoleoniennes

  12–15 augStor festivalTrångt

  Four days of bivouacs, costumed drills and parades around the Maison Bonaparte for the emperor's birthday, closing with the Assumption procession and fireworks off the Saint-Francois beach on the 15th. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Sea warm enough to swim (15 jun – 10 okt (vanligtvis)), Fire risk and closed massifs (15 jun – 30 sep (vanligtvis)), The August crush (15 jul – 31 aug)

Mest folk — resenärer beskriver det som högsäsong, skollov i 3 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

Inget nytt börjar i september.

Pågår fortfarande: Sea warm enough to swim (15 jun – 10 okt (vanligtvis)), Fire risk and closed massifs (15 jun – 30 sep (vanligtvis))

Mycket folk — All Saints (autumn) holidays i France, skollov i 3 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

Inget nytt börjar i oktober.

Pågår fortfarande: Sea warm enough to swim (15 jun – 10 okt (vanligtvis))

Mycket folk — All Saints (autumn) holidays i France

• Säsong

  Low season

  1 nov – 31 mar · vanligtvisStängt mellan säsongernaStängningar

  Most beach restaurants and a good share of hotels shut, and many summer flights and ferries stop running. The old town and its markets carry on for the locals, and prices fall a long way.

• Festival

  Natali in Aiacciu

  28 nov – 31 dec · vanligtvisJul & nyår

  The Christmas market fills Place Foch, Place Campinchi and the harbour quay with chalets of Corsican produce, an ice rink and a parade. It is the one busy month in Ajaccio's winter. Källa ↗

Mycket folk — Christmas holidays i France, skollov i 6 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

Inget nytt börjar i december.

Pågår fortfarande: Low season (1 nov – 31 mar (vanligtvis)), Natali in Aiacciu (28 nov – 31 dec (vanligtvis))