På gång i Athens (Athina), Greece under året

Lugnt — redaktionens lugna månad, Christmas holidays i Greece

• Regel

  Acropolis timed entry

  1 jan – 31 decBoka tidigt

  Tickets carry an hourly slot and the site is capped at twenty thousand people a day. The eight-to-noon slots go first, and the gate queue is what you are paying to skip. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Winter hours at the ancient sites (1 nov – 31 mar)

Lugnt — redaktionens lugna månad, skollov i 3 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

• Festival

  Carnival and Clean Monday

  23 feb

  Three weeks of neighbourhood carnival end on Clean Monday, when families take kites up onto Filopappou and the hills above the city and the whole country eats lenten food outdoors. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Acropolis timed entry (1 jan – 31 dec), Winter hours at the ancient sites (1 nov – 31 mar)

Mycket folk — mellan topparna, Independence Day parade

• Festival

  Independence Day parade

  25 marNationell helgdagTrångtStängningar

  A military parade closes Vasilissis Sofias and the streets around Syntagma for the morning of 25 March. Museums and most shops are shut for the holiday. Källa ↗

• Helg

  Orthodox Easter

  10–13 aprPåsk & stilla veckanStängningar

  Athens empties for a week as the city goes back to the villages. Shops and many tavernas close, the centre is oddly calm, and every road and ferry out of town is full on the Thursday and Friday. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Acropolis timed entry (1 jan – 31 dec), Carnival and Clean Monday (23 feb), Winter hours at the ancient sites (1 nov – 31 mar)

Mycket folk — mellan topparna, Orthodox Easter

Inget nytt börjar i april.

Pågår fortfarande: Acropolis timed entry (1 jan – 31 dec), Orthodox Easter (10–13 apr)

Mellansäsong — mellan topparna, skollov i 4 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

Inget nytt börjar i maj.

Pågår fortfarande: Acropolis timed entry (1 jan – 31 dec), Orthodox Easter (10–13 apr)

Mycket folk — Summer holidays i Greece, skollov i 4 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

• Säsong

  Sea warm enough to swim

  1 jun – 31 okt · vanligtvis

  The coastal suburbs down the tram line from the centre are swimmable from June, and the water is at its warmest in September, well after the air has stopped being punishing.

• Festival

  Athens Epidaurus Festival

  1 jun – 29 augKulturfestivalBoka tidigt

  Three months of theatre, dance and concerts, with the headline nights under the Acropolis at the Odeon of Herodes Atticus and Greek tragedy staged in the ancient theatre at Epidaurus. Källa ↗

• Risk

  Midday closures in the heat

  15 jun – 31 aug · vanligtvisExtrem värmeStängningar

  On the worst days the culture ministry shuts the open archaeological sites through the middle of the afternoon and the Red Cross hands out water at the gate. Do the ruins before ten or after six. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Acropolis timed entry (1 jan – 31 dec)

Mest folk — redaktionens toppmånad, Summer holidays i Greece

Inget nytt börjar i juli.

Pågår fortfarande: Acropolis timed entry (1 jan – 31 dec), Sea warm enough to swim (1 jun – 31 okt (vanligtvis)), Athens Epidaurus Festival (1 jun – 29 aug), Midday closures in the heat (15 jun – 31 aug (vanligtvis))

Mest folk — redaktionens toppmånad, The 15 August exodus

• Helg

  The 15 August exodus

  8–25 aug · vanligtvisSkollovStängningar

  Athenians leave for the islands and the villages around the Dormition holiday on the 15th. Neighbourhood shops and tavernas shut for a fortnight, and what is left in the centre is heat and visitors. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Acropolis timed entry (1 jan – 31 dec), Sea warm enough to swim (1 jun – 31 okt (vanligtvis)), Athens Epidaurus Festival (1 jun – 29 aug), Midday closures in the heat (15 jun – 31 aug (vanligtvis))

Mycket folk — mellan topparna, Summer holidays i Greece

Inget nytt börjar i september.

Pågår fortfarande: Acropolis timed entry (1 jan – 31 dec), Sea warm enough to swim (1 jun – 31 okt (vanligtvis))

Mycket folk — mellan topparna, Ohi Day

• Helg

  Ohi Day

  28 oktNationell helgdagStängningarTrångt

  A military parade closes Vasilissis Sofias and Syntagma on the 28th and the country takes the day off; museums and most shops shut, and it usually pulls a long weekend with it. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Acropolis timed entry (1 jan – 31 dec), Sea warm enough to swim (1 jun – 31 okt (vanligtvis))

Lugnt — redaktionens lugna månad, Athens Marathon

• Regel

  Winter hours at the ancient sites

  1 nov – 31 marStängningar

  From the first of November the archaeological sites move to the short winter timetable and close in the middle of the afternoon. The trade is a cheaper ticket and an Acropolis you can walk without booking. Källa ↗

• Festival

  Athens Marathon

  8 novSportevenemangTrångtStängningar

  The race runs from Marathon into the Panathenaic Stadium and closes the eastern approaches to the city for most of a Sunday. Do not book a morning flight out of that day. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Acropolis timed entry (1 jan – 31 dec)

Lugnt — redaktionens lugna månad, Christmas holidays i Greece

Inget nytt börjar i december.

Pågår fortfarande: Acropolis timed entry (1 jan – 31 dec), Winter hours at the ancient sites (1 nov – 31 mar)