På gång i Catania (Etna), Italy under året

Mest folk — Christmas to Epiphany, Christmas holidays i Italy

• Risk

  Etna ash and airport closures

  1 jan – 31 decVulkanisk aktivitetStängningar

  Etna produces paroxysms several times a year with no season to them, and when the ash blows south the airport shuts for hours and the cars turn grey. Check INGV before assuming a flight will go. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Blood orange harvest (15 dec – 15 apr (vanligtvis)), Skiing on Etna (20 dec – 31 mar (vanligtvis)), Christmas to Epiphany (24 dec – 6 jan)

Mest folk — Carnevale di Acireale, Festa di Sant'Agata

• Festival

  Carnevale di Acireale

  1 feb – 5 mar · vanligtvisKarnevalTrångt

  Sicily's flower-and-papier-mache carnival runs for about ten days up to Shrove Tuesday in the baroque town fifteen kilometres north, reachable on the local train. Källa ↗

• Festival

  Festa di Sant'Agata

  3–5 febReligiös högtidTrångtStängningarBoka tidigt

  Three days in early February when the whole city, in white sacchi, hauls the saint's silver bust through the streets overnight. Traffic and normal life stop; hotels go months ahead. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Etna ash and airport closures (1 jan – 31 dec), Blood orange harvest (15 dec – 15 apr (vanligtvis)), Skiing on Etna (20 dec – 31 mar (vanligtvis))

Mycket folk — Carnevale di Acireale, skollov i 4 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

• Helg

  Easter and Pasquetta

  4–6 aprPåsk & stilla veckanTrångtStängningar

  Easter Sunday and Easter Monday (Pasquetta) are public holidays, and Italians use the long weekend for short breaks and day trips: trains and hotels fill, old towns and sights are busier than the weeks around, and many shops and some restaurants close on Easter Sunday. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Etna ash and airport closures (1 jan – 31 dec), Carnevale di Acireale (1 feb – 5 mar (vanligtvis)), Blood orange harvest (15 dec – 15 apr (vanligtvis)), Skiing on Etna (20 dec – 31 mar (vanligtvis))

Mest folk — Easter and Pasquetta, Easter holidays i Italy

Inget nytt börjar i april.

Pågår fortfarande: Etna ash and airport closures (1 jan – 31 dec), Easter and Pasquetta (4–6 apr), Blood orange harvest (15 dec – 15 apr (vanligtvis))

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

Inget nytt börjar i maj.

Pågår fortfarande: Etna ash and airport closures (1 jan – 31 dec)

Mycket folk — Summer holidays i Italy, skollov i 3 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

• Säsong

  Sea warm enough to swim

  10 jun – 25 okt · vanligtvis

  One of the longest swimming windows in Europe. The lava coast at Aci Trezza is the better water; the sand at Playa is where the city goes.

Pågår fortfarande: Etna ash and airport closures (1 jan – 31 dec)

Mycket folk — Summer holidays i Italy, skollov i 6 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

Inget nytt börjar i juli.

Pågår fortfarande: Etna ash and airport closures (1 jan – 31 dec), Sea warm enough to swim (10 jun – 25 okt (vanligtvis))

Mest folk — Ferragosto, Summer holidays i Italy

• Helg

  Ferragosto

  5–25 augSkollovStängningarTrångt

  The city's own restaurants close for a fortnight while everyone moves to the coast, and flights and ferries are at their dearest of the year around 15 August. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Etna ash and airport closures (1 jan – 31 dec), Sea warm enough to swim (10 jun – 25 okt (vanligtvis))

Mycket folk — Summer holidays i Italy, skollov i 2 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

Inget nytt börjar i september.

Pågår fortfarande: Etna ash and airport closures (1 jan – 31 dec), Sea warm enough to swim (10 jun – 25 okt (vanligtvis))

Mellansäsong — skollov i 4 av marknaderna som fyller platsen, en helt vanlig månad

Inget nytt börjar i oktober.

Pågår fortfarande: Etna ash and airport closures (1 jan – 31 dec), Sea warm enough to swim (10 jun – 25 okt (vanligtvis))

Lugnt — resenärer beskriver det som lugnt, skollov i 2 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

Inget nytt börjar i november.

Pågår fortfarande: Etna ash and airport closures (1 jan – 31 dec)

Mest folk — Christmas to Epiphany, Christmas holidays i Italy

• Natur

  Blood orange harvest

  15 dec – 15 apr · vanligtvis

  Tarocco and moro oranges come off the volcanic plain north of the city through winter, which is the argument for eating here between January and March.

• Säsong

  Skiing on Etna

  20 dec – 31 mar · vanligtvisSkidsäsong

  Nicolosi and Piano Provenzana run a handful of lifts on the volcano in a normal winter, an hour above a coast where the oranges are being picked.

• Helg

  Christmas to Epiphany

  24 dec – 6 janJul & nyårStängningarTrångt

  Christmas Day, Santo Stefano (26 December), New Year's Day and Epiphany (6 January) are public holidays. Many museums, shops and restaurants close on the 25th and some on the 26th and 1st, while the days between bring Italian families out to nativity scenes, lights and markets. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Etna ash and airport closures (1 jan – 31 dec)