På gång i Corfu (Kerkyra), Greece under året

Mycket folk — Christmas holidays i Greece, skollov i 7 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

Inget nytt börjar i januari.

Pågår fortfarande: Olive harvest (1 nov – 28 feb (vanligtvis)), Resorts shut for winter (1 nov – 31 mar)

Mellansäsong — skollov i 3 av marknaderna som fyller platsen, en helt vanlig månad

• Festival

  Corfu Carnival

  5 feb – 10 mar · vanligtvis

  Venetian in origin and still masked: weeks of satirical street theatre in the old town, ending with the burning of the carnival king on the last Sunday before Lent. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Olive harvest (1 nov – 28 feb (vanligtvis)), Resorts shut for winter (1 nov – 31 mar)

Mycket folk — Independence Day, skollov i 4 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

• Natur

  Spring flowers and orchids

  10 mar – 30 apr · vanligtvisVildblommor & blomning

  The island is the greenest in the Ionian and the olive terraces come up thick with orchids and asphodel before the summer burns it all off. The Corfu Trail is at its best now. Källa ↗

• Helg

  Independence Day

  25 marNationell helgdagStängningar

  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. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Corfu Carnival (5 feb – 10 mar (vanligtvis)), Resorts shut for winter (1 nov – 31 mar)

Mest folk — Corfu Easter, Easter holidays (Orthodox) i Greece

• Helg

  Corfu Easter

  6–13 aprPåsk & stilla veckanTrångtBoka tidigt

  The most Venetian Easter in Greece: philharmonic bands in the streets all week, then at eleven on Holy Saturday morning the old town throws clay pots of water off its balconies. Källa ↗

• Öppning

  Island season opens

  15 apr – 20 maj · vanligtvisSommarsäsongen öppnar

  Resorts, charter flights and the Paleokastritsa boats restart around Easter, and the island is at its greenest for the six weeks before the heat arrives. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Spring flowers and orchids (10 mar – 30 apr (vanligtvis))

Mycket folk — Cruise days in the old town, skollov i 4 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

• Festival

  Cricket on the Spianada

  1 maj – 15 sep · vanligtvisSportevenemang

  A leftover of British rule that never went away: club matches on the ground beside the esplanade through the summer, watched from the arcade cafes by people who are mainly there for the coffee. Källa ↗

• Säsong

  Cruise days in the old town

  1 maj – 15 okt · vanligtvisKryssningssäsongTrångt

  Ships tie up a ten-minute walk from the Liston and the Spianada, so the old town runs on ship hours: heaving from ten to four, and the town's own again by early evening. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Corfu Easter (6–13 apr), Island season opens (15 apr – 20 maj (vanligtvis))

Mest folk — Cruise days in the old town, Summer holidays i Greece

• Säsong

  Sea warm enough to swim

  10 jun – 20 okt · vanligtvis

  The Ionian is calmer and clearer than the Aegean because the meltemi does not reach it, and the west-coast bays stay swimmable into the second half of October.

Pågår fortfarande: Cricket on the Spianada (1 maj – 15 sep (vanligtvis)), Cruise days in the old town (1 maj – 15 okt (vanligtvis))

Mest folk — Cruise days in the old town, Summer holidays i Greece

Inget nytt börjar i juli.

Pågår fortfarande: Cricket on the Spianada (1 maj – 15 sep (vanligtvis)), Cruise days in the old town (1 maj – 15 okt (vanligtvis)), Sea warm enough to swim (10 jun – 20 okt (vanligtvis))

Mest folk — Cruise days in the old town, August peak

• Helg

  August peak

  1–28 augSkollovTrångtBoka tidigt

  Italians and mainland Greeks both take August here, so ferries from Igoumenitsa run full, the north-east coast roads jam and villa prices roughly double for the month. Källa ↗

• Festival

  Saint Spyridon litany

  11 augReligiös högtidTrångt

  One of the four days a year the saint's body is carried through the old town, with every philharmonic band on the island behind it. The 11 August one marks a lifted siege. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Cricket on the Spianada (1 maj – 15 sep (vanligtvis)), Cruise days in the old town (1 maj – 15 okt (vanligtvis)), Sea warm enough to swim (10 jun – 20 okt (vanligtvis))

Lugnt — resenärer beskriver det som lugnt, Cruise days in the old town

Inget nytt börjar i september.

Pågår fortfarande: Cricket on the Spianada (1 maj – 15 sep (vanligtvis)), Cruise days in the old town (1 maj – 15 okt (vanligtvis)), Sea warm enough to swim (10 jun – 20 okt (vanligtvis))

Mest folk — Cruise days in the old town, Ohi Day

• Helg

  Ohi Day

  28 oktNationell helgdagStängningar

  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. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Cruise days in the old town (1 maj – 15 okt (vanligtvis)), Sea warm enough to swim (10 jun – 20 okt (vanligtvis))

Lugnt — skollov i 2 av marknaderna som fyller platsen, en av dess sämsta vädermånader

• Natur

  Olive harvest

  1 nov – 28 feb · vanligtvis

  Nets go down under four million trees, most of them planted under the Venetians and never pruned, and the presses in the villages run through the winter. Källa ↗

• Stängt

  Resorts shut for winter

  1 nov – 31 mar

  Outside Corfu Town almost everything closes for the winter, the charter flights stop and the coast roads are empty. The town itself is a working Venetian city year round. Källa ↗

Mycket folk — Christmas holidays i Greece, skollov i 7 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

Inget nytt börjar i december.

Pågår fortfarande: Olive harvest (1 nov – 28 feb (vanligtvis)), Resorts shut for winter (1 nov – 31 mar)