På gång i Heraklion (Crete), 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 – 31 jan (vanligtvis)), Winter: charters stop (5 nov – 31 mar)

Mycket folk — Clean Monday, skollov i 3 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

• Helg

  Clean Monday

  23 febKarnevalStängningarTrångt

  Clean Monday, the first day of Orthodox Lent and 48 days before Easter, is a public holiday. Offices and most shops close, families head outdoors to picnic and fly kites, and tavernas serve Lenten food such as seafood, bean dishes and flat lagana bread. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Winter: charters stop (5 nov – 31 mar)

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

• Natur

  Spring on the Messara

  10 mar – 10 maj · vanligtvisVildblommor & blomning

  The plain south of the city and the climb up to the Lasithi plateau are green and flowering for two months, which is also when the archaeological sites are walkable at midday.

• 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: Clean Monday (23 feb), Winter: charters stop (5 nov – 31 mar)

Mest folk — Orthodox Easter, Coach and cruise season at Knossos

• Helg

  Orthodox Easter

  10–13 aprPåsk & stilla veckanStängningarBoka tidigt

  Shops, museums and half the restaurants shut from Good Friday through Easter Monday while the villages roast lamb. Domestic flights and the Piraeus ferries fill first. Källa ↗

• Säsong

  Coach and cruise season at Knossos

  15 apr – 31 oktTrångtBoka tidigt

  The site takes the island's whole coach and cruise load between ten and two, on almost no shade. Being at the gate when it opens is the only version of Knossos worth having.

Pågår fortfarande: Spring on the Messara (10 mar – 10 maj (vanligtvis))

Mycket folk — Coach and cruise season at Knossos, skollov i 4 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

Inget nytt börjar i maj.

Pågår fortfarande: Spring on the Messara (10 mar – 10 maj (vanligtvis)), Orthodox Easter (10–13 apr), Coach and cruise season at Knossos (15 apr – 31 okt)

Mest folk — Coach and cruise season at Knossos, Summer holidays i Greece

• Säsong

  Sea warm enough to swim

  1 jun – 5 nov · vanligtvis

  Crete's water runs a month ahead of the mainland at both ends of the season. The city's own beaches are ordinary; the ones east towards Malia and west at Agia Pelagia are not. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Coach and cruise season at Knossos (15 apr – 31 okt)

Mest folk — Coach and cruise season at Knossos, Summer holidays i Greece

Inget nytt börjar i juli.

Pågår fortfarande: Coach and cruise season at Knossos (15 apr – 31 okt), Sea warm enough to swim (1 jun – 5 nov (vanligtvis))

Mest folk — Coach and cruise season at Knossos, August peak

• Helg

  August peak

  1–31 augSkollovTrångtBoka tidigt

  Greek and northern European holidays land together, the airport runs at capacity and hire cars are the thing that actually sells out. Book the car before the room. Källa ↗

• Natur

  Peza wine harvest

  20 aug – 10 okt · vanligtvis

  The vineyards at Peza and Archanes, twenty minutes uphill, bring in vidiano and kotsifali from late August, and the estates open their doors while they do. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Coach and cruise season at Knossos (15 apr – 31 okt), Sea warm enough to swim (1 jun – 5 nov (vanligtvis))

Mest folk — Coach and cruise season at Knossos, Summer holidays i Greece

Inget nytt börjar i september.

Pågår fortfarande: Coach and cruise season at Knossos (15 apr – 31 okt), Sea warm enough to swim (1 jun – 5 nov (vanligtvis)), Peza wine harvest (20 aug – 10 okt (vanligtvis))

Mest folk — Coach and cruise season at Knossos, 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: Coach and cruise season at Knossos (15 apr – 31 okt), Sea warm enough to swim (1 jun – 5 nov (vanligtvis)), Peza wine harvest (20 aug – 10 okt (vanligtvis))

Mellansäsong — skollov i 2 av marknaderna som fyller platsen, en helt vanlig månad

• Natur

  Olive harvest

  1 nov – 31 jan · vanligtvis

  Nets under the trees across the whole prefecture from November, and the presses running late into the night. The new oil is the reason to eat in a village in December.

• Säsong

  Winter: charters stop

  5 nov – 31 marStängt mellan säsongernaStängningar

  The resorts either side of the city close and the charter flights end, but Heraklion is a working port city of 150,000 and carries on. Rooms cost a third of August.

Pågår fortfarande: Sea warm enough to swim (1 jun – 5 nov (vanligtvis))

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 – 31 jan (vanligtvis)), Winter: charters stop (5 nov – 31 mar)