På gång i Izmir (Cesme), Turkey under året

Mycket folk — Semester (winter) break i Turkey, skollov i 6 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

Inget nytt börjar i januari.

Mycket folk — Semester (winter) break i Turkey, skollov i 2 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

• Helg

  Ramazan Bayrami (Eid al-Fitr)

  20–22 marRamadan & eidStängningarBoka tidigt

  Three days of public holiday after the fast, with a half day before, and often bridged into a longer break. Government offices and many family-run shops close on the first day, and intercity buses and domestic flights sell out days ahead as families travel. Källa ↗

Mest folk — Ramazan Bayrami (Eid al-Fitr), Second-term mid-break i Turkey

• Festival

  European Jazz Festival

  1–15 mar · vanligtvisMusikfestivalBoka tidigt

  Izmir's longest-running jazz festival, staged at the Ahmed Adnan Saygun Art Center since 1994, with international acts, workshops and photo exhibitions through the first half of March. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Ramazan Bayrami (Eid al-Fitr) (20–22 mar)

Mest folk — Izmir Marathon, Alacati Herb Festival

• Festival

  Izmir Marathon

  5–20 apr · vanligtvisSportevenemangTrångtStängningar

  A World Athletics label road race through the city each April, with the coastal course closing roads along the bay on race morning. Källa ↗

• Festival

  Alacati Herb Festival

  20–26 aprMat- & dryckesfestivalTrångt

  Wild-herb dishes, foraging walks and stalls fill Alacati for about a week each spring; it's in Cesme district, roughly 90 minutes from central Izmir by road, so plan it as a day trip. Källa ↗

Mycket folk — Kurban Bayrami (Eid al-Adha), skollov i 2 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

• Helg

  Kurban Bayrami (Eid al-Adha)

  27–30 majRamadan & eidStängningarBoka tidigt

  The longer religious holiday, four days and frequently stretched to nine. Offices and many shops close, intercity buses and domestic flights sell out well ahead and fares climb, and holiday hotels fill with Turkish families before the foreign season peaks. Källa ↗

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

• Festival

  International Izmir Festival

  4 jun – 8 julMusikfestival

  Five weeks of concerts that move between the Agora, the Celsus library at Ephesus and Cesme castle. The ancient venues sell out first and the drive back from Selcuk is the catch. Källa ↗

• Säsong

  Sea warm enough to swim

  10 jun – 20 okt · vanligtvis

  Nobody swims in the gulf itself; the season is measured by the peninsula, Cesme and Urla, forty minutes west. It stays swimmable well into October once the crowds have gone.

• Risk

  Wildfire season

  15 jun – 30 sep · vanligtvisRöksäsong

  Izmir province burns nearly every summer, usually in the pine hills between the city and the peninsula. The city itself is rarely threatened; the coast road and the smoke are what change plans. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Kurban Bayrami (Eid al-Adha) (27–30 maj)

Mycket folk — Summer holidays i Turkey, skollov i 5 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

Inget nytt börjar i juli.

Pågår fortfarande: International Izmir Festival (4 jun – 8 jul), Sea warm enough to swim (10 jun – 20 okt (vanligtvis)), Wildfire season (15 jun – 30 sep (vanligtvis))

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

• Säsong

  The city moves to the coast

  1–31 augSkollov

  Izmir empties westward in August: half the good restaurants in Alsancak shut for the month while Cesme and Alacati charge triple. The city is at its most liveable and least interesting.

Pågår fortfarande: Sea warm enough to swim (10 jun – 20 okt (vanligtvis)), Wildfire season (15 jun – 30 sep (vanligtvis))

Mest folk — Izmir International Fair, Summer holidays i Turkey

• Festival

  Izmir International Fair

  5–13 sepStor festivalTrångt

  Ninety-five editions of a trade fair that turned into a city festival, held in the Kulturpark. It brackets 9 September, the day Izmir marks its liberation with a half marathon and fireworks. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Sea warm enough to swim (10 jun – 20 okt (vanligtvis)), Wildfire season (15 jun – 30 sep (vanligtvis))

Mycket folk — skollov i 3 av marknaderna som fyller platsen, en av dess bästa vädermånader

Inget nytt börjar i oktober.

Pågår fortfarande: Sea warm enough to swim (10 jun – 20 okt (vanligtvis))

Mycket folk — First-term mid-break i Turkey

• Säsong

  Aegean olive harvest

  1 nov – 20 dec · vanligtvis

  The groves around Urla and Seferihisar are picked and pressed through November, and the new oil turns up green and peppery in the markets. It is the one reason to be here out of season.

Lugnt — skollov i 5 av marknaderna som fyller platsen, en av dess sämsta vädermånader

Inget nytt börjar i december.

Pågår fortfarande: Aegean olive harvest (1 nov – 20 dec (vanligtvis))