På gång i Kalabaka (Meteora), Greece under året

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

Inget nytt börjar i januari.

Pågår fortfarande: Monasteries on winter hours (1 nov – 31 mar), Cloud on the pillars (1 nov – 15 mar (vanligtvis))

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: Monasteries on winter hours (1 nov – 31 mar), Cloud on the pillars (1 nov – 15 mar (vanligtvis))

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

• 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), Monasteries on winter hours (1 nov – 31 mar), Cloud on the pillars (1 nov – 15 mar (vanligtvis))

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

• Natur

  Spring on the rocks

  1 apr – 31 maj · vanligtvisVildblommor & blomning

  The pillars are green to the base and the footpaths between the monasteries are at their best before the plain heats up. Griffon vultures are on the thermals by mid-morning.

• Helg

  Orthodox Easter

  10–13 aprPåsk & stilla veckanTrångtStängningar

  The monasteries keep the full liturgical week and Greek visitors come for it, so the town is booked out and the sites keep their own hours rather than the posted ones. Källa ↗

• Säsong

  Climbing and hiking season

  1 apr – 15 jun · vanligtvisLedsäsong

  The conglomerate towers have been climbed since the 1970s and spring is the window, along with mid-September to November. Midsummer rock is too hot to hold by ten.

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

Inget nytt börjar i maj.

Pågår fortfarande: Spring on the rocks (1 apr – 31 maj (vanligtvis)), Orthodox Easter (10–13 apr), Climbing and hiking season (1 apr – 15 jun (vanligtvis))

Mest folk — resenärer beskriver det som högsäsong, Summer holidays i Greece

Inget nytt börjar i juni.

Pågår fortfarande: Climbing and hiking season (1 apr – 15 jun (vanligtvis))

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

• Risk

  Thessaly plain heat

  1 jul – 25 augExtrem värme

  This inland plain is one of the hottest places in Greece and the rock radiates it back. Monastery visits mean stairs in full sun, so it is an early-morning trip in high summer. Källa ↗

Mest folk — August coaches, Summer holidays i Greece

• Helg

  August coaches

  1–31 augSkollovTrångt

  Day coaches from Thessaloniki and the Athens road arrive together in the middle of the day, and the narrow monastery stairs are one-in-one-out. Go at opening or at four. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Thessaly plain heat (1 jul – 25 aug)

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

Inget nytt börjar i september.

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

• Natur

  Autumn colour in the Pindus

  15 okt – 20 nov · vanligtvis

  The oak and beech on the slopes behind the rocks turn through late October, and the coaches have gone. It is the quietest good month here.

• 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 ↗

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

• Stängt

  Monasteries on winter hours

  1 nov – 31 mar

  From November the six monasteries drop to short winter hours and each closes two or three days a week rather than one. Plan the loop around the closures or you will drive past locked gates. Källa ↗

• Säsong

  Cloud on the pillars

  1 nov – 15 mar · vanligtvisDimsäsongRisk

  Winter mornings put low cloud in the valley with the monasteries standing above it, which is the photograph everyone comes for. It also means some days you see nothing at all.

Pågår fortfarande: Autumn colour in the Pindus (15 okt – 20 nov (vanligtvis))

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

Inget nytt börjar i december.

Pågår fortfarande: Monasteries on winter hours (1 nov – 31 mar), Cloud on the pillars (1 nov – 15 mar (vanligtvis))