På gång i Kefalonia, Greece under året

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

Inget nytt börjar i januari.

Pågår fortfarande: Out of season (20 okt – 15 apr)

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: Out of season (20 okt – 15 apr)

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), Out of season (20 okt – 15 apr)

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

• Helg

  Orthodox Easter

  10–13 aprPåsk & stilla veckanTrångtBoka tidigt

  Athens comes over for the long weekend and it is the moment the island wakes up: tavernas reopen, the ferries add sailings and the villages roast lamb on the Sunday. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Out of season (20 okt – 15 apr)

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

• Natur

  Loggerhead turtles

  1 maj – 15 sep · vanligtvisSköldpaddornas äggläggning

  Loggerheads nest on the south-coast beaches around Katelios through the summer, and adults hang around the fishing boats in Argostoli harbour waiting for scraps.

Pågår fortfarande: Orthodox Easter (10–13 apr)

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

• Säsong

  Sea warm enough to swim

  1 jun – 15 okt · vanligtvis

  The Ionian is calmer and clearer than the Aegean because the meltemi does not reach here. Myrtos is the postcard; the small coves on the Paliki side are the swim.

• Risk

  Wildfire season

  15 jun – 30 sepRöksäsong

  The fir forest on Mount Ainos and the scrub above the coast road carry real risk in a dry summer, and the national park closes to visitors on high-risk days. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Loggerhead turtles (1 maj – 15 sep (vanligtvis))

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

Inget nytt börjar i juli.

Pågår fortfarande: Loggerhead turtles (1 maj – 15 sep (vanligtvis)), Sea warm enough to swim (1 jun – 15 okt (vanligtvis)), Wildfire season (15 jun – 30 sep)

Mest folk — August peak, Summer holidays i Greece

• Helg

  August peak

  1–31 augSkollovTrångtBoka tidigt

  Greek holidays and the Dormition on 15 August fill the island at once, and the ferries from Kyllini and Patras are the choke point. Hire cars go before rooms do. Källa ↗

• Festival

  Snakes of the Virgin, Markopoulo

  6–16 augReligiös högtid

  Small harmless cat snakes turn up in the church at Markopoulo in the days before 15 August and are handled by the congregation. Villagers read a year with no snakes as a bad sign. Källa ↗

• Natur

  Robola harvest

  20 aug – 30 sep · vanligtvis

  The vines grow on limestone rubble on the slopes below Ainos and are picked from late August. The cooperative at Omala opens for tasting through the harvest.

Pågår fortfarande: Loggerhead turtles (1 maj – 15 sep (vanligtvis)), Sea warm enough to swim (1 jun – 15 okt (vanligtvis)), Wildfire season (15 jun – 30 sep)

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

Inget nytt börjar i september.

Pågår fortfarande: Loggerhead turtles (1 maj – 15 sep (vanligtvis)), Sea warm enough to swim (1 jun – 15 okt (vanligtvis)), Wildfire season (15 jun – 30 sep), Robola harvest (20 aug – 30 sep (vanligtvis))

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

• Säsong

  Out of season

  20 okt – 15 aprStängt mellan säsongernaStängningar

  Charter flights stop, the resorts board up and the ferry timetable thins to a couple of sailings a day. Argostoli and Lixouri stay open; the beach villages do not.

• 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: Sea warm enough to swim (1 jun – 15 okt (vanligtvis))

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

Inget nytt börjar i november.

Pågår fortfarande: Out of season (20 okt – 15 apr)

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

Inget nytt börjar i december.

Pågår fortfarande: Out of season (20 okt – 15 apr)