På gång i Matera (Sassi), Italy under året

Mest folk — Living nativity in the caves, Christmas holidays i Italy

Inget nytt börjar i januari.

Pågår fortfarande: Living nativity in the caves (20 dec – 6 jan (vanligtvis))

Lugnt — skollov i 3 av marknaderna som fyller platsen, en av dess sämsta vädermånader

Inget nytt börjar i februari.

Mycket folk — Holy Week in the Sassi, skollov i 4 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

• Helg

  Holy Week in the Sassi

  29 mar – 6 aprPåsk & stilla veckanTrångtBoka tidigt

  Torchlit processions down through the cave quarters on the Thursday and Friday, in a town small enough that a few thousand visitors fill it. Rooms in the Sassi go early. Källa ↗

Mest folk — Holy Week in the Sassi, Spring bank-holiday bridges

• Helg

  Spring bank-holiday bridges

  25 apr – 2 junNationell helgdagTrångtBoka tidigt

  Liberation Day (25 April), Labour Day (1 May) and Republic Day (2 June) are public holidays, and when one falls near a weekend Italians bridge it into a long break, the ponte. Those weekends bring domestic crowds, fuller trains and higher room rates, and some shops close on the day. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Holy Week in the Sassi (29 mar – 6 apr)

Mycket folk — Spring bank-holiday bridges, skollov i 4 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

Inget nytt börjar i maj.

Pågår fortfarande: Spring bank-holiday bridges (25 apr – 2 jun)

Mest folk — Spring bank-holiday bridges, Festa della Bruna

• Festival

  Festa della Bruna

  28 jun – 2 julReligiös högtidTrångtBoka tidigt

  The one day Matera belongs to Materans. A papier-mache triumphal cart is paraded on 2 July and then torn to pieces by the crowd in Piazza Vittorio Veneto in about three minutes. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Spring bank-holiday bridges (25 apr – 2 jun)

Mest folk — Festa della Bruna, Summer holidays i Italy

• Risk

  Heat in the ravine

  1 jul – 25 augExtrem värme

  The Sassi are cut into a south-facing tufa gorge with almost no shade and stone that holds the day's heat into the night. Everything worth walking to is done before ten or after seven. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Festa della Bruna (28 jun – 2 jul)

Mest folk — Ferragosto, Summer holidays i Italy

• Helg

  Ferragosto

  10–20 augSkollovStängningarTrångt

  Italian holidays peak around 15 August: day-trippers from the Puglian coast fill the belvedere while the family-run places in the lower town take their own fortnight off. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Heat in the ravine (1 jul – 25 aug)

Mycket folk — Summer holidays i Italy, skollov i 2 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

• Natur

  Grape then olive harvest

  10 sep – 20 nov · vanligtvis

  Grapes come in across the Murgia through September, olives from late October, and the new oil reaches the shops in November. The countryside is at work and the town is at its emptiest.

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

Inget nytt börjar i oktober.

Pågår fortfarande: Grape then olive harvest (10 sep – 20 nov (vanligtvis))

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

Inget nytt börjar i november.

Pågår fortfarande: Grape then olive harvest (10 sep – 20 nov (vanligtvis))

Mest folk — Living nativity in the caves, Christmas holidays i Italy

• Festival

  Living nativity in the caves

  20 dec – 6 jan · vanligtvisJul & nyårTrångt

  The cave quarters are used as a nativity set over the holidays, which is the one time of year the Sassi are properly lit at night. Dress for stone: the caves hold the cold as well as the heat. Källa ↗