På gång i Palermo (Sicily), Italy under året

Mest folk — Christmas to the Befana, Christmas holidays i Italy

Inget nytt börjar i januari.

Pågår fortfarande: Christmas to the Befana (8 dec – 6 jan)

Mellansäsong — skollov i 3 av marknaderna som fyller platsen, en helt vanlig månad

Inget nytt börjar i februari.

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

• Helg

  Holy Week

  29 mar – 6 aprTrångtStängningar

  Processions through the old quarters and cassata in every pasticceria. It is also the week Sicilians travel, so the ferries and the Palermo to Catania road both clog. Källa ↗

Mest folk — Holy Week, 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 (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, Summer holidays i Italy

Inget nytt börjar i juni.

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

Mest folk — Festino di Santa Rosalia, Summer holidays i Italy

• Risk

  Sirocco heat

  1 jul – 31 augExtrem värme

  When the sirocco comes off North Africa the city sits under dust-hazed African air for days at a time and the markets close by noon. Sicily's worst heat events land in this window. Källa ↗

• Festival

  Festino di Santa Rosalia

  10–15 julReligiös högtidTrångt

  The city's own week, u Fistinu: a wagon carrying the saint is hauled down the Cassaro on the night of 14 July and the whole of Palermo walks behind it to fireworks over the Foro Italico. Källa ↗

Mest folk — Ferragosto, Summer holidays i Italy

• Helg

  Ferragosto

  8–22 augSkollovStängningar

  Palermitani decamp to Mondello and the coast for a fortnight around 15 August; the family trattorias and half the workshops in the centre put up shutters with a handwritten note. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Sirocco heat (1 jul – 31 aug)

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

• Festival

  Acchianata to Monte Pellegrino

  3–4 sepReligiös högtid

  The quieter half of the Rosalia year: on the night of 3 September people walk barefoot up the old mule track to the sanctuary on the mountain, arriving for dawn on the 4th. Källa ↗

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

• Öppning

  Le Vie dei Tesori

  1 okt – 15 nov · vanligtvisStor festival

  For five or six autumn weekends a coupon buys entry to palazzi, crypts, rooftops and convents that are locked the rest of the year. The best argument for Palermo in October. Källa ↗

Lugnt — resenärer beskriver det som lugnt, skollov i 2 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

Inget nytt börjar i november.

Pågår fortfarande: Le Vie dei Tesori (1 okt – 15 nov (vanligtvis))

Mest folk — Christmas to the Befana, Christmas holidays i Italy

• Helg

  Christmas to the Befana

  8 dec – 6 janJul & nyårStängningar

  Cribs in the churches, buccellato and cassata in the windows, and a centre that half-closes between the holidays. Mild enough to walk all day, which December in Italy rarely is. Källa ↗