Ponta Delgada (Azores), Portekiz: yıl boyunca neler var

Kalabalık — Portekiz genelinde Christmas holidays, burayı dolduran pazarların 7 tanesinde okul tatili

Ocak ayında yeni bir şey başlamıyor.

Hâlâ sürüyor: Winter Atlantic storms (1 Kas – 15 Mar (genelde)), Christmas in Ponta Delgada (25 Kas – 6 Oca (genelde)), Camellias at Terra Nostra (15 Ara – 31 Mar (genelde))

Kalabalık — Portekiz genelinde Carnival holidays, burayı dolduran pazarların 3 tanesinde okul tatili

• Festival

  Carnaval and the Coliseu balls

  1 Şub – 10 Mar · geneldeKarnavalErken rezervasyon

  Carnival in Ponta Delgada means a schools' parade through the historic centre, malassada stalls, and the traditional gala balls at the Coliseu Micaelense, held since the 1920s and close to sold out most years. Kaynak ↗

Hâlâ sürüyor: Winter Atlantic storms (1 Kas – 15 Mar (genelde)), Camellias at Terra Nostra (15 Ara – 31 Mar (genelde))

Çok kalabalık — Easter week, Portekiz genelinde Easter holidays

• Festival

  Tremor

  10 Mar – 20 Nis · geneldeMüzik festivaliErken rezervasyon

  Five days of concerts staged in the town's halls and then out in craters, chapels and tea plantations across the island. It fills the small hotel stock in what is otherwise low season. Kaynak ↗

• Doğa

  Whale and dolphin season

  15 Mar – 15 Eki · geneldeBalina sezonu

  Blue and fin whales pass on migration from about April to June, the biggest animals anyone will ever see from a boat. Sperm whales and several dolphin species are here all season.

• Tatil

  Easter week

  29 Mar – 5 NisPaskalya ve Kutsal HaftaKalabalıkKapanışlar

  Good Friday is a national holiday and Easter Sunday a day for family lunches. Many Portuguese take the week around it off, so hotels fill and rates rise for the first busy spell of the year, and some shops and museums close on Friday and Sunday. Kaynak ↗

Hâlâ sürüyor: Carnaval and the Coliseu balls (1 Şub – 10 Mar (genelde)), Winter Atlantic storms (1 Kas – 15 Mar (genelde)), Camellias at Terra Nostra (15 Ara – 31 Mar (genelde))

Çok kalabalık — Easter week, Portekiz genelinde Easter holidays

• Festival

  Senhor Santo Cristo dos Milagres

  8–14 MayDini bayramKalabalıkErken rezervasyon

  The largest religious festival in the Azores, on the fifth Sunday after Easter. Emigrant families fly in for it, the streets around Sao Francisco are carpeted in flowers, and flights sell out. Kaynak ↗

Hâlâ sürüyor: Tremor (10 Mar – 20 Nis (genelde)), Whale and dolphin season (15 Mar – 15 Eki (genelde)), Easter week (29 Mar – 5 Nis)

Kalabalık — Senhor Santo Cristo dos Milagres, burayı dolduran pazarların 4 tanesinde okul tatili

• Festival

  Holy Spirit festas

  1 May – 15 Ağu · geneldeDini bayram

  Every village keeps a painted imperio chapel, and through the summer each takes its turn to crown a child and hand out soup and sweet bread to anyone who turns up. No tickets, no schedule you can rely on. Kaynak ↗

Hâlâ sürüyor: Whale and dolphin season (15 Mar – 15 Eki (genelde)), Senhor Santo Cristo dos Milagres (8–14 May)

Kalabalık — Portekiz genelinde Summer holidays, burayı dolduran pazarların 4 tanesinde okul tatili

• Doğa

  Hydrangea hedges

  15 Haz – 5 Eyl · geneldeKır çiçekleri ve çiçeklenme

  The field boundaries across Sao Miguel are hydrangeas rather than fences, and from midsummer the roads to Sete Cidades and Furnas are lined blue for a couple of months.

Hâlâ sürüyor: Whale and dolphin season (15 Mar – 15 Eki (genelde)), Senhor Santo Cristo dos Milagres (8–14 May), Holy Spirit festas (1 May – 15 Ağu (genelde))

Kalabalık — Portekiz genelinde Summer holidays, burayı dolduran pazarların 7 tanesinde okul tatili

Temmuz ayında yeni bir şey başlamıyor.

Hâlâ sürüyor: Whale and dolphin season (15 Mar – 15 Eki (genelde)), Holy Spirit festas (1 May – 15 Ağu (genelde)), Hydrangea hedges (15 Haz – 5 Eyl (genelde))

Kalabalık — Portekiz genelinde Summer holidays, burayı dolduran pazarların 7 tanesinde okul tatili

• Sezon

  Sea at its warmest

  1 Ağu – 15 Eki · geneldeDeniz yeterince ılık

  Mid-Atlantic water warms late and peaks in September, which is also when the swimming holes at Ferraria and the Mosteiros pools are usable rather than bracing. Kaynak ↗

• Risk

  Atlantic storm season

  15 Ağu – 31 EkiKasırga sezonu

  Hurricanes that have turned north usually reach the Azores as post-tropical storms. They rarely do damage, but they cancel inter-island flights and boat trips for a day or two at a time. Kaynak ↗

Hâlâ sürüyor: Whale and dolphin season (15 Mar – 15 Eki (genelde)), Holy Spirit festas (1 May – 15 Ağu (genelde)), Hydrangea hedges (15 Haz – 5 Eyl (genelde))

Kalabalık — Portekiz genelinde Summer holidays, burayı dolduran pazarların 3 tanesinde okul tatili

Eylül ayında yeni bir şey başlamıyor.

Hâlâ sürüyor: Whale and dolphin season (15 Mar – 15 Eki (genelde)), Hydrangea hedges (15 Haz – 5 Eyl (genelde)), Sea at its warmest (1 Ağu – 15 Eki (genelde)), Atlantic storm season (15 Ağu – 31 Eki)

Ara sezon — burayı dolduran pazarların 4 tanesinde okul tatili, sıradan bir ay

Ekim ayında yeni bir şey başlamıyor.

Hâlâ sürüyor: Whale and dolphin season (15 Mar – 15 Eki (genelde)), Sea at its warmest (1 Ağu – 15 Eki (genelde)), Atlantic storm season (15 Ağu – 31 Eki)

Ara sezon — burayı dolduran pazarların 2 tanesinde okul tatili, sıradan bir ay

• Risk

  Winter Atlantic storms

  1 Kas – 15 Mar · geneldeKış fırtınaları

  A few deep Atlantic storms each winter bring gales, heavy rain and rough seas for a day or two; flights to the other islands and the mainland are cancelled and harbours close. Leave a buffer day before an onward flight. Kaynak ↗

• Festival

  Christmas in Ponta Delgada

  25 Kas – 6 Oca · geneldeNoel ve yılbaşı

  The Portas da Cidade and Campo de Sao Francisco are lit from late November, with a Christmas market, a giant tree, rides for children and a shop-window contest in early December, through to the New Year. Kaynak ↗

Kalabalık — Portekiz genelinde Christmas holidays, burayı dolduran pazarların 7 tanesinde okul tatili

• Doğa

  Camellias at Terra Nostra

  15 Ara – 31 Mar · geneldeKır çiçekleri ve çiçeklenme

  Terra Nostra Park in Furnas, about 45 minutes' drive away, holds hundreds of camellia varieties that flower through winter and usually peak in February, a good pairing with its warm iron-rich pool on a grey day. Kaynak ↗

Hâlâ sürüyor: Winter Atlantic storms (1 Kas – 15 Mar (genelde)), Christmas in Ponta Delgada (25 Kas – 6 Oca (genelde))