A city, a region can completely change the face of one season to the next. Choose a good time!
1 Barcelona during Carnival (Spain)
The Carnestoltes (carnival, in Catalan) in Barcelona in February or March. It includes several days of parades and festivities, which end 47 days before Easter Sunday, on a Tuesday. Gran Rua - great parade of floats and teams gathered to welcome King Carnival - starts on or near the Plaça d'Espanya to track westward Carrer de la Creu Coberta. The following Wednesday takes place Enterrament de la Sardina (Burial of the Sardine), often on the hill of Montjuïc. This ceremony marks the beginning of Lent. A rougher version of the carnival takes place in Sitges, where bars and nightclubs are attacked by revelers for several days.
2. Quebec in winter (Canada)
With average temperatures of -22 ° C in January over much of the territory and -10 ° C in the valley of the St. Lawrence, fi mosquitoes. But mostly, Quebec then ready amount of exhilarating activities: downhill skiing, dogsled rides and snowshoe equipped for cross country skiing or snowmobiling on the P'tit Train du Nord which connects St. Jérôme to Mont-Laurier (200 km). Thousands of skaters perform on the Rideau Canal, near Saint-Sauveur, or swirl on Beaver Lake Parc du Mont-Royal, right in Montreal. The hockey team of the city plays its matches in the splendid Bell Centre from October to May
Quebec has 150 ski track, 1 hour from Montreal and 30 minutes from Quebec City.
3 Rome summer (Italy)
From late June to August, the Eternal City is experiencing a hot and humid climate, sometimes unbearable. But it's also the season when Rome is the liveliest and most sensual. People are in the streets and outdoor festivals abound; women go out dressed in divine robes; It serves gelati all day before having dinner on the terrace. Steeples of the capital of Christianity stand out in orange ocher on a generally blue sky. All invite to take the time to bask in the sun on the pavement cafes, to get lost in the cobbled streets and laze in the trattorias.
4 Reykjavík at midnight sun (Iceland)
Icelanders used to joke about the unpredictability of the climate of their country. However, the summer temperatures are generally correct and it is day 22 hours 24 driest and hottest months of the year, May, June and July are the best time to visit the country. The high season runs from early June to late August. The rest of the year, many galleries, museums and attractions in the capital have limited opening hours.
Reykjavik is expensive. Most accommodation and restaurants suitable for small budgets gathered in the west, in the old town.
1 Barcelona during Carnival (Spain)
The Carnestoltes (carnival, in Catalan) in Barcelona in February or March. It includes several days of parades and festivities, which end 47 days before Easter Sunday, on a Tuesday. Gran Rua - great parade of floats and teams gathered to welcome King Carnival - starts on or near the Plaça d'Espanya to track westward Carrer de la Creu Coberta. The following Wednesday takes place Enterrament de la Sardina (Burial of the Sardine), often on the hill of Montjuïc. This ceremony marks the beginning of Lent. A rougher version of the carnival takes place in Sitges, where bars and nightclubs are attacked by revelers for several days.
2. Quebec in winter (Canada)
With average temperatures of -22 ° C in January over much of the territory and -10 ° C in the valley of the St. Lawrence, fi mosquitoes. But mostly, Quebec then ready amount of exhilarating activities: downhill skiing, dogsled rides and snowshoe equipped for cross country skiing or snowmobiling on the P'tit Train du Nord which connects St. Jérôme to Mont-Laurier (200 km). Thousands of skaters perform on the Rideau Canal, near Saint-Sauveur, or swirl on Beaver Lake Parc du Mont-Royal, right in Montreal. The hockey team of the city plays its matches in the splendid Bell Centre from October to May
Quebec has 150 ski track, 1 hour from Montreal and 30 minutes from Quebec City.
3 Rome summer (Italy)
From late June to August, the Eternal City is experiencing a hot and humid climate, sometimes unbearable. But it's also the season when Rome is the liveliest and most sensual. People are in the streets and outdoor festivals abound; women go out dressed in divine robes; It serves gelati all day before having dinner on the terrace. Steeples of the capital of Christianity stand out in orange ocher on a generally blue sky. All invite to take the time to bask in the sun on the pavement cafes, to get lost in the cobbled streets and laze in the trattorias.
4 Reykjavík at midnight sun (Iceland)
Icelanders used to joke about the unpredictability of the climate of their country. However, the summer temperatures are generally correct and it is day 22 hours 24 driest and hottest months of the year, May, June and July are the best time to visit the country. The high season runs from early June to late August. The rest of the year, many galleries, museums and attractions in the capital have limited opening hours.
Reykjavik is expensive. Most accommodation and restaurants suitable for small budgets gathered in the west, in the old town.
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