Seasons in Xirokambi
Xirokambi is a great place to visit all year round. Take a look at the seasonal highlights to see what time of the year fits you best. Outdoor activities are possible in all seasons.
Spring season
- Flowers – from February till June flowers colour ancient sites, olive groves, fields and mountain slopes
- Great skies
- Apokries – Greek Carnival
- Clean Monday – Start of Lent celibrated with special dishes, the first picnic and flying kites
- Greek-orthodox Easter (main religious festival)
- 25 March – Independence Day, celebrated with a parade around the village square of Xirokambi
- May 1 – Labour Day, celebrated with music, dance and food
- The most perfect time of the year for photography
- Great for outdoor activities like walking and cycling
Summer
- Summer Festival of Xirokambi
- Open air cinema in Sparta
- Outdoor wining and dining
- Music and other performances in the open-air theaters of Xirokambi and Sparta
- Colourful fruits and vegetables
- Flowers: oleander, hollyhocks, roses
Autumn
- Great skies
- Start of the olive harvest (beginning of November)
- Turning foliage (starting in November)
- Flowers: cyclamen, crocus
- 28 October – Ohi-day, national holiday in remembrance of the refusal of the Greek government to the ‘request’ by Italy to occupy Greek soil (WWII)
- Last weekend of October: Chestnut festival of Arna
- Great for outdoor activities like walking and cycling
Winter season
- Olive harvest
- Orange harvest
- Great skies
- Alcyone days – 10 days around Christmas with perfect & quiet weather; named after the kingfisher bird who lays her eggs in this time of the year
- Flowers: cyclamen, orchids, euphorbia
- Autumn foliage
