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Is there a way to find out how crowded a place can be during certain period?
Google has a tool for this. it you search for a specific place, it will show you data Google has on how busy that place is on certain days and at certain times as a bar graph. Here is an example of ...
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How busy is the Roman Colosseum throughout the year?
Rome is always full of tourists.
The best time (IMO) to visit is September, just after the most popular summer vacation time for most people
Your best bet will also be October and November to mid-...
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How busy is the Roman Colosseum throughout the year?
The Italian Statistics bureau publishes the number of annual visitors per sight as well as the number of visitors per month divided by region (as used in the answer by @Berwyn).
This means the monthly ...
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How busy is the Roman Colosseum throughout the year?
Here is a presentation regarding tourism in Italy. It's for 2011 and doesn't show the Colosseum specifically, but does have breakdowns per month for paid and free museum entry. For paid entry, ...
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How to reach Old Faithful (Yellowstone) from Jackson Hole in December?
Most roads within Yellowstone National Park are not plowed over the winter. From the National Park Service:
Every year in early November, most park roads close to regular traffic as we prepare for ...
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Is the amount of water going over Niagara Falls very different in September compared to summer?
The flow over the falls is influenced by the hydroelectric power plants in the region. However, by international treaty, the flow is maintained at a certain minimum amount:
The 1950 Niagara Treaty ...
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How can I choose my time of visit to avoid the crowds at the Paris Catacombs?
It is normal to see long crowds there (even Google Street View shows the queue), but google suggests it is less busy Wednesday to Friday, either around opening time (ideally get there sometime before ...
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Iceland in late Autumn
Vast majority of the attractions should still be accessible in September and October, with possibly the exception of a few remote places in the center highlands.
I don't think most of the attractions ...
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Is the amount of water going over Niagara Falls very different in September compared to summer?
My parents just visited Niagara Falls last week (12, 13 and 14 September) from New York, they too visited only the US side. And, one weekend before my parents, my colleague visited their with his ...
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Where to find cherry blossom dates for Stockholm
There is no forecast per se that I can find, although the cherry blossom day event will be on the 22nd of April this year at Kungsträdgården. Then some kind of celebration/event is done in conjunction ...
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Will the tulips in Holland still be in season in early June?
I highly doubt there will be many left in June, but someone please correct me if I'm wrong.
Near Amsterdam, the place to visit would be the Bollenstreek (Bulb region), with the Keukenhof being the ...
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Will I be able to order meat in Crete restaurants on Good Friday?
This is a really good question.
The truth is that the week before the Orthodox Easter many meat serving restaurants in Greece are closed. I believe you will be able to find a limited amount of ...
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Iceland in late Autumn
While not as well known as the fall colors of New England, or the autumn colours of England, the leaves on Iceland do get pretty colours in September/October.
I was there second half of September ...
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Does Mykonos have nightlife in September?
September is not exactly 'post-season'. It's surely not gonna be like July and August but there are gonna be some parties till mid September and the island is not gonna be empty.
Here's a blog where ...
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How busy is the Roman Colosseum throughout the year?
I visited Rome a couple years ago for a month from late January to late February in order to avoid the number of tourists as in the summer months or Christian holidays or other ecclesiastical events ...
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Almeria Spain beach season
Easter ("Semana Santa", the Holy Week) is probably the second most important holiday season in Spain. Coastal cities are usually full of national and foreign tourists which enjoy both the cultural ...
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Are there organized surfing day trips from Bordeaux?
You have many options here. As you said, you could just go along the coast and ask any surfing school, I'm sure they'd offer you what you're looking for.
Here are a few options if you want to ease ...
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When is there a high chance of seeing the aurora from Sweden?
Geographically you want to be in the northernmost third of the country. The further north the better. Auroras in southern Sweden are few and far between. You also need to be away from any big cities ...
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Is it more expensive to buy airplane tickets around Christmas?
According to Cheapair.com's analysis of 1.5 billion domestic airfares over almost 5 million trips the answer is no, it is not more expensive to buy at Christmas simply because it is Christmas.
The ...
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Avoiding crowded times in southern Utah national parks and monuments
The reason spring and fall are so popular in these parks is that the temperatures in the summer can can be scorching.
Some tips for avoiding crowds at any time:
Most visitors never go much farther ...
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When are azaleas blooming in Sendai?
"The good season"? That's going to be spring. They don't flower in other seasons.
I know you're likely hoping for an accurate week or three, but much like the cherry blossoms, it differs from city to ...
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When is the best time for fall foliage along the Hudson River?
Foliage is late this year in this region. Normally you would expect peak foliage in mid-October, but we're still seeing a lot of green here currently. Based on current levels, I would expect to see ...
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Tree pollen counts in Tenerife
For Europe, a good general source of information is PollenInfo.org, hosted by the Medical University of Vienna. The maps and forecasts it provides are very high-level, however (e.g. continent-level ...
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Keukenhof Garden in March - Too early?
When they open the park there will be enough flowers to make it worthwhile. But the opening week there might be more boxes with flowers between the planted flowers and fewer flowers in the ground.
But ...
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The Choquequirao route during the rainy season
You've likely found that there are an abundance of articles on treking Machu Pichu, when where what how. One site that gives both a good overview, along with very detailed weather information is Machu ...
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Why would a hotel room shoot up in price at the start of the year?
Those can actually be the correct cheapest available rates for the new year...
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Those prices are erroneous...
Without contacting the hotel directly you won't know.
Two possibly scenarios to ...
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Is it at all possible to visit Old Faithful (Yellowstone) in November?
The National Park Service has a whole page on Visiting Yellowstone in Winter:
Every year, beginning in early November through mid-April, park roads are closed to the interior of the park to prepare ...
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