Sun and heat with temperatures that will reach even above 30°C and the first heat wave of the year . This is the forecast until Sunday on the Island , where the African anticyclone coming from Algeria will dominate, after touching Sardinia and Corsica it will head towards France and the rest of Italy.
"Brilliant sunshine all over Italy" explains Lorenzo Tedici, meteorologist for the website www.iLMeteo.it , who also highlights the significant temperature range: on the island there could be a difference of more than twenty degrees between day and night , with minimums of 9°C and maximums of up to 31°C, especially in the more internal areas.
The first heat wave of 2025 is also expected: with the African anticyclone, temperatures will be about 8°C above the average for the period, locally even 10°C more . The peak of the heat will be between Saturday and Sunday.
TOURIST BOOM – And with the sun and the heat and the long weekend of May 1st , tourists have already stormed the main cities of the Island . Starting from Cagliari, where five cruise ships will dock in port until Sunday . Today the Star Clipper arrives, and it continues on the 3rd and 4th with two doubles: tomorrow the Hebridrean Sky and the Caledonian Sky, Sunday the Msc Orchestra (capacity of about 3,000 passengers) and the Seabourn Sojourn.
And not just cruises, because according to Federalberghi data, 35 percent of hotels opened at Easter and will not close before October . Among the arrivals, many tourists from central Europe thanks to low-cost flights, especially Austria, Germany and Switzerland. Sweden is also doing well with connections to Stockholm and Gothenburg. And there is also Denmark with the new entry Copenhagen.
The non-hotel sector is also doing well, recording a +3% increase compared to 2023, as are agritourism, where visitors' preferences go towards wellness and sports and educational-cultural activities, capable of conquering an audience of adults and children.
(Online Union)