Det sker i Ica, Peru året igennem

Tætpakket — Navidad Negra in El Carmen, Summer / year-end holidays i Peru

• Risiko

  Highland rains and huaicos

  15. jan. – 31. mar. · normaltOversvømmelsessæson

  Rain in the Andes sends mudflows and river surges down into the desert valleys; in bad years the Ica, Ocucaje and Nazca areas flood and the Panamericana Sur is cut for hours. Kilde ↗

Stadig i gang: Navidad Negra in El Carmen (24. dec. – 6. jan.)

Travlt — Summer / year-end holidays i Peru, skoleferie på 3 af de markeder, der fylder stedet

• Sæson

  Grape harvest

  1. feb. – 15. apr. · normalt

  Picking runs from February into April and the bodegas around the valley open their presses and stills while it is on — the only weeks you can watch pisco actually being made.

Stadig i gang: Highland rains and huaicos (15. jan. – 31. mar. (normalt))

Tætpakket — Festival de la Vendimia, Semana Santa and the Luren procession

• Festival

  Festival de la Vendimia

  6.–16. mar.Mad- & drikkefestivalTætpakket

  Ten days of grape-treading in the fairground, bodega tastings and a queen's coronation, with the central Friday a regional public holiday. Hotel prices in the town roughly double for it. Kilde ↗

• Helligdag

  Semana Santa and the Luren procession

  20. mar. – 25. apr. · normaltPåske & den stille ugeTætpakket

  Holy Week peaks on Good Friday night when the Senor de Luren leaves his sanctuary for a procession of more than sixteen hours over flower carpets. Pilgrims and Lima's long-weekend crowd, many bound for Huacachina, arrive together. Kilde ↗

Stadig i gang: Highland rains and huaicos (15. jan. – 31. mar. (normalt)), Grape harvest (1. feb. – 15. apr. (normalt))

Travlt — Semana Santa and the Luren procession

Intet nyt begynder i april.

Stadig i gang: Grape harvest (1. feb. – 15. apr. (normalt)), Semana Santa and the Luren procession (20. mar. – 25. apr. (normalt))

Travlt — May break i Peru

Intet nyt begynder i maj.

Tætpakket — rejsende beskriver det som højsæson, skoleferie på 2 af de markeder, der fylder stedet

Intet nyt begynder i juni.

Tætpakket — National Pisco Day, Fiestas Patrias

• Sæson

  Paracas wind and sandstorms

  1. jul. – 15. okt. · normaltVindsæsonRisiko

  La paraca, a strong afternoon wind that lifts sand off the desert, is most frequent in the southern winter. It can cut visibility on the Panamericana and in Huacachina and ground Ballestas boat trips. Kilde ↗

• Festival

  National Pisco Day

  22.–28. jul. · normaltMad- & drikkefestivalTætpakket

  Pisco's official day falls on the fourth Sunday of July, and Ica, where much of it is distilled, marks it with a mass toast on the Plaza de Armas and tastings at the fairground and bodegas. It runs into the Fiestas Patrias traffic from Lima. Kilde ↗

• Helligdag

  Fiestas Patrias

  25.–29. jul.National helligdagTætpakketBook tidligtLukninger

  Independence on 28 and 29 July is Peru's biggest domestic travel break, often widened into a long weekend. Buses and domestic flights sell out and fares rise, hotels fill, towns hang flags for parades, and banks and offices close. Kilde ↗

Travlt — Mid-year break (Fiestas Patrias) i Peru

Intet nyt begynder i august.

Stadig i gang: Paracas wind and sandstorms (1. jul. – 15. okt. (normalt))

Skuldersæson — skoleferie på 2 af de markeder, der fylder stedet, en helt almindelig måned

Intet nyt begynder i september.

Stadig i gang: Paracas wind and sandstorms (1. jul. – 15. okt. (normalt))

Tætpakket — Señor de Luren processions, October break i Peru

• Festival

  Señor de Luren processions

  14.–28. okt. · normaltReligiøs højtidTætpakket

  The city's Cristo Moreno is carried through the streets on the third Monday of October and again the Sunday after, setting off at dusk once the desert heat drops. Ica plans the month around it. Kilde ↗

Stadig i gang: Paracas wind and sandstorms (1. jul. – 15. okt. (normalt))

Skuldersæson — en helt almindelig måned

Intet nyt begynder i november.

Tætpakket — Navidad Negra in El Carmen, Summer / year-end holidays i Peru

• Festival

  Navidad Negra in El Carmen

  24. dec. – 6. jan.Jul & nytårTætpakket

  A day trip north to El Carmen in Chincha, where the Afro-Peruvian Hatajo de Negritos and Las Pallitas dance to violin through Christmas; 27 December, the feast of the Virgen del Carmen, draws the biggest crowds. Kilde ↗