Det sker i Jaipur, India året igennem

Tætpakket — Jaipur Literature Festival, Christmas to New Year rush

• Festival

  Makar Sankranti kite day

  14.–15. jan.Stor festivalLukninger

  The city spends the day on its roofs cutting each other's kite strings, and the old town shuts down around it. Glass-coated line takes down birds and the odd scooter rider, so the flyovers get netted. Kilde ↗

• Festival

  Jaipur Literature Festival

  14.–24. jan. · normaltKunstfestivalTætpakketBook tidligt

  Five days, free to attend if you register, and big enough that hotel rates across the city move for it. The venue has changed more than once, so check where it is before booking a room near it. Kilde ↗

Stadig i gang: Christmas to New Year rush (22. dec. – 2. jan. (normalt))

Travlt — skoleferie på 2 af de markeder, der fylder stedet, en af stedets bedste måneder vejrmæssigt

Intet nyt begynder i februar.

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

• Festival

  Gangaur

  15. mar. – 15. apr. · normaltReligiøs højtidLukninger

  Two afternoons of processions out of the City Palace at Tripolia Gate, with elephants, camels and the palanquins of the goddess. The Tripolia and Chaugan routes close to traffic for hours. Kilde ↗

Travlt — Summer vacation (Kerala / far south) i India, skoleferie på 2 af de markeder, der fylder stedet

• Risiko

  Pre-monsoon heat

  25. apr. – 20. jun. · normaltEkstrem varme

  Amber and Nahargarh are open sandstone with no shade on them, and the desert wind off the west makes the afternoons worse rather than better. Local practice is fort at dawn, city after six. Kilde ↗

Stadig i gang: Gangaur (15. mar. – 15. apr. (normalt))

Travlt — Summer vacation (north & east) i India

Intet nyt begynder i maj.

Stadig i gang: Pre-monsoon heat (25. apr. – 20. jun. (normalt))

Travlt — Summer vacation (north & east) i India, skoleferie på 2 af de markeder, der fylder stedet

Intet nyt begynder i juni.

Stadig i gang: Pre-monsoon heat (25. apr. – 20. jun. (normalt))

Travlt — Teej, skoleferie på 5 af de markeder, der fylder stedet

• Sæson

  Monsoon in the Aravallis

  1. jul. – 15. sep. · normalt

  The hills behind Amber go green for the only stretch of the year and the lake below the fort fills. Rooms are at their cheapest and the tour buses are somewhere else.

• Festival

  Teej

  25. jul. – 25. aug. · normaltReligiøs højtidTætpakket

  A two-century-old procession of the goddess out of Tripolia Gate through the bazaars, in the middle of the monsoon and deliberately so. Grandstand seats in the old city are ticketed by the state. Kilde ↗

Travlt — Teej, skoleferie på 4 af de markeder, der fylder stedet

Intet nyt begynder i august.

Stadig i gang: Monsoon in the Aravallis (1. jul. – 15. sep. (normalt)), Teej (25. jul. – 25. aug. (normalt))

Skuldersæson — skoleferie på 3 af de markeder, der fylder stedet, en helt almindelig måned

Intet nyt begynder i september.

Stadig i gang: Monsoon in the Aravallis (1. jul. – 15. sep. (normalt))

Travlt — Autumn break (Dussehra / Diwali) i India, skoleferie på 2 af de markeder, der fylder stedet

• Festival

  Diwali in the bazaars

  8. nov.TætpakketLukninger

  Johari, Bapu and Tripolia bazaars compete to light the whole pink facade, and the walled city is closed to cars for several nights. It is the one time the old town is worth seeing after dark. Kilde ↗

Travlt — Diwali in the bazaars

Intet nyt begynder i november.

Stadig i gang: Diwali in the bazaars (8. nov.)

Tætpakket — Christmas to New Year rush, Winter break i India

• Helligdag

  Christmas to New Year rush

  22. dec. – 2. jan. · normaltJul & nytårTætpakketBook tidligt

  The week from Christmas to New Year is India's busiest holiday stretch: schools and many offices break, domestic travellers pour into hill stations, heritage towns and resorts, and hotels charge peak rates, often with a New Year's Eve dinner surcharge. Book early. Kilde ↗