Det sker i Lake Atitlán (Atitlán), Guatemala året igennem

Tætpakket — Dry season, Christmas and New Year

Intet nyt begynder i januar.

Stadig i gang: Xocomil on the lake (1. nov. – 30. apr. (normalt)), Dry season (1. nov. – 30. apr. (normalt)), Christmas and New Year (18. dec. – 2. jan.)

Travlt — Dry season

Intet nyt begynder i februar.

Stadig i gang: Xocomil on the lake (1. nov. – 30. apr. (normalt)), Dry season (1. nov. – 30. apr. (normalt))

Tætpakket — Semana Santa at Santiago Atitlan, Dry season

• Festival

  Semana Santa at Santiago Atitlan

  29. mar. – 5. apr.Påske & den stille ugeTætpakketBook tidligt

  Santiago Atitlan brings Maximon out of the cofradia house and carries him through the town in Holy Week, alongside the Catholic processions. The lanchas across the lake run late and the villages fill before Panajachel does. Kilde ↗

Stadig i gang: Xocomil on the lake (1. nov. – 30. apr. (normalt)), Dry season (1. nov. – 30. apr. (normalt))

Tætpakket — Semana Santa at Santiago Atitlan, Dry season

Intet nyt begynder i april.

Stadig i gang: Semana Santa at Santiago Atitlan (29. mar. – 5. apr.), Xocomil on the lake (1. nov. – 30. apr. (normalt)), Dry season (1. nov. – 30. apr. (normalt))

Stille — en af stedets værste måneder vejrmæssigt

Intet nyt begynder i maj.

Stille — skoleferie på 3 af de markeder, der fylder stedet, en af stedets værste måneder vejrmæssigt

• Risiko

  Landslide season

  1. jun. – 31. okt. · normalt

  Heavy rainy-season downpours bring mudslides off the volcanoes around the lake, and the steep road down from Solola to Panajachel has been cut for weeks at a time. Leave slack in travel days. Kilde ↗

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

• Festival

  Santiago Atitlan town fiesta

  19.–27. jul. · normaltReligiøs højtid

  Santiago Atitlan celebrates its patron saint in the week around 25 July with processions, dances and a market, and fireworks each night that carry across the lake. Kilde ↗

Stadig i gang: Landslide season (1. jun. – 31. okt. (normalt))

Travlt — Feast of the Assumption at Solola, skoleferie på 3 af de markeder, der fylder stedet

• Festival

  Feast of the Assumption at Solola

  7.–16. aug. · normaltReligiøs højtidTætpakket

  The department capital on the ridge above Panajachel holds its fair for the Virgin of the Assumption in mid-August, ending with a dawn of fireworks and a procession on the 15th. Kilde ↗

Stadig i gang: Landslide season (1. jun. – 31. okt. (normalt))

Travlt — Independence Day, skoleferie på 2 af de markeder, der fylder stedet

• Festival

  Independence Day

  14.–15. sep.National helligdagTætpakket

  Torch relays come round the lake road through the night of the 14th and every school in Solola parades the next morning. Firecrackers from before dawn and the boats keep their own hours. Kilde ↗

Stadig i gang: Landslide season (1. jun. – 31. okt. (normalt))

Travlt — San Francisco fiesta, Panajachel

• Festival

  San Francisco fiesta, Panajachel

  1.–7. okt. · normaltReligiøs højtidTætpakket

  Panajachel's patron saint fair in the first days of October brings school parades, the Dance of the Conquest, a funfair and fireworks, with 4 October as the main day. Rooms fill with visitors from nearby towns. Kilde ↗

Stadig i gang: Landslide season (1. jun. – 31. okt. (normalt))

Travlt — Dry season

• Festival

  Todos Santos

  1. nov.Religiøs højtid

  Families spend 1 November in the cemeteries above the lake villages, repainting the graves and eating fiambre among them. The Solola market beforehand is at its busiest of the year. Kilde ↗

• Sæson

  Xocomil on the lake

  1. nov. – 30. apr. · normaltVindsæsonRisiko

  The xocomil gets up over the water around midday and turns the crossings into a soaking. Boatmen do the long runs in the morning, and the last lanchas back leave earlier than visitors expect.

• Sæson

  Dry season

  1. nov. – 30. apr. · normaltTætpakket

  Clear mornings with all three volcanoes out, and dust on every road down to the water. The villages are busiest around Christmas and Holy Week; February is the quiet middle of it.

Tætpakket — Dry season, Santo Tomas at Chichicastenango

• Festival

  Santo Tomas at Chichicastenango

  13.–21. dec.Religiøs højtidTætpakket

  An hour and a half up from the lake, Chichicastenango spends the week to the 21st in masked dances, copal smoke on the church steps and the palo volador in the square. Day trips leave Panajachel early. Kilde ↗

• Helligdag

  Christmas and New Year

  18. dec. – 2. jan.Jul & nytårTætpakketBook tidligt

  The year-end fortnight is a peak for Guatemalan and foreign visitors alike: hotels fill and raise rates, shuttles book up, and fireworks go off at midnight on 24 and 31 December. Kilde ↗

Stadig i gang: Xocomil on the lake (1. nov. – 30. apr. (normalt)), Dry season (1. nov. – 30. apr. (normalt))