Det sker i Ollantaytambo (Sacred Valley), Peru året igennem

Tætpakket — Bajada de Reyes de Marcaccocha, Summer / year-end holidays i Peru

• Festival

  Bajada de Reyes de Marcaccocha

  5.–9. jan.Religiøs højtidTætpakket

  The child-Jesus icon of Marcaccocha is carried down from the Patakancha valley into Ollantaytambo on January 5, followed by a full day of folk dancing in the plaza and closing festivities through the 8th or 9th. Kilde ↗

Stadig i gang: Sacred Valley rainy season (1. dec. – 31. mar. (normalt))

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

• Lukning

  Inca Trail closed

  1.–28. feb.

  The classic trek starts at Km 82 down the valley from here, and the whole route shuts for February maintenance every year. The town keeps its trains and its ruins; the trekking groups go elsewhere. Kilde ↗

Stadig i gang: Sacred Valley rainy season (1. dec. – 31. mar. (normalt))

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

Intet nyt begynder i marts.

Stadig i gang: Sacred Valley rainy season (1. dec. – 31. mar. (normalt))

Skuldersæson — en helt almindelig måned

Intet nyt begynder i april.

Tætpakket — Andean dry season, Senor de Choquekillka

• Sæson

  Andean dry season

  1. maj – 30. sep. · normaltTætpakket

  Clear days, frost at night and dust on the terraces by August. The town works as the staging post for Machu Picchu in these months and the square is a car park of minibuses by nine.

• Festival

  Senor de Choquekillka

  23.–26. majReligiøs højtidTætpakket

  The town's own festival over Pentecost: four days of seventeen dance troupes, bullfights and fireworks in a village of a few thousand, with everyone home for it. The date moves with Easter. Kilde ↗

Travlt — Andean dry season, skoleferie på 2 af de markeder, der fylder stedet

Intet nyt begynder i juni.

Stadig i gang: Andean dry season (1. maj – 30. sep. (normalt)), Senor de Choquekillka (23.–26. maj)

Tætpakket — Andean dry season, Fiestas Patrias

• Helligdag

  Fiestas Patrias

  28.–29. jul.National helligdagTætpakketBook tidligt

  The national holidays on 28 and 29 July land inside the school winter break and the valley fills with Peruvian families. Trains to Machu Picchu are the tightest of the year. Kilde ↗

Stadig i gang: Andean dry season (1. maj – 30. sep. (normalt))

Tætpakket — Andean dry season, Mid-year break (Fiestas Patrias) i Peru

Intet nyt begynder i august.

Stadig i gang: Andean dry season (1. maj – 30. sep. (normalt)), Fiestas Patrias (28.–29. jul.)

Travlt — Andean dry season, skoleferie på 2 af de markeder, der fylder stedet

Intet nyt begynder i september.

Stadig i gang: Andean dry season (1. maj – 30. sep. (normalt))

Travlt — October break i Peru

Intet nyt begynder i oktober.

Skuldersæson — en helt almindelig måned

• Festival

  Todos Santos

  1.–2. nov.Religiøs højtid

  Sacred Valley families visit and decorate graves on 1 and 2 November, and the markets sell t'anta wawa, doll-shaped sweet breads made for the dead. Kilde ↗

Travlt — Summer / year-end holidays i Peru, skoleferie på 4 af de markeder, der fylder stedet

• Sæson

  Sacred Valley rainy season

  1. dec. – 31. mar. · normaltMonsun

  Afternoon rain over the terraces from December, with the valley greener than at any other point and the guest houses half empty. Landslides shut the road or the rail line for a day or two.