Det sker i Puno, Peru året igennem

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

Intet nyt begynder i januar.

Tætpakket — Virgen de la Candelaria, Summer / year-end holidays i Peru

• Festival

  Virgen de la Candelaria

  1.–15. feb.Religiøs højtidTætpakketBook tidligt

  Two hundred troupes and something like fifty thousand dancers take the streets and the stadium for a fortnight around 2 February. Rooms in Puno go months before, and the lake boats run half empty. Kilde ↗

Tætpakket — Semana Santa, Summer / year-end holidays i Peru

• Helligdag

  Semana Santa

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

  Holy Thursday and Good Friday are national holidays, so Peruvians fill the lake tours. On Good Friday the faithful climb the calvary hills such as Azoguini, and Chucuito lays flower carpets for its processions. Kilde ↗

Travlt — Semana Santa

Intet nyt begynder i april.

Stadig i gang: Semana Santa (15. mar. – 20. apr. (normalt))

Tætpakket — Alasitas and Cruces de Mayo, May break i Peru

• Festival

  Alasitas and Cruces de Mayo

  1.–6. majReligiøs højtidTætpakket

  In early May Puno blesses its hillside crosses and holds a fair of miniatures, tiny houses, cars and banknotes bought in the hope of getting the real thing within the year. The 3rd is the main day. Kilde ↗

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

• Sæson

  Freezing nights on the altiplano

  1. jun. – 15. aug. · normaltEkstrem kulde

  At 3,800 m the dry-season nights drop below freezing in rooms with no heating, while the midday sun burns hard enough that the hospital treats sunburn off the slow boats most days of July and August.

Tætpakket — Fiesta de Santiago on Taquile, Fiestas Patrias

• Festival

  Fiesta de Santiago on Taquile

  24.–31. jul. · normaltReligiøs højtidTætpakket

  Taquile island's patron saint feast, centred on the 25th, is when the islanders dance in their finest weaving to panpipes and drums. It is the island's biggest week, a long boat ride from Puno, so arrange the crossing early. 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 ↗

Stadig i gang: Freezing nights on the altiplano (1. jun. – 15. aug. (normalt))

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

Intet nyt begynder i august.

Stadig i gang: Freezing nights on the altiplano (1. jun. – 15. aug. (normalt))

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

Intet nyt begynder i september.

Tætpakket — Tata Pancho in Yunguyo, October break i Peru

• Festival

  Tata Pancho in Yunguyo

  6.–14. okt. · normaltReligiøs højtidTætpakket

  Yunguyo, on the Bolivian border about two and a half hours away, honours San Francisco de Borja with a procession on 10 October, zampona contests and more than fifty troupes of sikumorenos, morenada and diablada. Kilde ↗

Travlt — Puno's jubilee week

• Festival

  Puno's jubilee week

  1.–9. nov.Stor festivalTætpakket

  The city was founded on 4 November 1668 and marks it with parades, estudiantina contests and a re-enactment of Manco Cápac and Mama Ocllo coming ashore out of the lake by reed boat. Kilde ↗

Tætpakket — Inmaculada Concepcion in Lampa, Summer / year-end holidays i Peru

• Festival

  Inmaculada Concepcion in Lampa

  6.–15. dec.Religiøs højtidTætpakket

  Lampa, the colonial pink town north of Juliaca and an easy day trip, keeps its patron feast with sikuris and ayarachi contests, masses and processions, including a staged descent and ascension of the Virgin. Kilde ↗