Was ist los in Puno, Peru – übers Jahr

Viel los – Summer / year-end holidays in Peru, Schulferien in 4 der Herkunftsländer, aus denen die Gäste kommen

Im Januar beginnt nichts Neues.

Hochbetrieb – Virgen de la Candelaria, Summer / year-end holidays in Peru

• Festival

  Virgen de la Candelaria

  1.–15. Feb.Religiöses FestVollFrüh buchen

  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. Quelle ↗

Hochbetrieb – Semana Santa, Summer / year-end holidays in Peru

• Feiertag

  Semana Santa

  15. März – 20. Apr. · meistOstern & KarwocheVoll

  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. Quelle ↗

Viel los – Semana Santa

Im April beginnt nichts Neues.

Läuft noch: Semana Santa (15. März – 20. Apr. (meist))

Hochbetrieb – Alasitas and Cruces de Mayo, May break in Peru

• Festival

  Alasitas and Cruces de Mayo

  1.–6. MaiReligiöses FestVoll

  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. Quelle ↗

Viel los – Schulferien in 2 der Herkunftsländer, aus denen die Gäste kommen, einer der Monate mit dem besten Wetter

• Saison

  Freezing nights on the altiplano

  1. Juni – 15. Aug. · meistExtreme Kälte

  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.

Hochbetrieb – Fiesta de Santiago on Taquile, Fiestas Patrias

• Festival

  Fiesta de Santiago on Taquile

  24.–31. Juli · meistReligiöses FestVoll

  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. Quelle ↗

• Feiertag

  Fiestas Patrias

  25.–29. JuliNationalfeiertagVollFrüh buchenSchließungen

  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. Quelle ↗

Läuft noch: Freezing nights on the altiplano (1. Juni – 15. Aug. (meist))

Viel los – Mid-year break (Fiestas Patrias) in Peru

Im August beginnt nichts Neues.

Läuft noch: Freezing nights on the altiplano (1. Juni – 15. Aug. (meist))

Zwischensaison – Schulferien in 2 der Herkunftsländer, aus denen die Gäste kommen, ein gewöhnlicher Monat

Im September beginnt nichts Neues.

Hochbetrieb – Tata Pancho in Yunguyo, October break in Peru

• Festival

  Tata Pancho in Yunguyo

  6.–14. Okt. · meistReligiöses FestVoll

  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. Quelle ↗

Viel los – Puno's jubilee week

• Festival

  Puno's jubilee week

  1.–9. Nov.Großes FestivalVoll

  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. Quelle ↗

Hochbetrieb – Inmaculada Concepcion in Lampa, Summer / year-end holidays in Peru

• Festival

  Inmaculada Concepcion in Lampa

  6.–15. Dez.Religiöses FestVoll

  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. Quelle ↗