Qué hay en Alappuzha, India, a lo largo del año

Máxima afluencia — Christmas and New Year peak, Winter break en India

En enero no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: Backwater houseboat season (1 Nov – 28 Feb), Christmas and New Year peak (20 Dic – 5 Ene)

Concurrido — Chettikulangara Bharani, vacaciones escolares en 2 de los mercados que lo llenan

• Festival

  Chettikulangara Bharani

  13 Feb – 15 Mar · normalmenteFiesta religiosaMucha gente

  Temple festival near Mavelikkara, about an hour south by road, where villages haul towering decorated chariots and horse effigies to the goddess. It falls on Bharani day in the month of Kumbham and draws huge crowds. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Backwater houseboat season (1 Nov – 28 Feb)

Concurrido — Chettikulangara Bharani, vacaciones escolares en 2 de los mercados que lo llenan

En marzo no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: Chettikulangara Bharani (13 Feb – 15 Mar (normalmente))

Máxima afluencia — Vishu, Summer vacation (Kerala / far south) en India

• Temporada

  Pre-monsoon low season

  1 Abr – 31 May · normalmenteCierre de temporada baja

  The sticky weeks before the monsoon are the backwaters' low season: houseboat rates drop well below winter prices and the canals are uncrowded, though midday on deck is hard going. Fuente ↗

• Festivo

  Vishu

  13–15 Abr · normalmenteFiesta religiosaMucha gente

  Malayalam New Year. Families wake to the vishukkani arrangement of rice, fruit and golden konna flowers, fireworks go off in the evening and many businesses close for the day. Fuente ↗

Concurrido — Summer vacation (north & east) en India

En mayo no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: Pre-monsoon low season (1 Abr – 31 May (normalmente))

Concurrido — Summer vacation (north & east) en India, vacaciones escolares en 2 de los mercados que lo llenan

• Temporada

  Southwest monsoon

  1 Jun – 15 Sep · normalmenteRiesgo

  The rains hit the Kerala coast first, usually in the opening days of June, and the backwaters run high and brown. Half the houseboats tie up; the ones still sailing cost a third of the winter rate.

Tranquilo — vacaciones escolares en 5 de los mercados que lo llenan, uno de sus peores meses por clima

• Temporada

  Karkidakam ayurveda season

  16 Jul – 16 Ago · normalmenteMonzón

  The Malayalam month the resorts sell as the right time for a treatment course, on the reasoning that the damp opens the pores. Packages run two weeks or more and are at their cheapest. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Southwest monsoon (1 Jun – 15 Sep (normalmente))

Máxima afluencia — Nehru Trophy Boat Race, Onam

• Festival

  Nehru Trophy Boat Race

  5–31 Ago · normalmenteEvento deportivoMucha genteReserva pronto

  Hundred-foot snake boats with a hundred rowers apiece, raced across Punnamada in front of a packed pavilion. The date is set only a few months ahead — long the second Saturday of August, lately later in the month. Fuente ↗

• Festivo

  Onam

  17–26 AgoVacaciones escolaresCierresMucha gente

  Kerala's ten-day harvest holiday: flower carpets at every doorway, a sadya eaten off a banana leaf, and village boat races in the canals. Shops and offices close for the last four days. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Southwest monsoon (1 Jun – 15 Sep (normalmente)), Karkidakam ayurveda season (16 Jul – 16 Ago (normalmente))

Temporada media — vacaciones escolares en 3 de los mercados que lo llenan, un mes normal

• Festival

  Champions Boat League

  15 Sep – 10 Dic · normalmenteEvento deportivo

  A league of snake boat races across Kerala from September to early December. Several rounds are held on the Alappuzha backwaters, at Kainakary, Pulinkunnu and Karuvatta, a short ride from town. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Southwest monsoon (1 Jun – 15 Sep (normalmente)), Onam (17–26 Ago)

Concurrido — Autumn break (Dussehra / Diwali) en India, vacaciones escolares en 2 de los mercados que lo llenan

En octubre no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: Champions Boat League (15 Sep – 10 Dic (normalmente))

Temporada media — un mes normal

• Temporada

  Backwater houseboat season

  1 Nov – 28 FebTemporada secaReserva pronto

  The canals go calm, the paddy is cut and every kettuvallam on Punnamada is spoken for. The good boats go months ahead and prices roughly double over the turn of the year.

Sigue en marcha: Champions Boat League (15 Sep – 10 Dic (normalmente))

Máxima afluencia — Christmas and New Year peak, Winter break en India

• Festivo

  Christmas and New Year peak

  20 Dic – 5 EneNavidad y Año NuevoMucha genteReserva pronto

  The fortnight the houseboats, the beach hotels at Marari and the flights into Kochi all cost the most. Book it in October or take the first week of December instead. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Champions Boat League (15 Sep – 10 Dic (normalmente)), Backwater houseboat season (1 Nov – 28 Feb)