Qué hay en Guatapé, Colombia, a lo largo del año

Máxima afluencia — Christmas lights, Year-end holidays en Colombia

En enero no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: Christmas lights (15 Nov – 10 Ene (normalmente))

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

En febrero no empieza nada nuevo.

Máxima afluencia — Semana Santa, Semana Santa recess en Colombia

• Festivo

  Semana Santa

  29 Mar – 5 AbrSemana Santa y PascuaMucha genteReserva pronto

  Medellin comes out for Holy Week and Guatape is where a lot of it lands: the town's beds run near full and the queue up the Piedra starts before breakfast. Go on the Wednesday or not at all. Fuente ↗

Máxima afluencia — Semana Santa, Semana Santa recess en Colombia

• Temporada

  First rainy season

  1 Abr – 31 May · normalmenteMonzón

  The heavier of the two wet spells: clear mornings on the reservoir, cloud on the Piedra by two and a downpour after it. Boat trips still run, the view from the 700 steps often does not.

Sigue en marcha: Semana Santa (29 Mar – 5 Abr)

Temporada media — un mes normal

En mayo no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: First rainy season (1 Abr – 31 May (normalmente))

Máxima afluencia — June long weekends and school break, Mid-year recess en Colombia

• Festivo

  June long weekends and school break

  8 Jun – 15 Jul · normalmenteVacaciones escolaresMucha gente

  Colombia's mid-year school break and a run of Monday holidays in June send Medellin families out for the weekend, filling the boats, the climb up El Penol and the hotels; weekdays stay calm. Fuente ↗

Máxima afluencia — June long weekends and school break, Fiestas de la Virgen del Carmen

• Festival

  Fiestas de la Virgen del Carmen

  16 JulFiesta religiosaMucha gente

  The town's patron saint carried through the zocalo streets on 16 July, with a boat procession on the reservoir and a week of music around it. Everything is booked from Medellin beforehand. Fuente ↗

• Festival

  Feria de las Flores in Medellin

  30 Jul – 12 Ago · normalmenteGran festivalMucha gente

  Medellin's flower festival runs for about ten days in early August and closes with the silleteros parade of flower frames carried on farmers' backs; it is roughly two hours from Guatape by bus, and the holiday also sends more visitors to the reservoir. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: June long weekends and school break (8 Jun – 15 Jul (normalmente))

Concurrido — Feria de las Flores in Medellin

En agosto no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: Feria de las Flores in Medellin (30 Jul – 12 Ago (normalmente))

Temporada media — vacaciones escolares en 2 de los mercados que lo llenan, un mes normal

• Temporada

  Second rainy season

  15 Sep – 15 Nov · normalmenteMonzón

  The second wet spell of the year is the wetter one for eastern Antioquia, and the reservoir sits under low cloud for days at a time. Prices ease and the town is briefly local again.

Concurrido — October recess week en Colombia

En octubre no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: Second rainy season (15 Sep – 15 Nov (normalmente))

Máxima afluencia — Christmas lights, Year-end holidays en Colombia

• Festivo

  Christmas lights

  15 Nov – 10 Ene · normalmenteNavidad y Año NuevoMucha gente

  Guatape switches its lights on before anywhere else in the region, usually in mid-November, and then holds them until Epiphany. December weekends are the busiest of the year after Holy Week. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Second rainy season (15 Sep – 15 Nov (normalmente))

Máxima afluencia — Christmas lights, Year-end holidays en Colombia

En diciembre no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: Christmas lights (15 Nov – 10 Ene (normalmente))