Qué hay en Ollantaytambo (Sacred Valley), Perú, a lo largo del año

Máxima afluencia — Bajada de Reyes de Marcaccocha, Summer / year-end holidays en Perú

• Festival

  Bajada de Reyes de Marcaccocha

  5–9 EneFiesta religiosaMucha gente

  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. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Sacred Valley rainy season (1 Dic – 31 Mar (normalmente))

Concurrido — Summer / year-end holidays en Perú, vacaciones escolares en 3 de los mercados que lo llenan

• Cierre

  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. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Sacred Valley rainy season (1 Dic – 31 Mar (normalmente))

Concurrido — Summer / year-end holidays en Perú, vacaciones escolares en 3 de los mercados que lo llenan

En marzo no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: Sacred Valley rainy season (1 Dic – 31 Mar (normalmente))

Temporada media — un mes normal

En abril no empieza nada nuevo.

Máxima afluencia — Andean dry season, Senor de Choquekillka

• Temporada

  Andean dry season

  1 May – 30 Sep · normalmenteMucha gente

  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 MayFiesta religiosaMucha gente

  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. Fuente ↗

Concurrido — Andean dry season, vacaciones escolares en 2 de los mercados que lo llenan

En junio no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: Andean dry season (1 May – 30 Sep (normalmente)), Senor de Choquekillka (23–26 May)

Máxima afluencia — Andean dry season, Fiestas Patrias

• Festivo

  Fiestas Patrias

  28–29 JulFiesta nacionalMucha genteReserva pronto

  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. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Andean dry season (1 May – 30 Sep (normalmente))

Máxima afluencia — Andean dry season, Mid-year break (Fiestas Patrias) en Perú

En agosto no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: Andean dry season (1 May – 30 Sep (normalmente)), Fiestas Patrias (28–29 Jul)

Concurrido — Andean dry season, vacaciones escolares en 2 de los mercados que lo llenan

En septiembre no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: Andean dry season (1 May – 30 Sep (normalmente))

Concurrido — October break en Perú

En octubre no empieza nada nuevo.

Temporada media — un mes normal

• Festival

  Todos Santos

  1–2 NovFiesta religiosa

  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. Fuente ↗

Concurrido — Summer / year-end holidays en Perú, vacaciones escolares en 4 de los mercados que lo llenan

• Temporada

  Sacred Valley rainy season

  1 Dic – 31 Mar · normalmenteMonzón

  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.