Qué hay en Puno, Perú, a lo largo del año

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

En enero no empieza nada nuevo.

Máxima afluencia — Virgen de la Candelaria, Summer / year-end holidays en Perú

• Festival

  Virgen de la Candelaria

  1–15 FebFiesta religiosaMucha genteReserva pronto

  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. Fuente ↗

Máxima afluencia — Semana Santa, Summer / year-end holidays en Perú

• Festivo

  Semana Santa

  15 Mar – 20 Abr · normalmenteSemana Santa y PascuaMucha gente

  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. Fuente ↗

Concurrido — Semana Santa

En abril no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: Semana Santa (15 Mar – 20 Abr (normalmente))

Máxima afluencia — Alasitas and Cruces de Mayo, May break en Perú

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  Alasitas and Cruces de Mayo

  1–6 MayFiesta religiosaMucha gente

  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. Fuente ↗

Concurrido — vacaciones escolares en 2 de los mercados que lo llenan, uno de sus mejores meses por clima

• Temporada

  Freezing nights on the altiplano

  1 Jun – 15 Ago · normalmenteFrío extremo

  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.

Máxima afluencia — Fiesta de Santiago on Taquile, Fiestas Patrias

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  Fiesta de Santiago on Taquile

  24–31 Jul · normalmenteFiesta religiosaMucha gente

  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. Fuente ↗

• Festivo

  Fiestas Patrias

  25–29 JulFiesta nacionalMucha genteReserva prontoCierres

  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. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Freezing nights on the altiplano (1 Jun – 15 Ago (normalmente))

Concurrido — Mid-year break (Fiestas Patrias) en Perú

En agosto no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: Freezing nights on the altiplano (1 Jun – 15 Ago (normalmente))

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

En septiembre no empieza nada nuevo.

Máxima afluencia — Tata Pancho in Yunguyo, October break en Perú

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  Tata Pancho in Yunguyo

  6–14 Oct · normalmenteFiesta religiosaMucha gente

  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. Fuente ↗

Concurrido — Puno's jubilee week

• Festival

  Puno's jubilee week

  1–9 NovGran festivalMucha gente

  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. Fuente ↗

Máxima afluencia — Inmaculada Concepcion in Lampa, Summer / year-end holidays en Perú

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  Inmaculada Concepcion in Lampa

  6–15 DicFiesta religiosaMucha gente

  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. Fuente ↗