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

Concurrido — Winter break en India, vacaciones escolares en 5 de los mercados que lo llenan

En enero no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: Chillai Kalan (21 Dic – 31 Ene)

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

En febrero no empieza nada nuevo.

Máxima afluencia — Eid al-Fitr, Tulip garden opens

• Naturaleza

  Almond blossom at Badamwari

  5–31 Mar · normalmenteFlores silvestres

  The old almond orchard under Hari Parbat comes out first, a fortnight before anything else in the valley, and the city walks through it on Sunday afternoons with a flask.

• Festivo

  Eid al-Fitr

  5–31 Mar · normalmenteRamadán y EidMucha genteCierres

  The end of Ramadan is one of Kashmir's biggest holidays: markets and government offices close for a day or two, mosques fill for morning prayers, and hill resorts like Gulmarg see a surge of domestic visitors. Fuente ↗

• Apertura

  Tulip garden opens

  18 Mar – 30 Abr · normalmenteFlores silvestresMucha gente

  The terraced garden below the Zabarwan opens for about a month once the beds are ready, usually from the third week of March, and peaks in the first week of April. Opening day is announced days ahead. Fuente ↗

Máxima afluencia — Tulip garden opens, Summer vacation (Kerala / far south) en India

En abril no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: Tulip garden opens (18 Mar – 30 Abr (normalmente))

Máxima afluencia — los viajeros lo describen como muy concurrido, Summer hill-station rush

• Temporada

  Summer hill-station rush

  15 May – 15 JulVacaciones escolaresMucha genteReserva pronto

  Kashmir's peak domestic season. Houseboats on the Dal charge their top rate, the boulevard is solid from four onwards, and the shikara men do not need to negotiate.

• Festivo

  Eid al-Adha

  15 May – 5 Jun · normalmenteRamadán y EidCierres

  The Feast of Sacrifice closes markets and offices across the valley for a day; family visits and the smell of grilled meat replace the usual bazaar trade in Srinagar's old city. Fuente ↗

• Festival

  Kheer Bhawani Mela

  20 May – 25 Jun · normalmenteFiesta religiosaMucha gente

  Kashmiri Pandits gather at the Kheer Bhawani spring shrine in Tulmulla, about 27 km from Srinagar, on Jyeshtha Ashtami (usually late May or June), to offer milk pudding to the goddess; the spring's changing colour is read as an omen, and Muslim neighbours often host the visiting pilgrims. Fuente ↗

Máxima afluencia — Summer hill-station rush, Eid al-Adha

• Festivo

  Amarnath Yatra

  25 Jun – 20 Ago · normalmenteTemporada de peregrinaciónMucha genteCierres

  Several hundred thousand pilgrims move through the valley over about six weeks. Convoys get road priority on the Pahalgam and Sonamarg routes, security is heavy, and rooms are hard to find in town. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Summer hill-station rush (15 May – 15 Jul), Eid al-Adha (15 May – 5 Jun (normalmente)), Kheer Bhawani Mela (20 May – 25 Jun (normalmente))

Máxima afluencia — Summer hill-station rush, Amarnath Yatra

En julio no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: Summer hill-station rush (15 May – 15 Jul), Amarnath Yatra (25 Jun – 20 Ago (normalmente))

Concurrido — Amarnath Yatra, vacaciones escolares en 4 de los mercados que lo llenan

En agosto no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: Amarnath Yatra (25 Jun – 20 Ago (normalmente))

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

En septiembre no empieza nada nuevo.

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

• Naturaleza

  Saffron harvest at Pampore

  20 Oct – 15 Nov · normalmente

  The fields fifteen kilometres out flower purple for two or three weeks and whole families pick them before the sun is up. Buy at a farm rather than on the boulevard if you are buying at all.

• Naturaleza

  Chinars turning

  20 Oct – 20 Nov · normalmenteColores de otoño

  The Mughal gardens and the chinar avenue at Naseem Bagh go red and copper for about a month, and the crowds have gone home by then. The quietest good weeks of the Srinagar year.

Máxima afluencia — los viajeros lo describen como muy concurrido

En noviembre no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: Saffron harvest at Pampore (20 Oct – 15 Nov (normalmente)), Chinars turning (20 Oct – 20 Nov (normalmente))

Concurrido — Winter break en India, vacaciones escolares en 4 de los mercados que lo llenan

• Riesgo

  Chillai Kalan

  21 Dic – 31 EneFrío extremoCierres

  The forty days the valley counts as the real winter: pipes freeze, parts of the Dal ice over, and heavy snow shuts the Jawahar tunnel and grounds flights for a day at a time. Houseboats run on kangris and hope. Fuente ↗