Qué hay en Suchitoto, El Salvador, a lo largo del año

Concurrido — vacaciones escolares en 3 de los mercados que lo llenan, uno de sus mejores meses por clima

En enero no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: Migratory birds on Lake Suchitlan (1 Nov – 31 Mar (normalmente))

Concurrido — uno de sus mejores meses por clima

• Festival

  Festival de Arte y Cultura

  1–28 Feb · normalmenteFestival de artesReserva pronto

  February is the month the town's arts festival runs, founded in 1991 and since then a fixture that brings opera, theatre, film and companies from abroad into a place of a few thousand people. Beds are limited and go early. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Migratory birds on Lake Suchitlan (1 Nov – 31 Mar (normalmente))

Concurrido — Semana Santa, vacaciones escolares en 2 de los mercados que lo llenan

• Festivo

  Semana Santa

  29 Mar – 5 AbrSemana Santa y PascuaMucha gente

  The cobbled streets get coloured sawdust carpets laid overnight and walked over by the processions the next morning, in one of the country's better-known Holy Weeks. Salvadoran day trippers arrive from the capital with them. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Migratory birds on Lake Suchitlan (1 Nov – 31 Mar (normalmente))

Concurrido — Semana Santa

En abril no empieza nada nuevo.

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

Tranquilo — uno de sus peores meses por clima

• Festival

  Dia de la Cruz

  3 MayFiesta religiosa

  At the start of the rains households dress wooden crosses with flowers, fruit and paper chains to bless the planting season, and the town holds processions and hands out sweets. Fuente ↗

Tranquilo — vacaciones escolares en 3 de los mercados que lo llenan, uno de sus peores meses por clima

En junio no empieza nada nuevo.

Concurrido — Suchitoto city anniversary, vacaciones escolares en 3 de los mercados que lo llenan

• Festival

  Suchitoto city anniversary

  15 JulGran festivalMucha gente

  Suchitoto was made a city on 15 July 1858 and marks it with a dawn cannon salute, a student parade, the Banda 15 de Julio, balloon launches, a mass and fireworks, each neighbourhood in its own colours. Fuente ↗

Concurrido — Festival del Maiz, vacaciones escolares en 3 de los mercados que lo llenan

• Festival

  Festival del Maiz

  24 AgoFestival gastronómicoMucha gente

  A one-day harvest thanksgiving started by the Santa Lucia parish: a procession and mass, then the streets fill with stands of riguas, atol de elote and corn pupusas. Day-trippers from San Salvador pack the town. Fuente ↗

Concurrido — Independence Day, vacaciones escolares en 2 de los mercados que lo llenan

• Festivo

  Independence Day

  14–15 SepFiesta nacionalCierresMucha gente

  Torch relays arrive on the evening of the 14th and school bands and drum corps parade through town on the 15th. Banks, offices and many shops close, and buses run a holiday timetable. Fuente ↗

Temporada media — un mes normal

En octubre no empieza nada nuevo.

Concurrido — La Calabiuza in Tonacatepeque

• Festival

  La Calabiuza in Tonacatepeque

  1 NovGran festivalMucha gente

  On the night of 1 November Tonacatepeque, under an hour away, parades Salvadoran folk spirits such as La Siguanaba, El Cipitio and El Cadejo from the cemetery to the plaza, lit by candle-carved gourds. Fuente ↗

• Naturaleza

  Migratory birds on Lake Suchitlan

  1 Nov – 31 Mar · normalmenteTemporada de aves

  In the dry months migratory birds stop over on the reservoir below town, joining the resident herons and cormorants; early-morning boat trips to the bird island see the most. Fuente ↗

Concurrido — Fiestas de Santa Lucia, vacaciones escolares en 3 de los mercados que lo llenan

• Festival

  Fiestas de Santa Lucia

  6–13 DicFiesta religiosaMucha gente

  The patron saint days run for a week to 13 December with something every day: masked characters, floats, music in the plaza and the town's own people back for it. The quieter, more local of Suchitoto's two big weeks. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Migratory birds on Lake Suchitlan (1 Nov – 31 Mar (normalmente))