Qué hay en Tilcara, Argentina, a lo largo del año

Máxima afluencia — Enero Tilcareño, Christmas and New Year

• Riesgo

  Summer mudslides on the RN 9

  1 Ene – 31 Mar · normalmenteTemporada de deslizamientosCierres

  Summer storms send mud and rock down the side gullies onto the valley road, locally called volcanes, cutting the RN 9 at Volcán or Tumbaya for hours or days. Leave slack in any schedule for the drive up. Fuente ↗

• Festival

  Enero Tilcareño

  7–31 EneGran festivalMucha genteReserva pronto

  A month of folklore stages, gaucho pialada contests and dances in the municipal hall, running since 1957. It is the reason January is the one month the Quebrada's small hotels are genuinely full. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Christmas and New Year (24 Dic – 1 Ene)

Máxima afluencia — Carnaval and the devil, Summer holidays en Argentina

• Festival

  Carnaval and the devil

  1 Feb – 10 Mar · normalmenteCarnavalMucha genteReserva pronto

  A horned figure is dug out of a mound on the opening Saturday and buried again nine days later; in between the comparsas move through town throwing flour and talc. Beds go months ahead. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Summer mudslides on the RN 9 (1 Ene – 31 Mar (normalmente))

Máxima afluencia — Carnaval and the devil, Punta Corral pilgrimage

• Festivo

  Semana Santa

  2–5 AbrSemana Santa y PascuaMucha genteReserva prontoCierres

  Holy Thursday and Good Friday make one of the year's biggest long weekends. Banks and public offices close, long-distance buses and domestic flights sell out, and hotels in popular towns fill at higher rates, so book ahead. Fuente ↗

• Festival

  Punta Corral pilgrimage

  16 Mar – 21 Abr · normalmenteTemporada de peregrinaciónMucha gente

  In Holy Week thousands climb from Tilcara to the Virgin's sanctuary in the high pass, led by sikuri bands of cane flutes and drums, and bring her down into town on the Wednesday to a packed plaza. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Summer mudslides on the RN 9 (1 Ene – 31 Mar (normalmente)), Carnaval and the devil (1 Feb – 10 Mar (normalmente))

Máxima afluencia — Semana Santa, Punta Corral pilgrimage

En abril no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: Semana Santa (2–5 Abr), Punta Corral pilgrimage (16 Mar – 21 Abr (normalmente))

Temporada media — un mes normal

En mayo no empieza nada nuevo.

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

• Festival

  Inti Raymi at Huacalera

  20–21 JunGran festival

  Indigenous communities keep a night vigil on the winter solstice at Huacalera, 17 km north on the Tropic of Capricorn, and greet the sunrise of the Andean new year with offerings, sikuris and erke horns. Fuente ↗

Máxima afluencia — Argentine winter holidays, Winter recess en Argentina

• Temporada

  Argentine winter holidays

  5 Jul – 5 Ago · normalmenteVacaciones escolaresMucha genteReserva pronto

  The Quebrada is the most booked region in the province over the July break, with Tilcara near full. Craft market stalls and peñas are at their busiest; so are the queues for Garganta del Diablo and the Pucará. Fuente ↗

Concurrido — Argentine winter holidays

• Festival

  Día de la Pachamama

  1 AgoFiesta religiosa

  On the first of August households open a hole in the ground and feed it — food, coca, alcohol — before anyone eats. It is a domestic thing rather than a show, and most of the Quebrada does it. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Argentine winter holidays (5 Jul – 5 Ago (normalmente))

Concurrido — Fiesta Nacional de los Estudiantes, vacaciones escolares en 2 de los mercados que lo llenan

• Festival

  Fiesta Nacional de los Estudiantes

  12–26 SepGran festivalMucha gente

  San Salvador de Jujuy, about 85 km south, spends two September weeks on student float parades that run late into the night. Jujuy's schools close for part of the week. Fuente ↗

Temporada media — un mes normal

En octubre no empieza nada nuevo.

Temporada media — un mes normal

• Festival

  Dia de las Almas

  1–2 NovFiesta religiosa

  Families set tables of offerings for returning souls, draped black for the recently dead and white for children, stacked with bread figures baked in mud ovens, and neighbours are welcomed in to share. Fuente ↗

Máxima afluencia — Christmas and New Year, Summer holidays en Argentina

• Festivo

  Christmas and New Year

  24 Dic – 1 EneNavidad y Año NuevoCierres

  Argentines celebrate at midnight on 24 and 31 December with family dinners and fireworks. Shops close early on those evenings, and on 25 December and 1 January almost everything is shut, including many restaurants. Fuente ↗