Qué hay en Villa de Leyva, Colombia, a lo largo del año

Concurrido — Year-end holidays en Colombia, vacaciones escolares en 4 de los mercados que lo llenan

En enero no empieza nada nuevo.

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

En febrero no empieza nada nuevo.

Máxima afluencia — Festival de Astronomia, Semana Santa

• Festival

  Festival de Astronomia

  20–22 MarCielos oscurosMucha gente

  Telescopes fill the enormous cobbled plaza for a long weekend in March, with talks, a guest country and a town that turns its lights down for it. The nights up here are genuinely dark. Fuente ↗

• Festivo

  Semana Santa

  29 Mar – 5 AbrSemana Santa y PascuaMucha genteReserva pronto

  Processions round the plaza on the Thursday and Friday, and every hotel in a colonial town of five thousand taken by Bogota. The road in from Tunja crawls on the Wednesday. Fuente ↗

Máxima afluencia — Semana Santa, Semana Santa recess en Colombia

• Temporada

  First rainy season

  1 Abr – 31 May · normalmenteMonzón

  The dry valley greens up for a few weeks and the afternoon storms come over the ridge; it is the quietest stretch of the year and the guest houses discount for it.

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

Concurrido — Festival Nacional de Bandas

• Festival

  Festival Nacional de Bandas

  10–25 May · normalmenteFestival de músicaMucha genteReserva pronto

  Colombia's national symphonic and youth wind-band competition takes over the main square for a weekend in mid-May, with brass and percussion bands from across the country and rooms booked out by visiting families. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: First rainy season (1 Abr – 31 May (normalmente))

Máxima afluencia — Founding anniversary, Villa de Leyva Jazz Festival

• Festival

  Founding anniversary

  8–14 Jun · normalmenteFestival de músicaMucha gente

  The town marks its founding on 12 June 1572, and the anniversary programme includes a national band music festival, so expect concerts and crowds in the centre. Fuente ↗

• Festival

  Villa de Leyva Jazz Festival

  24–29 JunFestival de músicaMucha genteReserva pronto

  Live jazz fills Plaza Mayor and the town's hotels, bars and restaurants for nearly a week, a fixture on Colombia's festival calendar since 2011 that turns the historic centre into a venue in its own right. Fuente ↗

Máxima afluencia — Fiestas de la Virgen del Carmen, Mid-year recess en Colombia

• Festival

  Fiestas de la Virgen del Carmen

  12–17 Jul · normalmenteFiesta religiosaMucha gente

  The patron of drivers gets processions, masses, fireworks and a parade of decorated trucks and floats with a blessing of vehicles. A local fair more than a tourist event, with Bogota weekenders on top. Fuente ↗

Concurrido — Festival del Viento y las Cometas

• Festival

  Festival del Viento y las Cometas

  14–17 AgoGran festivalMucha genteReserva pronto

  The plaza has been given over to kites in the middle of August since the 1970s, because that is when the wind on this plateau is reliable. Everything in town is booked out for the weekend. Fuente ↗

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

• Festival

  Festival Villa del Cine

  20–30 Sep · normalmenteFestival de cine

  A small film festival in late September, running since 2015, with screenings and guests from a different invited country each year. Busier weekends than usual for the time of year. Fuente ↗

Concurrido — October recess week en Colombia

• Temporada

  Second rainy season

  1 Oct – 30 Nov · normalmenteMonzón

  The second and wetter of the two rainy spells, with cloud sitting on the hills and the tracks out to the fossil museums turning to mud. Cold at night at 2,100 metres.

Concurrido — Year-end holidays en Colombia

En noviembre no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: Second rainy season (1 Oct – 30 Nov (normalmente))

Máxima afluencia — Festival de Luces, Year-end holidays en Colombia

• Festival

  Festival de Luces

  5–7 DicNavidad y Año NuevoMucha genteReserva pronto

  Fireworks and lit displays over the plaza for three nights at the start of December, the traditional opening of Christmas in Boyaca. The town closes the centre to cars and fills anyway. Fuente ↗