Cosa c'è in programma a Alappuzha (India) durante l'anno

Folla al massimo — Christmas and New Year peak, Winter break in India

In gennaio non inizia nulla di nuovo.

Ancora in corso: Backwater houseboat season (1 nov – 28 feb), Christmas and New Year peak (20 dic – 5 gen)

Affollato — Chettikulangara Bharani, vacanze scolastiche in 2 dei paesi da cui arrivano i visitatori

• Festival

  Chettikulangara Bharani

  13 feb – 15 mar · di solitoFesta religiosaAffollato

  Temple festival near Mavelikkara, about an hour south by road, where villages haul towering decorated chariots and horse effigies to the goddess. It falls on Bharani day in the month of Kumbham and draws huge crowds. Fonte ↗

Ancora in corso: Backwater houseboat season (1 nov – 28 feb)

Affollato — Chettikulangara Bharani, vacanze scolastiche in 2 dei paesi da cui arrivano i visitatori

In marzo non inizia nulla di nuovo.

Ancora in corso: Chettikulangara Bharani (13 feb – 15 mar (di solito))

Folla al massimo — Vishu, Summer vacation (Kerala / far south) in India

• Stagione

  Pre-monsoon low season

  1 apr – 31 mag · di solitoChiusura di bassa stagione

  The sticky weeks before the monsoon are the backwaters' low season: houseboat rates drop well below winter prices and the canals are uncrowded, though midday on deck is hard going. Fonte ↗

• Festività

  Vishu

  13–15 apr · di solitoFesta religiosaAffollato

  Malayalam New Year. Families wake to the vishukkani arrangement of rice, fruit and golden konna flowers, fireworks go off in the evening and many businesses close for the day. Fonte ↗

Affollato — Summer vacation (north & east) in India

In maggio non inizia nulla di nuovo.

Ancora in corso: Pre-monsoon low season (1 apr – 31 mag (di solito))

Affollato — Summer vacation (north & east) in India, vacanze scolastiche in 2 dei paesi da cui arrivano i visitatori

• Stagione

  Southwest monsoon

  1 giu – 15 set · di solitoRischio

  The rains hit the Kerala coast first, usually in the opening days of June, and the backwaters run high and brown. Half the houseboats tie up; the ones still sailing cost a third of the winter rate.

Tranquillo — vacanze scolastiche in 5 dei paesi da cui arrivano i visitatori, uno dei mesi con il clima peggiore

• Stagione

  Karkidakam ayurveda season

  16 lug – 16 ago · di solitoMonsone

  The Malayalam month the resorts sell as the right time for a treatment course, on the reasoning that the damp opens the pores. Packages run two weeks or more and are at their cheapest. Fonte ↗

Ancora in corso: Southwest monsoon (1 giu – 15 set (di solito))

Folla al massimo — Nehru Trophy Boat Race, Onam

• Festival

  Nehru Trophy Boat Race

  5–31 ago · di solitoEvento sportivoAffollatoPrenota presto

  Hundred-foot snake boats with a hundred rowers apiece, raced across Punnamada in front of a packed pavilion. The date is set only a few months ahead — long the second Saturday of August, lately later in the month. Fonte ↗

• Festività

  Onam

  17–26 agoVacanze scolasticheChiusureAffollato

  Kerala's ten-day harvest holiday: flower carpets at every doorway, a sadya eaten off a banana leaf, and village boat races in the canals. Shops and offices close for the last four days. Fonte ↗

Ancora in corso: Southwest monsoon (1 giu – 15 set (di solito)), Karkidakam ayurveda season (16 lug – 16 ago (di solito))

Media stagione — vacanze scolastiche in 3 dei paesi da cui arrivano i visitatori, un mese nella media

• Festival

  Champions Boat League

  15 set – 10 dic · di solitoEvento sportivo

  A league of snake boat races across Kerala from September to early December. Several rounds are held on the Alappuzha backwaters, at Kainakary, Pulinkunnu and Karuvatta, a short ride from town. Fonte ↗

Ancora in corso: Southwest monsoon (1 giu – 15 set (di solito)), Onam (17–26 ago)

Affollato — Autumn break (Dussehra / Diwali) in India, vacanze scolastiche in 2 dei paesi da cui arrivano i visitatori

In ottobre non inizia nulla di nuovo.

Ancora in corso: Champions Boat League (15 set – 10 dic (di solito))

Media stagione — un mese nella media

• Stagione

  Backwater houseboat season

  1 nov – 28 febStagione seccaPrenota presto

  The canals go calm, the paddy is cut and every kettuvallam on Punnamada is spoken for. The good boats go months ahead and prices roughly double over the turn of the year.

Ancora in corso: Champions Boat League (15 set – 10 dic (di solito))

Folla al massimo — Christmas and New Year peak, Winter break in India

• Festività

  Christmas and New Year peak

  20 dic – 5 genNatale e CapodannoAffollatoPrenota presto

  The fortnight the houseboats, the beach hotels at Marari and the flights into Kochi all cost the most. Book it in October or take the first week of December instead. Fonte ↗

Ancora in corso: Champions Boat League (15 set – 10 dic (di solito)), Backwater houseboat season (1 nov – 28 feb)