Cosa c'è in programma a Antigua Guatemala (Guatemala) durante l'anno

Folla al massimo — Dry season, Christmas and New Year

In gennaio non inizia nulla di nuovo.

Ancora in corso: Dry season (1 nov – 30 apr (di solito)), Christmas and New Year (16 dic – 1 gen)

Folla al massimo — Lenten processions, Dry season

• Festival

  Lenten processions

  15 feb – 27 mar · di solitoPasqua e Settimana SantaAffollato

  Each Sunday of Lent one of the churches walks its own procession, with a velacion in the days before it. Slower and far less crowded than Holy Week, and the town is still yours in the evening. Fonte ↗

Ancora in corso: Dry season (1 nov – 30 apr (di solito))

Folla al massimo — Lenten processions, Semana Santa

• Festival

  Semana Santa

  29 mar – 5 aprPasqua e Settimana SantaAffollatoPrenota presto

  Carpets of dyed sawdust are laid through the night and destroyed within minutes by the men carrying the andas over them. The centre closes to traffic, hotels are booked a year out, and Good Friday is when everything converges. Fonte ↗

Ancora in corso: Lenten processions (15 feb – 27 mar (di solito)), Dry season (1 nov – 30 apr (di solito))

Folla al massimo — Semana Santa, Dry season

In aprile non inizia nulla di nuovo.

Ancora in corso: Semana Santa (29 mar – 5 apr), Dry season (1 nov – 30 apr (di solito))

Tranquillo — uno dei mesi con il clima peggiore

• Festival

  Corpus Christi carpets

  21 mag – 27 giu · di solitoFesta religiosa

  The Corpus Christi procession leaves the churches over streets laid with sawdust and flower carpets, the tradition Holy Week borrowed. Smaller and far less crowded than Semana Santa. Fonte ↗

Tranquillo — vacanze scolastiche in 3 dei paesi da cui arrivano i visitatori, uno dei mesi con il clima peggiore

In giugno non inizia nulla di nuovo.

Ancora in corso: Corpus Christi carpets (21 mag – 27 giu (di solito))

Affollato — Feast of Santiago, vacanze scolastiche in 3 dei paesi da cui arrivano i visitatori

• Festival

  Feast of Santiago

  1–25 lug · di solitoFesta religiosaAffollato

  The city keeps its patron saint through July with processions, concerts and fireworks, building to 25 July, a local holiday when many offices shut. Fonte ↗

• Stagione

  Canícula, the midsummer dry spell

  1 lug – 20 ago · di solitoStagione secca

  A few weeks in the middle of the rainy season when the afternoon storms ease off and skies clear, usually from early July into August. Its length varies a lot from year to year. Fonte ↗

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

In agosto non inizia nulla di nuovo.

Ancora in corso: Canícula, the midsummer dry spell (1 lug – 20 ago (di solito))

Affollato — Independence Day, vacanze scolastiche in 2 dei paesi da cui arrivano i visitatori

• Festival

  Independence Day

  14–15 setFesta nazionaleAffollato

  Torch relays run down the highway from the capital on the night of the 14th and school bands parade the next morning. Firecrackers from dawn, and most of the country is off work. Fonte ↗

Media stagione — un mese nella media

• Festival

  Month of the Rosary

  1–31 ott · di solitoFesta religiosa

  October belongs to the Virgin of the Rosary at Santo Domingo: dawn processions and bells open the month, and her image is carried through the streets on the first Sunday. Fonte ↗

Folla al massimo — Dry season, Giant kites for All Saints

• Stagione

  Dry season

  1 nov – 30 apr · di solitoAffollato

  Mornings clear enough to watch Fuego smoke from the plaza, and cobbles dry enough to walk in anything. It is also the busiest half of the year, and the dust off the streets gets into everything.

• Festival

  Giant kites for All Saints

  1 novFesta nazionaleAffollato

  On 1 November the villages half an hour up the road, Sumpango and Santiago Sacatepequez, raise barriletes the height of a house over the cemetery while families eat fiambre among the graves. The buses out go early and full. Fonte ↗

Folla al massimo — Dry season, Christmas and New Year

• Festival

  Quema del Diablo

  7 dicLuci e fuochi

  At six in the evening on 7 December households burn their rubbish and a paper devil in the street to clear the year out. The smoke settles into the valley and stays there most of the night. Fonte ↗

• Festività

  Christmas and New Year

  16 dic – 1 genNatale e CapodannoAffollatoPrenota presto

  Posadas move house to house from 16 December, and Christmas Eve ends in a wall of firecrackers at midnight rather than a quiet mass. Families come up from the capital and fill the hotels. Fonte ↗

Ancora in corso: Dry season (1 nov – 30 apr (di solito))