Stagione dei pellegrinaggi, mese per mese nel mondo
Le settimane in cui santuari, passi e paesi di collina si riempiono di pellegrini: prenota con molto anticipo o vieni dopo.
26 destinazioni su SeasonMap, in classifica mese per mese secondo il punteggio di comfort: perché conta non solo dove è in corso la stagione, ma anche se nel frattempo il tempo vale il viaggio.
Quando è in corso
Stagione dei pellegrinaggi in gennaio
- Ninh Binh 🇻🇳 VietnamBai Dinh spring pilgrimage · 25 gen – 31 mar (di solito)From the new year to the third lunar month, coach after coach of Vietnamese pilgrims works up the enormous Bai Dinh complex.80
- Varkala 🇮🇳 IndiaSivagiri pilgrimage · 30 dic – 1 genThousands of pilgrims in yellow walk up to the Sivagiri Mutt over three days at the turn of the year, for the guru who preached one caste and one religion.77
- Nuwara Eliya 🇱🇰 Sri LankaAdam's Peak pilgrimage season · 5 dic – 10 mag (di solito)From the December poya to Vesak the steps up Sri Pada are lit and the tea stalls on them are open, and pilgrims climb through the night.76
Stagione dei pellegrinaggi in febbraio
- Ninh Binh 🇻🇳 VietnamBai Dinh spring pilgrimage · 25 gen – 31 mar (di solito)From the new year to the third lunar month, coach after coach of Vietnamese pilgrims works up the enormous Bai Dinh complex.84
- Nuwara Eliya 🇱🇰 Sri LankaAdam's Peak pilgrimage season · 5 dic – 10 mag (di solito)From the December poya to Vesak the steps up Sri Pada are lit and the tea stalls on them are open, and pilgrims climb through the night.83
Stagione dei pellegrinaggi in marzo
- Nuwara Eliya 🇱🇰 Sri LankaAdam's Peak pilgrimage season · 5 dic – 10 mag (di solito)From the December poya to Vesak the steps up Sri Pada are lit and the tea stalls on them are open, and pilgrims climb through the night.82
- La Paz 🇧🇴 BoliviaHoly Week walk to Copacabana · 18 mar – 25 apr (di solito)Thousands of pilgrims set out from La Paz and El Alto on Holy Wednesday to walk about 140 km to the shrine on Lake Titicaca by Good Friday.80
- Taichung 🇹🇼 TaiwanDajia Mazu pilgrimage · 15 mar – 30 apr (di solito)Nine days and several hundred kilometres on foot behind a palanquin, starting from the temple at Dajia on a date divined a month earlier.80
- Ninh Binh 🇻🇳 VietnamBai Dinh spring pilgrimage · 25 gen – 31 mar (di solito)From the new year to the third lunar month, coach after coach of Vietnamese pilgrims works up the enormous Bai Dinh complex.77
- San Salvador de Jujuy 🇦🇷 ArgentinaPunta Corral pilgrimage · 10 mar – 20 apr (di solito)In the week before Easter, tens of thousands climb to the mountain shrine above Tumbaya and Tilcara and walk the Virgin down with brass bands; she reaches Tumbaya on Palm Sunday and Tilcara on Holy Wednesday.74
- Tilcara 🇦🇷 ArgentinaPunta Corral pilgrimage · 16 mar – 21 apr (di solito)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.63
Stagione dei pellegrinaggi in aprile
- Arequipa 🇵🇪 PerùVirgen de Chapi pilgrimage · 29 apr – 3 magTens of thousands walk the desert road to the sanctuary at Chapi through the night of 30 April, many of them the whole 45 km from the city.88
- La Paz 🇧🇴 BoliviaHoly Week walk to Copacabana · 18 mar – 25 apr (di solito)Thousands of pilgrims set out from La Paz and El Alto on Holy Wednesday to walk about 140 km to the shrine on Lake Titicaca by Good Friday.84
- Lussemburgo 🇱🇺 LussemburgoOctave pilgrimage and Maertchen · 20 apr – 25 mag (di solito)A fortnight of pilgrimage to the cathedral in spring, with a food and trinket market taking over Place Guillaume for the duration and a closing procession through the streets.76
- San Salvador de Jujuy 🇦🇷 ArgentinaPunta Corral pilgrimage · 10 mar – 20 apr (di solito)In the week before Easter, tens of thousands climb to the mountain shrine above Tumbaya and Tilcara and walk the Virgin down with brass bands; she reaches Tumbaya on Palm Sunday and Tilcara on Holy Wednesday.74
- Rishikesh 🇮🇳 IndiaChar Dham yatra season · 19 apr – 13 nov (di solito)The four Himalayan shrines open on dates fixed by the priests in late April and close in the second week of November, and Rishikesh is where the whole pilgrimage staged from.73
- Gedda 🇸🇦 Arabia SauditaHajj season · 20 apr – 20 giu (di solito)Millions arrive through the dedicated Hajj terminal in the weeks before Eid al-Adha and leave through it after.73
- Nuwara Eliya 🇱🇰 Sri LankaAdam's Peak pilgrimage season · 5 dic – 10 mag (di solito)From the December poya to Vesak the steps up Sri Pada are lit and the tea stalls on them are open, and pilgrims climb through the night.73
- Tilcara 🇦🇷 ArgentinaPunta Corral pilgrimage · 16 mar – 21 apr (di solito)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.71
- Taichung 🇹🇼 TaiwanDajia Mazu pilgrimage · 15 mar – 30 apr (di solito)Nine days and several hundred kilometres on foot behind a palanquin, starting from the temple at Dajia on a date divined a month earlier.70
- Medina 🇸🇦 Arabia SauditaHajj season · 25 apr – 10 giu (di solito)Most pilgrims add Medina either side of the Hajj in Mecca, so the city takes two waves several weeks apart.68
- La Mecca 🇸🇦 Arabia SauditaHajj · 20 apr – 20 giu (di solito)Five days that move the whole city: Mina, Arafat, Muzdalifah, then the return.65
Stagione dei pellegrinaggi in maggio
- Arequipa 🇵🇪 PerùVirgen de Chapi pilgrimage · 29 apr – 3 magTens of thousands walk the desert road to the sanctuary at Chapi through the night of 30 April, many of them the whole 45 km from the city.95
- Lussemburgo 🇱🇺 LussemburgoOctave pilgrimage and Maertchen · 20 apr – 25 mag (di solito)A fortnight of pilgrimage to the cathedral in spring, with a food and trinket market taking over Place Guillaume for the duration and a closing procession through the streets.81
- Gedda 🇸🇦 Arabia SauditaHajj season · 20 apr – 20 giu (di solito)Millions arrive through the dedicated Hajj terminal in the weeks before Eid al-Adha and leave through it after.65
- Nuwara Eliya 🇱🇰 Sri LankaAdam's Peak pilgrimage season · 5 dic – 10 mag (di solito)From the December poya to Vesak the steps up Sri Pada are lit and the tea stalls on them are open, and pilgrims climb through the night.63
- Rishikesh 🇮🇳 IndiaChar Dham yatra season · 19 apr – 13 nov (di solito)The four Himalayan shrines open on dates fixed by the priests in late April and close in the second week of November, and Rishikesh is where the whole pilgrimage staged from.61
- La Mecca 🇸🇦 Arabia SauditaHajj · 20 apr – 20 giu (di solito)Five days that move the whole city: Mina, Arafat, Muzdalifah, then the return.48
- Medina 🇸🇦 Arabia SauditaHajj season · 25 apr – 10 giu (di solito)Most pilgrims add Medina either side of the Hajj in Mecca, so the city takes two waves several weeks apart.46
Stagione dei pellegrinaggi in giugno
- Srinagar 🇮🇳 IndiaAmarnath Yatra · 25 giu – 20 ago (di solito)Several hundred thousand pilgrims move through the valley over about six weeks.82
- Gedda 🇸🇦 Arabia SauditaHajj season · 20 apr – 20 giu (di solito)Millions arrive through the dedicated Hajj terminal in the weeks before Eid al-Adha and leave through it after.59
- Rishikesh 🇮🇳 IndiaChar Dham yatra season · 19 apr – 13 nov (di solito)The four Himalayan shrines open on dates fixed by the priests in late April and close in the second week of November, and Rishikesh is where the whole pilgrimage staged from.51
- Yazd 🇮🇷 IranChak Chak pilgrimage · 12–20 giuZoroastrians from Iran and abroad gather at the cliff shrine north of the city in the middle of June.41
- La Mecca 🇸🇦 Arabia SauditaHajj · 20 apr – 20 giu (di solito)Five days that move the whole city: Mina, Arafat, Muzdalifah, then the return.35
- Medina 🇸🇦 Arabia SauditaHajj season · 25 apr – 10 giu (di solito)Most pilgrims add Medina either side of the Hajj in Mecca, so the city takes two waves several weeks apart.26
Stagione dei pellegrinaggi in luglio
- Cap-Haïtien 🇭🇹 HaitiSaint Jacques pilgrimage · 23–27 lugThousands walk out to Plaine-du-Nord, half an hour from town, to go into the mud basin for Ogou on Saint James's day, then on to the sea at Limonade.71
- Saint-Louis 🇸🇳 SenegalGrand Magal de Touba · 5 lug – 20 ago (di solito)Millions of Mourides travel to Touba for the Grand Magal, a public holiday that follows the Islamic calendar.70
- San José 🇨🇷 Costa RicaRomeria to Cartago · 25 lug – 2 agoHundreds of thousands walk from San Jose to the basilica of La Negrita in Cartago, most overnight on 1 August.64
- Srinagar 🇮🇳 IndiaAmarnath Yatra · 25 giu – 20 ago (di solito)Several hundred thousand pilgrims move through the valley over about six weeks.55
- Rishikesh 🇮🇳 IndiaChar Dham yatra season · 19 apr – 13 nov (di solito)The four Himalayan shrines open on dates fixed by the priests in late April and close in the second week of November, and Rishikesh is where the whole pilgrimage staged from.37
Stagione dei pellegrinaggi in agosto
- Braga 🇵🇹 PortogalloRomaria de Sao Bento · 10–15 agoPortugal's second most visited sanctuary, above the Caniçada reservoir in Geres, draws huge crowds of pilgrims, many of them emigrants home for August.89
- Tenerife 🇪🇸 SpagnaVirgin of Candelaria pilgrimage · 14–15 agoThousands walk overnight to the basilica at Candelaria for 15 August, the patron of the Canaries, arriving on foot from all over the island.82
- Selçuk 🇹🇷 TurchiaMeryemana Assumption Day · 14–15 agoCatholic pilgrims gather at the House of the Virgin Mary above Ephesus for a vigil on the evening of 14 August and a Mass the next morning marking the Assumption, the site's biggest day of the year.76
- Saint-Louis 🇸🇳 SenegalGrand Magal de Touba · 5 lug – 20 ago (di solito)Millions of Mourides travel to Touba for the Grand Magal, a public holiday that follows the Islamic calendar.64
- San José 🇨🇷 Costa RicaRomeria to Cartago · 25 lug – 2 agoHundreds of thousands walk from San Jose to the basilica of La Negrita in Cartago, most overnight on 1 August.61
- Srinagar 🇮🇳 IndiaAmarnath Yatra · 25 giu – 20 ago (di solito)Several hundred thousand pilgrims move through the valley over about six weeks.59
- Castro 🇨🇱 CileNazareno de Caguach · 28–30 ago (di solito)Thousands of Chilotes sail to the tiny island of Caguach, hours by boat east of Castro, for the feast of Jesús Nazareno on 30 August.56
- Rishikesh 🇮🇳 IndiaChar Dham yatra season · 19 apr – 13 nov (di solito)The four Himalayan shrines open on dates fixed by the priests in late April and close in the second week of November, and Rishikesh is where the whole pilgrimage staged from.39
Stagione dei pellegrinaggi in settembre
- Van 🇹🇷 TurchiaAkdamar Island liturgy · 7–21 set (di solito)The tenth-century Holy Cross Church on Akdamar Island holds its one Armenian liturgy of the year on the Sunday after the Feast of the Holy Cross, drawing pilgrims and press for a single afternoon before the building reverts to a museum for the rest of the year.95
- Port Louis 🇲🇺 MauritiusPère Laval pilgrimage · 5–11 set (di solito)Tens of thousands walk to the shrine at Sainte-Croix on the northern edge of the city through the night of the 8th and into the 9th.86
- Rishikesh 🇮🇳 IndiaChar Dham yatra season · 19 apr – 13 nov (di solito)The four Himalayan shrines open on dates fixed by the priests in late April and close in the second week of November, and Rishikesh is where the whole pilgrimage staged from.54
Stagione dei pellegrinaggi in ottobre
- Bucarest 🇷🇴 RomaniaPilgrimage of Saint Demetrius · 20–28 ott (di solito)For the week before 27 October, the feast of the city's patron saint, pilgrims from across Romania queue for hours on Patriarchal Hill to venerate his relics.77
- Rishikesh 🇮🇳 IndiaChar Dham yatra season · 19 apr – 13 nov (di solito)The four Himalayan shrines open on dates fixed by the priests in late April and close in the second week of November, and Rishikesh is where the whole pilgrimage staged from.75
Stagione dei pellegrinaggi in novembre
Stagione dei pellegrinaggi in dicembre
- Città del Messico 🇲🇽 MessicoVirgin of Guadalupe pilgrimage · 11–12 dicAround ten million people reach the basilica in the north of the city over two days, many of them walking in from other states.92
- Varkala 🇮🇳 IndiaSivagiri pilgrimage · 30 dic – 1 genThousands of pilgrims in yellow walk up to the Sivagiri Mutt over three days at the turn of the year, for the guru who preached one caste and one religion.73
- Nuwara Eliya 🇱🇰 Sri LankaAdam's Peak pilgrimage season · 5 dic – 10 mag (di solito)From the December poya to Vesak the steps up Sri Pada are lit and the tea stalls on them are open, and pilgrims climb through the night.72