Hva som skjer i Cuenca, Ecuador gjennom året

Travelt — Inocentes masquerade parade, skoleferie i 4 av markedene som fyller stedet

Ingenting nytt starter i januar.

Fortsatt på gang: Inocentes masquerade parade (28. des – 6. jan)

Travelt — Carnaval, skoleferie i 3 av markedene som fyller stedet

• Festival

  Carnaval

  1. feb – 10. mar · vanligvisKarnevalMye folkStengninger

  A long national holiday weekend. Expect water, foam and flour thrown in the streets, while rural parishes such as Tarqui elect a Taita Carnaval and serve mote pata and carnival bread. Kilde ↗

Toppsesong — Carnaval, Semana Santa

• Helligdag

  Semana Santa

  20. mar – 20. apr · vanligvisPåske og stillehelgMye folk

  Holy Thursday's night visit to seven churches and Good Friday processions fill the historic centre, and fanesca, the Lenten soup, appears on every menu. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Carnaval (1. feb – 10. mar (vanligvis))

Toppsesong — Semana Santa, Fundación de Cuenca

• Helligdag

  Fundación de Cuenca

  10.–14. aprNasjonaldagMye folk

  The city keeps its 1557 founding on 12 April with a craft fair, street stages and a long weekend for the province. Smaller than the November holiday, and the one locals actually stay in town for. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Semana Santa (20. mar – 20. apr (vanligvis))

Travelt — Corpus Christi and the Septenario

• Festival

  Corpus Christi and the Septenario

  20. mai – 30. jun · vanligvisReligiøs høytidMye folk

  Seven days from Corpus Christi, Parque Calderón fills with stalls selling nothing but sweets, and a paper hot-air balloon and a castillo of fireworks go up outside the cathedral each night. Kilde ↗

Travelt — Corpus Christi and the Septenario, skoleferie i 2 av markedene som fyller stedet

Ingenting nytt starter i juni.

Fortsatt på gang: Corpus Christi and the Septenario (20. mai – 30. jun (vanligvis))

Travelt — Highland school holidays, skoleferie i 4 av markedene som fyller stedet

• Helligdag

  Highland school holidays

  1. jul – 31. aug · vanligvisMye folk

  Schools in Ecuador's highlands break from early July to the end of August, so Cuenca, Cajas and the hot springs at Banos de Cuenca see more domestic families, especially at weekends. Kilde ↗

Travelt — Highland school holidays

Ingenting nytt starter i august.

Fortsatt på gang: Highland school holidays (1. jul – 31. aug (vanligvis))

Travelt — skoleferie i 2 av markedene som fyller stedet, en av de beste månedene værmessig

Ingenting nytt starter i september.

Travelt — Independencia de Cuenca

• Helligdag

  Independencia de Cuenca

  31. okt – 5. novNasjonaldagMye folkBestill tidlig

  The Day of the Dead on the second runs straight into the city's independence day on the third, which makes it the longest bridge in the Ecuadorian year and the week Cuenca is fullest. Rooms are gone by September. Kilde ↗

Travelt — Independencia de Cuenca

Ingenting nytt starter i november.

Fortsatt på gang: Independencia de Cuenca (31. okt – 5. nov)

Travelt — Inocentes masquerade parade, skoleferie i 4 av markedene som fyller stedet

• Festival

  Pase del Niño Viajero

  24. desJul og nyttårStengninger

  A procession that takes most of Christmas Eve to pass: thousands of children in costume, decorated trucks hung with fruit and roast pig, and the historic centre closed to traffic from morning until dark. Kilde ↗

• Festival

  Inocentes masquerade parade

  28. des – 6. janStor festivalMye folk

  Masks and pranks season ends on 6 January with a satirical costume parade along Avenida Huayna Capac, where university troupes lampoon the year's politicians and scandals before large crowds. Kilde ↗