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Toppsesong — Christmas lights, Year-end holidays i Colombia

Ingenting nytt starter i januar.

Fortsatt på gang: Christmas lights (15. nov – 10. jan (vanligvis))

Skuldersesong — skoleferie i 3 av markedene som fyller stedet, en helt vanlig måned

Ingenting nytt starter i februar.

Toppsesong — Semana Santa, Semana Santa recess i Colombia

• Helligdag

  Semana Santa

  29. mar – 5. aprPåske og stillehelgMye folkBestill tidlig

  Medellin comes out for Holy Week and Guatape is where a lot of it lands: the town's beds run near full and the queue up the Piedra starts before breakfast. Go on the Wednesday or not at all. Kilde ↗

Toppsesong — Semana Santa, Semana Santa recess i Colombia

• Sesong

  First rainy season

  1. apr – 31. mai · vanligvisMonsun

  The heavier of the two wet spells: clear mornings on the reservoir, cloud on the Piedra by two and a downpour after it. Boat trips still run, the view from the 700 steps often does not.

Fortsatt på gang: Semana Santa (29. mar – 5. apr)

Skuldersesong — en helt vanlig måned

Ingenting nytt starter i mai.

Fortsatt på gang: First rainy season (1. apr – 31. mai (vanligvis))

Toppsesong — June long weekends and school break, Mid-year recess i Colombia

• Helligdag

  June long weekends and school break

  8. jun – 15. jul · vanligvisSkoleferieMye folk

  Colombia's mid-year school break and a run of Monday holidays in June send Medellin families out for the weekend, filling the boats, the climb up El Penol and the hotels; weekdays stay calm. Kilde ↗

Toppsesong — June long weekends and school break, Fiestas de la Virgen del Carmen

• Festival

  Fiestas de la Virgen del Carmen

  16. julReligiøs høytidMye folk

  The town's patron saint carried through the zocalo streets on 16 July, with a boat procession on the reservoir and a week of music around it. Everything is booked from Medellin beforehand. Kilde ↗

• Festival

  Feria de las Flores in Medellin

  30. jul – 12. aug · vanligvisStor festivalMye folk

  Medellin's flower festival runs for about ten days in early August and closes with the silleteros parade of flower frames carried on farmers' backs; it is roughly two hours from Guatape by bus, and the holiday also sends more visitors to the reservoir. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: June long weekends and school break (8. jun – 15. jul (vanligvis))

Travelt — Feria de las Flores in Medellin

Ingenting nytt starter i august.

Fortsatt på gang: Feria de las Flores in Medellin (30. jul – 12. aug (vanligvis))

Skuldersesong — skoleferie i 2 av markedene som fyller stedet, en helt vanlig måned

• Sesong

  Second rainy season

  15. sep – 15. nov · vanligvisMonsun

  The second wet spell of the year is the wetter one for eastern Antioquia, and the reservoir sits under low cloud for days at a time. Prices ease and the town is briefly local again.

Travelt — October recess week i Colombia

Ingenting nytt starter i oktober.

Fortsatt på gang: Second rainy season (15. sep – 15. nov (vanligvis))

Toppsesong — Christmas lights, Year-end holidays i Colombia

• Helligdag

  Christmas lights

  15. nov – 10. jan · vanligvisJul og nyttårMye folk

  Guatape switches its lights on before anywhere else in the region, usually in mid-November, and then holds them until Epiphany. December weekends are the busiest of the year after Holy Week. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Second rainy season (15. sep – 15. nov (vanligvis))

Toppsesong — Christmas lights, Year-end holidays i Colombia

Ingenting nytt starter i desember.

Fortsatt på gang: Christmas lights (15. nov – 10. jan (vanligvis))