Hva som skjer i Iquique, Chile gjennom året

Toppsesong — Chilean summer season, Summer holidays i Chile

• Sesong

  Chilean summer season

  1. jan – 28. febSkoleferieMye folk

  Cavancha and Brava fill with Chilean and Bolivian families for the two months the schools are out, the seafront restaurants queue and the Zofri duty-free car park is full all day.

• Sesong

  Altiplanic winter inland

  1. jan – 15. mar · vanligvisRisiko

  Summer storms over the altiplano send flash floods down the ravines inland, cutting the roads to Mamiña, Pica and the high parks. The coast stays dry, but check before any day trip up from town. Kilde ↗

Toppsesong — Chilean summer season, Summer holidays i Chile

Ingenting nytt starter i februar.

Fortsatt på gang: Chilean summer season (1. jan – 28. feb), Altiplanic winter inland (1. jan – 15. mar (vanligvis))

Travelt — Summer holidays i Chile, skoleferie i 2 av markedene som fyller stedet

• Helligdag

  Semana Santa

  3.–5. aprPåske og stillehelgMye folkBestill tidligStengninger

  Good Friday and Holy Saturday are public holidays, giving an autumn long weekend. Offices close, long-distance buses and domestic flights fill, and hotels in coastal, lake and desert towns see one more busy weekend after the summer. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Altiplanic winter inland (1. jan – 15. mar (vanligvis))

Travelt — Semana Santa

Ingenting nytt starter i april.

Fortsatt på gang: Semana Santa (3.–5. apr)

Travelt — Glorias Navales

• Sesong

  Camanchaca grey mornings

  15. mai – 30. sep · vanligvisTåkesesong

  In the southern winter the coastal fog bank, the camanchaca, sits over the city most mornings and only burns off around midday. Beach days start late and the promenade is quiet until the sun comes through.

• Helligdag

  Glorias Navales

  21. maiNasjonaldagMye folk

  The city where Arturo Prat's Esmeralda went down in 1879 marks the anniversary with a parade at Plaza 21 de Mayo, a flotilla out to the Esmeralda buoy and a 21-gun salute at 12:10, the hour she sank. Kilde ↗

Travelt — Winter holidays i Chile

Ingenting nytt starter i juni.

Fortsatt på gang: Camanchaca grey mornings (15. mai – 30. sep (vanligvis))

Toppsesong — Fiesta de La Tirana, Winter holidays i Chile

• Festival

  Fiesta de La Tirana

  10.–20. julReligiøs høytidMye folkBestill tidlig

  A village 70 km inland takes a quarter of a million people and two hundred masked dance societies for the Virgen del Carmen on 16 July. Iquique is where they all sleep, so its beds go months ahead. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Camanchaca grey mornings (15. mai – 30. sep (vanligvis))

Travelt — San Lorenzo de Tarapacá

• Festival

  San Lorenzo de Tarapacá

  1.–11. aug · vanligvisReligiøs høytidMye folkBestill tidlig

  Pilgrims from Chile, Peru and Bolivia pour into a desert village about a hundred kilometres inland for the miners' saint on 10 August, with dance societies playing through the night. Iquique is the base. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Camanchaca grey mornings (15. mai – 30. sep (vanligvis))

Toppsesong — Fiestas Patrias, Fiestas Patrias recess i Chile

• Helligdag

  Fiestas Patrias

  18.–19. sepNasjonaldagMye folkStengninger

  Fondas go up behind the beach and the mining camps inland empty into town for two days of public holiday. Shops and offices shut and the road to the altiplano is busy both ways. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Camanchaca grey mornings (15. mai – 30. sep (vanligvis))

Skuldersesong — en helt vanlig måned

Ingenting nytt starter i oktober.

Travelt — Fiesta de San Andres in Pica

• Festival

  Fiesta de San Andres in Pica

  28.–30. novReligiøs høytidMye folk

  The oasis town of Pica, a day trip inland, honours its patron saint with the uncorking of the chicha on the 28th, a 5:30 am drum-and-dynamite wake-up on the 29th, candlelit processions and religious dance troupes. Kilde ↗

Travelt — Summer holidays i Chile, skoleferie i 3 av markedene som fyller stedet

Ingenting nytt starter i desember.