Hva som skjer i Jaipur, India gjennom året

Toppsesong — Jaipur Literature Festival, Christmas to New Year rush

• Festival

  Makar Sankranti kite day

  14.–15. janStor festivalStengninger

  The city spends the day on its roofs cutting each other's kite strings, and the old town shuts down around it. Glass-coated line takes down birds and the odd scooter rider, so the flyovers get netted. Kilde ↗

• Festival

  Jaipur Literature Festival

  14.–24. jan · vanligvisKunstfestivalMye folkBestill tidlig

  Five days, free to attend if you register, and big enough that hotel rates across the city move for it. The venue has changed more than once, so check where it is before booking a room near it. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Christmas to New Year rush (22. des – 2. jan (vanligvis))

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

Ingenting nytt starter i februar.

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

• Festival

  Gangaur

  15. mar – 15. apr · vanligvisReligiøs høytidStengninger

  Two afternoons of processions out of the City Palace at Tripolia Gate, with elephants, camels and the palanquins of the goddess. The Tripolia and Chaugan routes close to traffic for hours. Kilde ↗

Travelt — Summer vacation (Kerala / far south) i India, skoleferie i 2 av markedene som fyller stedet

• Fare

  Pre-monsoon heat

  25. apr – 20. jun · vanligvisEkstrem varme

  Amber and Nahargarh are open sandstone with no shade on them, and the desert wind off the west makes the afternoons worse rather than better. Local practice is fort at dawn, city after six. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Gangaur (15. mar – 15. apr (vanligvis))

Travelt — Summer vacation (north & east) i India

Ingenting nytt starter i mai.

Fortsatt på gang: Pre-monsoon heat (25. apr – 20. jun (vanligvis))

Travelt — Summer vacation (north & east) i India, skoleferie i 2 av markedene som fyller stedet

Ingenting nytt starter i juni.

Fortsatt på gang: Pre-monsoon heat (25. apr – 20. jun (vanligvis))

Travelt — Teej, skoleferie i 5 av markedene som fyller stedet

• Sesong

  Monsoon in the Aravallis

  1. jul – 15. sep · vanligvis

  The hills behind Amber go green for the only stretch of the year and the lake below the fort fills. Rooms are at their cheapest and the tour buses are somewhere else.

• Festival

  Teej

  25. jul – 25. aug · vanligvisReligiøs høytidMye folk

  A two-century-old procession of the goddess out of Tripolia Gate through the bazaars, in the middle of the monsoon and deliberately so. Grandstand seats in the old city are ticketed by the state. Kilde ↗

Travelt — Teej, skoleferie i 4 av markedene som fyller stedet

Ingenting nytt starter i august.

Fortsatt på gang: Monsoon in the Aravallis (1. jul – 15. sep (vanligvis)), Teej (25. jul – 25. aug (vanligvis))

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

Ingenting nytt starter i september.

Fortsatt på gang: Monsoon in the Aravallis (1. jul – 15. sep (vanligvis))

Travelt — Autumn break (Dussehra / Diwali) i India, skoleferie i 2 av markedene som fyller stedet

• Festival

  Diwali in the bazaars

  8. novMye folkStengninger

  Johari, Bapu and Tripolia bazaars compete to light the whole pink facade, and the walled city is closed to cars for several nights. It is the one time the old town is worth seeing after dark. Kilde ↗

Travelt — Diwali in the bazaars

Ingenting nytt starter i november.

Fortsatt på gang: Diwali in the bazaars (8. nov)

Toppsesong — Christmas to New Year rush, Winter break i India

• Helligdag

  Christmas to New Year rush

  22. des – 2. jan · vanligvisJul og nyttårMye folkBestill tidlig

  The week from Christmas to New Year is India's busiest holiday stretch: schools and many offices break, domestic travellers pour into hill stations, heritage towns and resorts, and hotels charge peak rates, often with a New Year's Eve dinner surcharge. Book early. Kilde ↗