Hva som skjer i Jodhpur, India gjennom året

Toppsesong — Desert touring season, Christmas to New Year rush

Ingenting nytt starter i januar.

Fortsatt på gang: Desert touring season (15. okt – 15. mar), Destination wedding season (1. nov – 28. feb), Christmas to New Year rush (22. des – 2. jan (vanligvis))

Toppsesong — reisende beskriver det som høysesong, Holi

• Festival

  World Sacred Spirit Festival

  10.–20. feb · vanligvisMusikkfestivalBestill tidlig

  Three nights of Sufi and devotional music in the courtyards of Mehrangarh, ending well after midnight. Small, ticketed, and the fort at that hour is the whole point of going. Kilde ↗

• Festival

  Holi

  25. feb – 25. mar · vanligvisReligiøs høytidMye folkStengninger

  Holi, the spring festival of colours, is a public holiday across north India. On the main morning people fill the streets throwing coloured powder and water, visitors included, and many shops and restaurants stay shut until the afternoon. Wear old clothes, protect eyes and cameras, and expect some rowdy crowds. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Desert touring season (15. okt – 15. mar), Destination wedding season (1. nov – 28. feb)

Toppsesong — Holi, Desert touring season

Ingenting nytt starter i mars.

Fortsatt på gang: Holi (25. feb – 25. mar (vanligvis)), Desert touring season (15. okt – 15. mar)

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

• Fare

  Pre-monsoon heat

  20. apr – 25. jun · vanligvisEkstrem varme

  The edge of the Thar in May: no shade anywhere on the fort ramparts and a dry wind that makes the afternoon worse, not better. The blue city is a dawn and dusk proposition for two months. Kilde ↗

Travelt — Summer vacation (north & east) i India

Ingenting nytt starter i mai.

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

Rolig — reisende beskriver det som rolig, Summer vacation (north & east) i India

Ingenting nytt starter i juni.

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

Rolig — skoleferie i 5 av markedene som fyller stedet, en av de dårligste månedene værmessig

• Sesong

  Monsoon on the desert edge

  1. jul – 10. sep · vanligvis

  The rains reach the Thar late and thin, in short violent storms rather than weeks of grey. The stepwell fills, the rock goes dark, and the tour buses are three hundred kilometres east.

Skuldersesong — skoleferie i 4 av markedene som fyller stedet, en helt vanlig måned

Ingenting nytt starter i august.

Fortsatt på gang: Monsoon on the desert edge (1. jul – 10. sep (vanligvis))

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

Ingenting nytt starter i september.

Fortsatt på gang: Monsoon on the desert edge (1. jul – 10. sep (vanligvis))

Toppsesong — Jodhpur RIFF, Desert touring season

• Festival

  Jodhpur RIFF

  22.–26. oktMusikkfestivalMye folkBestill tidlig

  Rajasthani folk musicians and roots acts from a dozen countries, staged inside Mehrangarh and timed to the brightest full moon of the year. Rooms below the fort go months ahead. Kilde ↗

• Sesong

  Desert touring season

  15. okt – 15. marTørrsesongMye folk

  The five months the coaches run the Jaisalmer–Jodhpur–Udaipur line. Mornings are cold enough for a jacket on the ramparts and the light on the blue houses is at its best.

• Helligdag

  Diwali

  15. okt – 15. nov · vanligvisMye folkBestill tidligStengninger

  Diwali is a public holiday and the biggest festival of the Hindu year: homes and markets are lit, fireworks go on for several nights, many shops close on the day itself, and Indians travel to family or on holiday, so trains, flights and hotels book up early. Kilde ↗

Toppsesong — Desert touring season, Diwali

• Sesong

  Destination wedding season

  1. nov – 28. febStengningerBestill tidlig

  The palace hotels take whole-property bookings through the winter, and Umaid Bhawan and parts of Mehrangarh close to everyone else at short notice. Check before you build a trip around one of them.

Fortsatt på gang: Jodhpur RIFF (22.–26. okt), Desert touring season (15. okt – 15. mar), Diwali (15. okt – 15. nov (vanligvis))

Toppsesong — Desert touring season, Christmas to New Year rush

• 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 ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Desert touring season (15. okt – 15. mar), Destination wedding season (1. nov – 28. feb)