Hva som skjer i Lake Atitlán (Atitlán), Guatemala gjennom året

Toppsesong — Dry season, Christmas and New Year

Ingenting nytt starter i januar.

Fortsatt på gang: Xocomil on the lake (1. nov – 30. apr (vanligvis)), Dry season (1. nov – 30. apr (vanligvis)), Christmas and New Year (18. des – 2. jan)

Travelt — Dry season

Ingenting nytt starter i februar.

Fortsatt på gang: Xocomil on the lake (1. nov – 30. apr (vanligvis)), Dry season (1. nov – 30. apr (vanligvis))

Toppsesong — Semana Santa at Santiago Atitlan, Dry season

• Festival

  Semana Santa at Santiago Atitlan

  29. mar – 5. aprPåske og stillehelgMye folkBestill tidlig

  Santiago Atitlan brings Maximon out of the cofradia house and carries him through the town in Holy Week, alongside the Catholic processions. The lanchas across the lake run late and the villages fill before Panajachel does. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Xocomil on the lake (1. nov – 30. apr (vanligvis)), Dry season (1. nov – 30. apr (vanligvis))

Toppsesong — Semana Santa at Santiago Atitlan, Dry season

Ingenting nytt starter i april.

Fortsatt på gang: Semana Santa at Santiago Atitlan (29. mar – 5. apr), Xocomil on the lake (1. nov – 30. apr (vanligvis)), Dry season (1. nov – 30. apr (vanligvis))

Rolig — en av de dårligste månedene værmessig

Ingenting nytt starter i mai.

Rolig — skoleferie i 3 av markedene som fyller stedet, en av de dårligste månedene værmessig

• Fare

  Landslide season

  1. jun – 31. okt · vanligvis

  Heavy rainy-season downpours bring mudslides off the volcanoes around the lake, and the steep road down from Solola to Panajachel has been cut for weeks at a time. Leave slack in travel days. Kilde ↗

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

• Festival

  Santiago Atitlan town fiesta

  19.–27. jul · vanligvisReligiøs høytid

  Santiago Atitlan celebrates its patron saint in the week around 25 July with processions, dances and a market, and fireworks each night that carry across the lake. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Landslide season (1. jun – 31. okt (vanligvis))

Travelt — Feast of the Assumption at Solola, skoleferie i 3 av markedene som fyller stedet

• Festival

  Feast of the Assumption at Solola

  7.–16. aug · vanligvisReligiøs høytidMye folk

  The department capital on the ridge above Panajachel holds its fair for the Virgin of the Assumption in mid-August, ending with a dawn of fireworks and a procession on the 15th. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Landslide season (1. jun – 31. okt (vanligvis))

Travelt — Independence Day, skoleferie i 2 av markedene som fyller stedet

• Festival

  Independence Day

  14.–15. sepNasjonaldagMye folk

  Torch relays come round the lake road through the night of the 14th and every school in Solola parades the next morning. Firecrackers from before dawn and the boats keep their own hours. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Landslide season (1. jun – 31. okt (vanligvis))

Travelt — San Francisco fiesta, Panajachel

• Festival

  San Francisco fiesta, Panajachel

  1.–7. okt · vanligvisReligiøs høytidMye folk

  Panajachel's patron saint fair in the first days of October brings school parades, the Dance of the Conquest, a funfair and fireworks, with 4 October as the main day. Rooms fill with visitors from nearby towns. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Landslide season (1. jun – 31. okt (vanligvis))

Travelt — Dry season

• Festival

  Todos Santos

  1. novReligiøs høytid

  Families spend 1 November in the cemeteries above the lake villages, repainting the graves and eating fiambre among them. The Solola market beforehand is at its busiest of the year. Kilde ↗

• Sesong

  Xocomil on the lake

  1. nov – 30. apr · vanligvisVindsesongRisiko

  The xocomil gets up over the water around midday and turns the crossings into a soaking. Boatmen do the long runs in the morning, and the last lanchas back leave earlier than visitors expect.

• Sesong

  Dry season

  1. nov – 30. apr · vanligvisMye folk

  Clear mornings with all three volcanoes out, and dust on every road down to the water. The villages are busiest around Christmas and Holy Week; February is the quiet middle of it.

Toppsesong — Dry season, Santo Tomas at Chichicastenango

• Festival

  Santo Tomas at Chichicastenango

  13.–21. desReligiøs høytidMye folk

  An hour and a half up from the lake, Chichicastenango spends the week to the 21st in masked dances, copal smoke on the church steps and the palo volador in the square. Day trips leave Panajachel early. Kilde ↗

• Helligdag

  Christmas and New Year

  18. des – 2. janJul og nyttårMye folkBestill tidlig

  The year-end fortnight is a peak for Guatemalan and foreign visitors alike: hotels fill and raise rates, shuttles book up, and fireworks go off at midnight on 24 and 31 December. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Xocomil on the lake (1. nov – 30. apr (vanligvis)), Dry season (1. nov – 30. apr (vanligvis))