Hva som skjer i Mendoza, Argentina gjennom året

Toppsesong — Christmas and New Year, Summer holidays i Argentina

Ingenting nytt starter i januar.

Fortsatt på gang: Aconcagua season and permits (1. nov – 30. apr), Christmas and New Year (24. des – 1. jan)

Toppsesong — Carnival long weekend, Fiesta Nacional de la Vendimia

• Helligdag

  Carnival long weekend

  14.–17. febMye folkBestill tidlig

  Carnival Monday and Tuesday are national holidays, making a four-day weekend near the end of summer. Long-distance buses and domestic flights fill and rates rise in popular towns, and local comparsas parade in many places. Kilde ↗

• Natur

  Grape harvest

  15. feb – 15. apr · vanligvis

  Picking runs from mid-February into April, earliest in the warm east and latest up in the Uco Valley. Wineries run harvest lunches and the roads out to Lujan and Vistalba are full of trucks.

• Festival

  Fiesta Nacional de la Vendimia

  25. feb – 10. mar · vanligvisMat- og drikkefestivalMye folkBestill tidlig

  The province crowns a harvest queen in a Greek theatre in the hills with fireworks over the city, after a week of parades and blessings. Hotels are booked out a year ahead for the Saturday. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Aconcagua season and permits (1. nov – 30. apr)

Toppsesong — Fiesta Nacional de la Vendimia, Summer holidays i Argentina

• Helligdag

  Semana Santa

  2.–5. aprPåske og stillehelgMye folkBestill tidligStengninger

  Holy Thursday and Good Friday make one of the year's biggest long weekends. Banks and public offices close, long-distance buses and domestic flights sell out, and hotels in popular towns fill at higher rates, so book ahead. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Carnival long weekend (14.–17. feb), Grape harvest (15. feb – 15. apr (vanligvis)), Fiesta Nacional de la Vendimia (25. feb – 10. mar (vanligvis)), Aconcagua season and permits (1. nov – 30. apr)

Travelt — Semana Santa

• Natur

  Vineyards turning

  10. apr – 20. mai · vanligvisHøstfarger

  The vines go yellow and red after the picking, with the Andes white behind them, and the wineries are quiet enough to walk into. It is the photograph everyone associates with the province.

Fortsatt på gang: Grape harvest (15. feb – 15. apr (vanligvis)), Semana Santa (2.–5. apr), Aconcagua season and permits (1. nov – 30. apr)

Skuldersesong — en helt vanlig måned

• Fare

  Zonda wind

  1. mai – 31. okt · vanligvisVindsesong

  A dry wind off the Andes that arrives as a wall of dust, takes the temperature up sharply within the hour and puts the province on alert. Schools send children home and flights divert. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Vineyards turning (10. apr – 20. mai (vanligvis))

Rolig — skoleferie i 2 av markedene som fyller stedet, en av de dårligste månedene værmessig

• Stengt

  Pass to Chile shuts in snow

  1. jun – 15. sep · vanligvisRisiko

  The Cristo Redentor crossing closes for a day or three whenever a front puts snow on the pass, most often between June and September. Buses to Santiago wait it out at Uspallata. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Zonda wind (1. mai – 31. okt (vanligvis))

Travelt — Winter recess i Argentina, skoleferie i 3 av markedene som fyller stedet

Ingenting nytt starter i juli.

Fortsatt på gang: Zonda wind (1. mai – 31. okt (vanligvis)), Pass to Chile shuts in snow (1. jun – 15. sep (vanligvis))

Skuldersesong — en helt vanlig måned

Ingenting nytt starter i august.

Fortsatt på gang: Zonda wind (1. mai – 31. okt (vanligvis)), Pass to Chile shuts in snow (1. jun – 15. sep (vanligvis))

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

Ingenting nytt starter i september.

Fortsatt på gang: Zonda wind (1. mai – 31. okt (vanligvis)), Pass to Chile shuts in snow (1. jun – 15. sep (vanligvis))

Travelt — en av de beste månedene værmessig

Ingenting nytt starter i oktober.

Fortsatt på gang: Zonda wind (1. mai – 31. okt (vanligvis))

Skuldersesong — en helt vanlig måned

• Regel

  Aconcagua season and permits

  1. nov – 30. aprStisesongBestill tidlig

  The provincial park opens on 1 November and shuts at the end of April, with day trekking from mid-November to about 10 April. Every entry needs a permit, bought before you leave the city. Kilde ↗

Toppsesong — Christmas and New Year, Summer holidays i Argentina

• Helligdag

  Christmas and New Year

  24. des – 1. janJul og nyttårStengninger

  Argentines celebrate at midnight on 24 and 31 December with family dinners and fireworks. Shops close early on those evenings, and on 25 December and 1 January almost everything is shut, including many restaurants. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Aconcagua season and permits (1. nov – 30. apr)