Hva som skjer i Villa de Leyva, Colombia gjennom året

Travelt — Year-end holidays i Colombia, skoleferie i 4 av markedene som fyller stedet

Ingenting nytt starter i januar.

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

Ingenting nytt starter i februar.

Toppsesong — Festival de Astronomia, Semana Santa

• Festival

  Festival de Astronomia

  20.–22. marMørkhimmelsesongMye folk

  Telescopes fill the enormous cobbled plaza for a long weekend in March, with talks, a guest country and a town that turns its lights down for it. The nights up here are genuinely dark. Kilde ↗

• Helligdag

  Semana Santa

  29. mar – 5. aprPåske og stillehelgMye folkBestill tidlig

  Processions round the plaza on the Thursday and Friday, and every hotel in a colonial town of five thousand taken by Bogota. The road in from Tunja crawls on the Wednesday. Kilde ↗

Toppsesong — Semana Santa, Semana Santa recess i Colombia

• Sesong

  First rainy season

  1. apr – 31. mai · vanligvisMonsun

  The dry valley greens up for a few weeks and the afternoon storms come over the ridge; it is the quietest stretch of the year and the guest houses discount for it.

Fortsatt på gang: Semana Santa (29. mar – 5. apr)

Travelt — Festival Nacional de Bandas

• Festival

  Festival Nacional de Bandas

  10.–25. mai · vanligvisMusikkfestivalMye folkBestill tidlig

  Colombia's national symphonic and youth wind-band competition takes over the main square for a weekend in mid-May, with brass and percussion bands from across the country and rooms booked out by visiting families. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: First rainy season (1. apr – 31. mai (vanligvis))

Toppsesong — Founding anniversary, Villa de Leyva Jazz Festival

• Festival

  Founding anniversary

  8.–14. jun · vanligvisMusikkfestivalMye folk

  The town marks its founding on 12 June 1572, and the anniversary programme includes a national band music festival, so expect concerts and crowds in the centre. Kilde ↗

• Festival

  Villa de Leyva Jazz Festival

  24.–29. junMusikkfestivalMye folkBestill tidlig

  Live jazz fills Plaza Mayor and the town's hotels, bars and restaurants for nearly a week, a fixture on Colombia's festival calendar since 2011 that turns the historic centre into a venue in its own right. Kilde ↗

Toppsesong — Fiestas de la Virgen del Carmen, Mid-year recess i Colombia

• Festival

  Fiestas de la Virgen del Carmen

  12.–17. jul · vanligvisReligiøs høytidMye folk

  The patron of drivers gets processions, masses, fireworks and a parade of decorated trucks and floats with a blessing of vehicles. A local fair more than a tourist event, with Bogota weekenders on top. Kilde ↗

Travelt — Festival del Viento y las Cometas

• Festival

  Festival del Viento y las Cometas

  14.–17. augStor festivalMye folkBestill tidlig

  The plaza has been given over to kites in the middle of August since the 1970s, because that is when the wind on this plateau is reliable. Everything in town is booked out for the weekend. Kilde ↗

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

• Festival

  Festival Villa del Cine

  20.–30. sep · vanligvisFilmfestival

  A small film festival in late September, running since 2015, with screenings and guests from a different invited country each year. Busier weekends than usual for the time of year. Kilde ↗

Travelt — October recess week i Colombia

• Sesong

  Second rainy season

  1. okt – 30. nov · vanligvisMonsun

  The second and wetter of the two rainy spells, with cloud sitting on the hills and the tracks out to the fossil museums turning to mud. Cold at night at 2,100 metres.

Travelt — Year-end holidays i Colombia

Ingenting nytt starter i november.

Fortsatt på gang: Second rainy season (1. okt – 30. nov (vanligvis))

Toppsesong — Festival de Luces, Year-end holidays i Colombia

• Festival

  Festival de Luces

  5.–7. desJul og nyttårMye folkBestill tidlig

  Fireworks and lit displays over the plaza for three nights at the start of December, the traditional opening of Christmas in Boyaca. The town closes the centre to cars and fills anyway. Kilde ↗