Wat er het hele jaar speelt in San Salvador de Jujuy, Argentinië

Topdrukte — Christmas and New Year, Summer holidays in Argentinië

• Risico

  Summer landslides in the Quebrada

  1 jan – 31 mrt · meestalAardverschuivingsseizoen

  Summer storms send mud and rockslides across Ruta 9 near Volcan and Tunalito and Ruta 52 at the Cuesta de Lipan, cutting access to Purmamarca, Tilcara and Humahuaca for hours or days. Check road reports before a day trip. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Christmas and New Year (24 dec – 1 jan)

Topdrukte — Carnaval jujeño, Summer holidays in Argentinië

• Festival

  Carnaval jujeño

  1 feb – 5 mrt · meestalCarnavalDruk

  The city empties up the Quebrada for the nine days between the unearthing of the devil and its burial. What stays behind is neighbourhood comparsas, brass bands and a great deal of flour. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Summer landslides in the Quebrada (1 jan – 31 mrt (meestal))

Topdrukte — Carnaval jujeño, Punta Corral pilgrimage

• Festival

  Punta Corral pilgrimage

  10 mrt – 20 apr · meestalBedevaartseizoenDruk

  In the week before Easter, tens of thousands climb to the mountain shrine above Tumbaya and Tilcara and walk the Virgin down with brass bands; she reaches Tumbaya on Palm Sunday and Tilcara on Holy Wednesday. Bron ↗

• Feestdag

  Semana Santa

  2–5 aprPasen & Goede WeekDrukBoek vroegSluitingen

  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. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Summer landslides in the Quebrada (1 jan – 31 mrt (meestal)), Carnaval jujeño (1 feb – 5 mrt (meestal))

Topdrukte — Punta Corral pilgrimage, Semana Santa

In april begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Punta Corral pilgrimage (10 mrt – 20 apr (meestal)), Semana Santa (2–5 apr)

Tussenseizoen — een gewone maand

In mei begint er niets nieuws.

Tussenseizoen — schoolvakanties in 2 van de markten die de plek vullen, een gewone maand

• Festival

  Inti Raymi, the Andean New Year

  20–21 junGroot festival

  Indigenous communities greet the winter solstice with offerings to the sun at dawn on 21 June; the best-known ceremony is at Huacalera on the Tropic of Capricorn, about two hours up the Quebrada. Bron ↗

Topdrukte — Argentine winter holidays, Winter recess in Argentinië

• Seizoen

  Argentine winter holidays

  5 jul – 5 aug · meestalSchoolvakantiesDrukBoek vroeg

  July is the province's busiest month by far: the city fills as the base for the Quebrada and the salt flats, the Tren Solar sells out and rooms up the valley go weeks in advance. Bron ↗

Topdrukte — Argentine winter holidays, Éxodo Jujeño

• Festival

  Pachamama month

  1–31 aug · meestalGroot festival

  On 1 August families and neighbourhood groups open a hole in the ground and feed Mother Earth with food, coca and drink, and the ceremonies carry on through the month in the city's barrios and markets. Bron ↗

• Festival

  Éxodo Jujeño

  22–23 augNationale feestdagDrukSluitingen

  The province marks Belgrano's 1812 evacuation with an evocative march on the 22nd and a parade of some seventy-five gaucho centres on the 23rd. It is a provincial holiday and the city stops for it. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Argentine winter holidays (5 jul – 5 aug (meestal))

Druk — Fiesta Nacional de los Estudiantes, schoolvakanties in 2 van de markten die de plek vullen

• Festival

  Fiesta Nacional de los Estudiantes

  12–26 sepGroot festivalDrukBoek vroeg

  A fortnight of school-built floats paraded through the city to open the spring, ending with the election of the national representative. Hotels fill and the school week loses days to it. Bron ↗

Druk — Virgen de Rio Blanco y Paypaya

• Festival

  Virgen de Rio Blanco y Paypaya

  1–31 oktReligieus feestDruk

  Every Sunday in October the faithful walk, many barefoot, to the patron saint's sanctuary at Rio Blanco, a few kilometres outside the city. On 7 October, a local holiday, the cathedral holds the main mass and procession. Bron ↗

Tussenseizoen — een gewone maand

In november begint er niets nieuws.

Topdrukte — Christmas and New Year, Summer holidays in Argentinië

• Feestdag

  Christmas and New Year

  24 dec – 1 janKerst & nieuwjaarSluitingen

  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. Bron ↗