O que acontece em Cusco (Cuzco), Peru, ao longo do ano

Tranquilo — o mês tranquilo segundo a editoria, Summer / year-end holidays em Peru

• Regra

  Machu Picchu circuits and time slots

  1 Jan – 31 DezReserve cedo

  Entry is a numbered circuit at a fixed hour, capped daily and sold online well ahead; Huayna Picchu and the mountain add-ons go first. There is no ticket office at the gate worth queueing at. Fonte ↗

Ainda em andamento: Andean rainy season (1 Dez – 31 Mar (normalmente))

Movimentado — Summer / year-end holidays em Peru, férias escolares em 3 dos países que mais mandam visitantes

• Fechamento

  Inca Trail closed

  1–28 Fev

  The Ministry of Culture shuts the whole route for February every year for maintenance of the steps, bridges and campsites. Machu Picchu itself stays open, and the Salkantay and Lares treks run. Fonte ↗

Ainda em andamento: Machu Picchu circuits and time slots (1 Jan – 31 Dez), Andean rainy season (1 Dez – 31 Mar (normalmente))

Movimentado — entre os picos, Señor de los Temblores

• Abertura

  Inca Trail reopens

  1 MarTemporada de trilhas

  The trail opens again on 1 March, into the greenest and least crowded weeks of the year. The rain has not quite finished, which is the trade. Fonte ↗

• Festival

  Señor de los Temblores

  16 Mar – 19 Abr · normalmentePáscoa e Semana SantaLotado

  On Holy Monday, the day that opens Holy Week, the blackened Christ is carried around the Plaza de Armas under showers of red ñucchu petals, the one procession in Cusco that is entirely for the city itself. Fonte ↗

Ainda em andamento: Machu Picchu circuits and time slots (1 Jan – 31 Dez), Andean rainy season (1 Dez – 31 Mar (normalmente))

Movimentado — entre os picos, Señor de los Temblores

Nada novo começa em abril.

Ainda em andamento: Machu Picchu circuits and time slots (1 Jan – 31 Dez), Señor de los Temblores (16 Mar – 19 Abr (normalmente))

Movimentado — entre os picos, Andean dry season

• Temporada

  Andean dry season

  1 Mai – 30 Set · normalmenteTemporada de poeiraLotado

  Bright still days, hard frost at night at 3,400 metres, and dust on the trails by August. It is the reliable half of the year and everybody knows it.

• Festival

  Qoyllur Rit'i

  30 Mai – 4 JunFesta religiosa

  Tens of thousands walk up to a glacier sanctuary above 4,600 metres for three days and nights of dancing in the cold, in the week before Corpus Christi. A pilgrimage rather than a spectacle, and altitude no visitor should take lightly. Fonte ↗

• Festival

  Corpus Christi

  3–11 JunFesta religiosaLotado

  Fifteen saints and virgins are carried in from the parish churches to the cathedral square and stay for a week, and the city eats chiriuchu on the steps. It opens Cusco's month of festivals. Fonte ↗

Ainda em andamento: Machu Picchu circuits and time slots (1 Jan – 31 Dez)

Lotação máxima — o mês de pico segundo a editoria, Andean dry season

• Festival

  Inti Raymi

  24 JunGrande festivalLotadoReserve cedo

  The Inca festival of the sun re-enacted at Sacsayhuamán above the city on the winter solstice, in front of a paying grandstand and a hillside of everyone else. The city is full and priced for it. Fonte ↗

Ainda em andamento: Machu Picchu circuits and time slots (1 Jan – 31 Dez), Andean dry season (1 Mai – 30 Set (normalmente)), Qoyllur Rit'i (30 Mai – 4 Jun), Corpus Christi (3–11 Jun)

Lotação máxima — o mês de pico segundo a editoria, Andean dry season

• Regra

  Inca Trail permits sell out

  1 Jul – 31 AgoTemporada de trilhasReserve cedo

  Only 500 people a day may start the trail, guides and porters included, and the June to August dates go five or six months ahead. Machu Picchu's own timed circuits sell out in the same window. Fonte ↗

• Feriado

  Fiestas Patrias

  25 Jul – 2 AgoFeriado nacionalLotadoReserve cedo

  Peru's national holidays fall inside the driest, busiest weeks and put domestic travellers on top of the foreign ones. Lima-Cusco flights and Machu Picchu slots both go early. Fonte ↗

Ainda em andamento: Machu Picchu circuits and time slots (1 Jan – 31 Dez), Andean dry season (1 Mai – 30 Set (normalmente))

Lotação máxima — o mês de pico segundo a editoria, Andean dry season

Nada novo começa em agosto.

Ainda em andamento: Machu Picchu circuits and time slots (1 Jan – 31 Dez), Andean dry season (1 Mai – 30 Set (normalmente)), Inca Trail permits sell out (1 Jul – 31 Ago), Fiestas Patrias (25 Jul – 2 Ago)

Movimentado — entre os picos, Andean dry season

Nada novo começa em setembro.

Ainda em andamento: Machu Picchu circuits and time slots (1 Jan – 31 Dez), Andean dry season (1 Mai – 30 Set (normalmente))

Movimentado — entre os picos, October break em Peru

Nada novo começa em outubro.

Ainda em andamento: Machu Picchu circuits and time slots (1 Jan – 31 Dez)

Tranquilo — o mês tranquilo segundo a editoria

Nada novo começa em novembro.

Ainda em andamento: Machu Picchu circuits and time slots (1 Jan – 31 Dez)

Lotação máxima — o mês de pico segundo a editoria, Santurantikuy

• Temporada

  Andean rainy season

  1 Dez – 31 Mar · normalmenteMonçãoRisco

  Heavy afternoon rain and low cloud over the ruins, with the mountains greener than at any other point and the trails close to empty. Landslides close the rail line to Machu Picchu occasionally, usually for a day or two.

• Festival

  Santurantikuy

  24 DezNatal e Ano-NovoLotado

  On Christmas Eve the Plaza de Armas becomes a market of hand-carved nativity figures brought down from the villages, and it runs from dawn until the small hours. Fonte ↗

Ainda em andamento: Machu Picchu circuits and time slots (1 Jan – 31 Dez)