O que acontece em Villa de Leyva, Colômbia, ao longo do ano

Movimentado — Year-end holidays em Colômbia, férias escolares em 4 dos países que mais mandam visitantes

Nada novo começa em janeiro.

Meia-estação — férias escolares em 3 dos países que mais mandam visitantes, um mês comum

Nada novo começa em fevereiro.

Lotação máxima — Festival de Astronomia, Semana Santa

• Festival

  Festival de Astronomia

  20–22 MarTemporada de céu escuroLotado

  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. Fonte ↗

• Feriado

  Semana Santa

  29 Mar – 5 AbrPáscoa e Semana SantaLotadoReserve cedo

  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. Fonte ↗

Lotação máxima — Semana Santa, Semana Santa recess em Colômbia

• Temporada

  First rainy season

  1 Abr – 31 Mai · normalmenteMonção

  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.

Ainda em andamento: Semana Santa (29 Mar – 5 Abr)

Movimentado — Festival Nacional de Bandas

• Festival

  Festival Nacional de Bandas

  10–25 Mai · normalmenteFestival de músicaLotadoReserve cedo

  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. Fonte ↗

Ainda em andamento: First rainy season (1 Abr – 31 Mai (normalmente))

Lotação máxima — Founding anniversary, Villa de Leyva Jazz Festival

• Festival

  Founding anniversary

  8–14 Jun · normalmenteFestival de músicaLotado

  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. Fonte ↗

• Festival

  Villa de Leyva Jazz Festival

  24–29 JunFestival de músicaLotadoReserve cedo

  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. Fonte ↗

Lotação máxima — Fiestas de la Virgen del Carmen, Mid-year recess em Colômbia

• Festival

  Fiestas de la Virgen del Carmen

  12–17 Jul · normalmenteFesta religiosaLotado

  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. Fonte ↗

Movimentado — Festival del Viento y las Cometas

• Festival

  Festival del Viento y las Cometas

  14–17 AgoGrande festivalLotadoReserve cedo

  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. Fonte ↗

Meia-estação — férias escolares em 2 dos países que mais mandam visitantes, um mês comum

• Festival

  Festival Villa del Cine

  20–30 Set · normalmenteFestival de cinema

  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. Fonte ↗

Movimentado — October recess week em Colômbia

• Temporada

  Second rainy season

  1 Out – 30 Nov · normalmenteMonção

  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.

Movimentado — Year-end holidays em Colômbia

Nada novo começa em novembro.

Ainda em andamento: Second rainy season (1 Out – 30 Nov (normalmente))

Lotação máxima — Festival de Luces, Year-end holidays em Colômbia

• Festival

  Festival de Luces

  5–7 DezNatal e Ano-NovoLotadoReserve cedo

  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. Fonte ↗