På gång i Jaipur, India under året

Mest folk — Jaipur Literature Festival, Christmas to New Year rush

• Festival

  Makar Sankranti kite day

  14–15 janStor festivalStängningar

  The city spends the day on its roofs cutting each other's kite strings, and the old town shuts down around it. Glass-coated line takes down birds and the odd scooter rider, so the flyovers get netted. Källa ↗

• Festival

  Jaipur Literature Festival

  14–24 jan · vanligtvisKulturfestivalTrångtBoka tidigt

  Five days, free to attend if you register, and big enough that hotel rates across the city move for it. The venue has changed more than once, so check where it is before booking a room near it. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Christmas to New Year rush (22 dec – 2 jan (vanligtvis))

Mycket folk — skollov i 2 av marknaderna som fyller platsen, en av dess bästa vädermånader

Inget nytt börjar i februari.

Mellansäsong — skollov i 2 av marknaderna som fyller platsen, en helt vanlig månad

• Festival

  Gangaur

  15 mar – 15 apr · vanligtvisReligiös högtidStängningar

  Two afternoons of processions out of the City Palace at Tripolia Gate, with elephants, camels and the palanquins of the goddess. The Tripolia and Chaugan routes close to traffic for hours. Källa ↗

Mycket folk — Summer vacation (Kerala / far south) i India, skollov i 2 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

• Risk

  Pre-monsoon heat

  25 apr – 20 jun · vanligtvisExtrem värme

  Amber and Nahargarh are open sandstone with no shade on them, and the desert wind off the west makes the afternoons worse rather than better. Local practice is fort at dawn, city after six. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Gangaur (15 mar – 15 apr (vanligtvis))

Mycket folk — Summer vacation (north & east) i India

Inget nytt börjar i maj.

Pågår fortfarande: Pre-monsoon heat (25 apr – 20 jun (vanligtvis))

Mycket folk — Summer vacation (north & east) i India, skollov i 2 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

Inget nytt börjar i juni.

Pågår fortfarande: Pre-monsoon heat (25 apr – 20 jun (vanligtvis))

Mycket folk — Teej, skollov i 5 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

• Säsong

  Monsoon in the Aravallis

  1 jul – 15 sep · vanligtvis

  The hills behind Amber go green for the only stretch of the year and the lake below the fort fills. Rooms are at their cheapest and the tour buses are somewhere else.

• Festival

  Teej

  25 jul – 25 aug · vanligtvisReligiös högtidTrångt

  A two-century-old procession of the goddess out of Tripolia Gate through the bazaars, in the middle of the monsoon and deliberately so. Grandstand seats in the old city are ticketed by the state. Källa ↗

Mycket folk — Teej, skollov i 4 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

Inget nytt börjar i augusti.

Pågår fortfarande: Monsoon in the Aravallis (1 jul – 15 sep (vanligtvis)), Teej (25 jul – 25 aug (vanligtvis))

Mellansäsong — skollov i 3 av marknaderna som fyller platsen, en helt vanlig månad

Inget nytt börjar i september.

Pågår fortfarande: Monsoon in the Aravallis (1 jul – 15 sep (vanligtvis))

Mycket folk — Autumn break (Dussehra / Diwali) i India, skollov i 2 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

• Festival

  Diwali in the bazaars

  8 novTrångtStängningar

  Johari, Bapu and Tripolia bazaars compete to light the whole pink facade, and the walled city is closed to cars for several nights. It is the one time the old town is worth seeing after dark. Källa ↗

Mycket folk — Diwali in the bazaars

Inget nytt börjar i november.

Pågår fortfarande: Diwali in the bazaars (8 nov)

Mest folk — Christmas to New Year rush, Winter break i India

• Helg

  Christmas to New Year rush

  22 dec – 2 jan · vanligtvisJul & nyårTrångtBoka tidigt

  The week from Christmas to New Year is India's busiest holiday stretch: schools and many offices break, domestic travellers pour into hill stations, heritage towns and resorts, and hotels charge peak rates, often with a New Year's Eve dinner surcharge. Book early. Källa ↗