På gång i La Serena, Chile under året

Mest folk — Chilean summer holidays, Summer holidays i Chile

• Säsong

  Chilean summer holidays

  1 jan – 28 febSkollovTrångtBoka tidigt

  This is the north's family beach and Santiago arrives for all of January and February: the Avenida del Mar is bumper to bumper and Elqui's small hotels sell out. March is the same coast, half empty.

• Natur

  New-moon nights in the Elqui

  1 jan – 31 decMörkersäsongBoka tidigt

  The valley has clear skies most nights of the year, and the tourist observatories close for the few days either side of a full moon. Book a new-moon night and take a coat; it drops fast.

Mest folk — Chilean summer holidays, Summer holidays i Chile

• Natur

  Grape harvest in the Elqui

  15 feb – 30 apr · vanligtvis

  The pisco grapes come off between late February and April and the valley smells of them; the distilleries at Pisco Elqui and Vicuna run tastings through it and the light on the terraces is the year's best.

Pågår fortfarande: Chilean summer holidays (1 jan – 28 feb), New-moon nights in the Elqui (1 jan – 31 dec)

Mycket folk — Summer holidays i Chile, skollov i 2 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

• Helg

  Semana Santa

  3–5 aprPåsk & stilla veckanTrångtBoka tidigtStängningar

  Good Friday and Holy Saturday are public holidays, giving an autumn long weekend. Offices close, long-distance buses and domestic flights fill, and hotels in coastal, lake and desert towns see one more busy weekend after the summer. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: New-moon nights in the Elqui (1 jan – 31 dec), Grape harvest in the Elqui (15 feb – 30 apr (vanligtvis))

Mycket folk — Semana Santa

Inget nytt börjar i april.

Pågår fortfarande: New-moon nights in the Elqui (1 jan – 31 dec), Grape harvest in the Elqui (15 feb – 30 apr (vanligtvis)), Semana Santa (3–5 apr)

Lugnt — en av dess sämsta vädermånader

• Säsong

  Camanchaca on the coast

  1 maj – 30 sep · vanligtvisDimsäsongRisk

  The coastal fog sits over La Serena and Coquimbo for the cool half of the year, most of it burning off by late morning. Drive forty minutes inland and it is a different country.

Pågår fortfarande: New-moon nights in the Elqui (1 jan – 31 dec)

Mycket folk — Winter holidays i Chile

Inget nytt börjar i juni.

Pågår fortfarande: New-moon nights in the Elqui (1 jan – 31 dec), Camanchaca on the coast (1 maj – 30 sep (vanligtvis))

Mycket folk — Winter holidays i Chile, skollov i 3 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

Inget nytt börjar i juli.

Pågår fortfarande: New-moon nights in the Elqui (1 jan – 31 dec), Camanchaca on the coast (1 maj – 30 sep (vanligtvis))

Mellansäsong — en helt vanlig månad

Inget nytt börjar i augusti.

Pågår fortfarande: New-moon nights in the Elqui (1 jan – 31 dec), Camanchaca on the coast (1 maj – 30 sep (vanligtvis))

Mest folk — La Pampilla de Coquimbo, Fiestas Patrias

• Festival

  La Pampilla de Coquimbo

  17–20 sepStor festivalTrångt

  Chile's national days are spent on a hillside above Coquimbo, in a temporary town of tents, fondas and cueca that draws hundreds of thousands. Roads in from La Serena are shut or crawling. Källa ↗

• Helg

  Fiestas Patrias

  16–21 sep · vanligtvisNationell helgdagTrångtBoka tidigtStängningar

  18 and 19 September are Chile's biggest holidays, often stretched into a long weekend. Fondas serve empanadas, chicha and cueca dancing, long-distance buses and flights sell out, and offices and many shops close. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: New-moon nights in the Elqui (1 jan – 31 dec), Camanchaca on the coast (1 maj – 30 sep (vanligtvis))

Mellansäsong — en helt vanlig månad

Inget nytt börjar i oktober.

Pågår fortfarande: New-moon nights in the Elqui (1 jan – 31 dec)

Mellansäsong — en helt vanlig månad

Inget nytt börjar i november.

Pågår fortfarande: New-moon nights in the Elqui (1 jan – 31 dec)

Mycket folk — Summer holidays i Chile, skollov i 3 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

Inget nytt börjar i december.

Pågår fortfarande: New-moon nights in the Elqui (1 jan – 31 dec)