På gång i Ollantaytambo (Sacred Valley), Peru under året

Mest folk — Bajada de Reyes de Marcaccocha, Summer / year-end holidays i Peru

• Festival

  Bajada de Reyes de Marcaccocha

  5–9 janReligiös högtidTrångt

  The child-Jesus icon of Marcaccocha is carried down from the Patakancha valley into Ollantaytambo on January 5, followed by a full day of folk dancing in the plaza and closing festivities through the 8th or 9th. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Sacred Valley rainy season (1 dec – 31 mar (vanligtvis))

Mycket folk — Summer / year-end holidays i Peru, skollov i 3 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

• Stängt

  Inca Trail closed

  1–28 feb

  The classic trek starts at Km 82 down the valley from here, and the whole route shuts for February maintenance every year. The town keeps its trains and its ruins; the trekking groups go elsewhere. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Sacred Valley rainy season (1 dec – 31 mar (vanligtvis))

Mycket folk — Summer / year-end holidays i Peru, skollov i 3 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

Inget nytt börjar i mars.

Pågår fortfarande: Sacred Valley rainy season (1 dec – 31 mar (vanligtvis))

Mellansäsong — en helt vanlig månad

Inget nytt börjar i april.

Mest folk — Andean dry season, Senor de Choquekillka

• Säsong

  Andean dry season

  1 maj – 30 sep · vanligtvisTrångt

  Clear days, frost at night and dust on the terraces by August. The town works as the staging post for Machu Picchu in these months and the square is a car park of minibuses by nine.

• Festival

  Senor de Choquekillka

  23–26 majReligiös högtidTrångt

  The town's own festival over Pentecost: four days of seventeen dance troupes, bullfights and fireworks in a village of a few thousand, with everyone home for it. The date moves with Easter. Källa ↗

Mycket folk — Andean dry season, skollov i 2 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

Inget nytt börjar i juni.

Pågår fortfarande: Andean dry season (1 maj – 30 sep (vanligtvis)), Senor de Choquekillka (23–26 maj)

Mest folk — Andean dry season, Fiestas Patrias

• Helg

  Fiestas Patrias

  28–29 julNationell helgdagTrångtBoka tidigt

  The national holidays on 28 and 29 July land inside the school winter break and the valley fills with Peruvian families. Trains to Machu Picchu are the tightest of the year. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Andean dry season (1 maj – 30 sep (vanligtvis))

Mest folk — Andean dry season, Mid-year break (Fiestas Patrias) i Peru

Inget nytt börjar i augusti.

Pågår fortfarande: Andean dry season (1 maj – 30 sep (vanligtvis)), Fiestas Patrias (28–29 jul)

Mycket folk — Andean dry season, skollov i 2 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

Inget nytt börjar i september.

Pågår fortfarande: Andean dry season (1 maj – 30 sep (vanligtvis))

Mycket folk — October break i Peru

Inget nytt börjar i oktober.

Mellansäsong — en helt vanlig månad

• Festival

  Todos Santos

  1–2 novReligiös högtid

  Sacred Valley families visit and decorate graves on 1 and 2 November, and the markets sell t'anta wawa, doll-shaped sweet breads made for the dead. Källa ↗

Mycket folk — Summer / year-end holidays i Peru, skollov i 4 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

• Säsong

  Sacred Valley rainy season

  1 dec – 31 mar · vanligtvisMonsun

  Afternoon rain over the terraces from December, with the valley greener than at any other point and the guest houses half empty. Landslides shut the road or the rail line for a day or two.