På gång i Puno, Peru under året

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

Inget nytt börjar i januari.

Mest folk — Virgen de la Candelaria, Summer / year-end holidays i Peru

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  Virgen de la Candelaria

  1–15 febReligiös högtidTrångtBoka tidigt

  Two hundred troupes and something like fifty thousand dancers take the streets and the stadium for a fortnight around 2 February. Rooms in Puno go months before, and the lake boats run half empty. Källa ↗

Mest folk — Semana Santa, Summer / year-end holidays i Peru

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  Semana Santa

  15 mar – 20 apr · vanligtvisPåsk & stilla veckanTrångt

  Holy Thursday and Good Friday are national holidays, so Peruvians fill the lake tours. On Good Friday the faithful climb the calvary hills such as Azoguini, and Chucuito lays flower carpets for its processions. Källa ↗

Mycket folk — Semana Santa

Inget nytt börjar i april.

Pågår fortfarande: Semana Santa (15 mar – 20 apr (vanligtvis))

Mest folk — Alasitas and Cruces de Mayo, May break i Peru

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  Alasitas and Cruces de Mayo

  1–6 majReligiös högtidTrångt

  In early May Puno blesses its hillside crosses and holds a fair of miniatures, tiny houses, cars and banknotes bought in the hope of getting the real thing within the year. The 3rd is the main day. Källa ↗

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

• Säsong

  Freezing nights on the altiplano

  1 jun – 15 aug · vanligtvisExtrem kyla

  At 3,800 m the dry-season nights drop below freezing in rooms with no heating, while the midday sun burns hard enough that the hospital treats sunburn off the slow boats most days of July and August.

Mest folk — Fiesta de Santiago on Taquile, Fiestas Patrias

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  Fiesta de Santiago on Taquile

  24–31 jul · vanligtvisReligiös högtidTrångt

  Taquile island's patron saint feast, centred on the 25th, is when the islanders dance in their finest weaving to panpipes and drums. It is the island's biggest week, a long boat ride from Puno, so arrange the crossing early. Källa ↗

• Helg

  Fiestas Patrias

  25–29 julNationell helgdagTrångtBoka tidigtStängningar

  Independence on 28 and 29 July is Peru's biggest domestic travel break, often widened into a long weekend. Buses and domestic flights sell out and fares rise, hotels fill, towns hang flags for parades, and banks and offices close. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Freezing nights on the altiplano (1 jun – 15 aug (vanligtvis))

Mycket folk — Mid-year break (Fiestas Patrias) i Peru

Inget nytt börjar i augusti.

Pågår fortfarande: Freezing nights on the altiplano (1 jun – 15 aug (vanligtvis))

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

Inget nytt börjar i september.

Mest folk — Tata Pancho in Yunguyo, October break i Peru

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  Tata Pancho in Yunguyo

  6–14 okt · vanligtvisReligiös högtidTrångt

  Yunguyo, on the Bolivian border about two and a half hours away, honours San Francisco de Borja with a procession on 10 October, zampona contests and more than fifty troupes of sikumorenos, morenada and diablada. Källa ↗

Mycket folk — Puno's jubilee week

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  Puno's jubilee week

  1–9 novStor festivalTrångt

  The city was founded on 4 November 1668 and marks it with parades, estudiantina contests and a re-enactment of Manco Cápac and Mama Ocllo coming ashore out of the lake by reed boat. Källa ↗

Mest folk — Inmaculada Concepcion in Lampa, Summer / year-end holidays i Peru

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  Inmaculada Concepcion in Lampa

  6–15 decReligiös högtidTrångt

  Lampa, the colonial pink town north of Juliaca and an easy day trip, keeps its patron feast with sikuris and ayarachi contests, masses and processions, including a staged descent and ascension of the Virgin. Källa ↗