På gång i Villa de Leyva, Colombia under året

Mycket folk — Year-end holidays i Colombia, skollov i 4 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

Inget nytt börjar i januari.

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

Inget nytt börjar i februari.

Mest folk — Festival de Astronomia, Semana Santa

• Festival

  Festival de Astronomia

  20–22 marMörkersäsongTrångt

  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. Källa ↗

• Helg

  Semana Santa

  29 mar – 5 aprPåsk & stilla veckanTrångtBoka tidigt

  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. Källa ↗

Mest folk — Semana Santa, Semana Santa recess i Colombia

• Säsong

  First rainy season

  1 apr – 31 maj · vanligtvisMonsun

  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.

Pågår fortfarande: Semana Santa (29 mar – 5 apr)

Mycket folk — Festival Nacional de Bandas

• Festival

  Festival Nacional de Bandas

  10–25 maj · vanligtvisMusikfestivalTrångtBoka tidigt

  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. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: First rainy season (1 apr – 31 maj (vanligtvis))

Mest folk — Founding anniversary, Villa de Leyva Jazz Festival

• Festival

  Founding anniversary

  8–14 jun · vanligtvisMusikfestivalTrångt

  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. Källa ↗

• Festival

  Villa de Leyva Jazz Festival

  24–29 junMusikfestivalTrångtBoka tidigt

  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. Källa ↗

Mest folk — Fiestas de la Virgen del Carmen, Mid-year recess i Colombia

• Festival

  Fiestas de la Virgen del Carmen

  12–17 jul · vanligtvisReligiös högtidTrångt

  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. Källa ↗

Mycket folk — Festival del Viento y las Cometas

• Festival

  Festival del Viento y las Cometas

  14–17 augStor festivalTrångtBoka tidigt

  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. Källa ↗

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

• Festival

  Festival Villa del Cine

  20–30 sep · vanligtvisFilmfestival

  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. Källa ↗

Mycket folk — October recess week i Colombia

• Säsong

  Second rainy season

  1 okt – 30 nov · vanligtvisMonsun

  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.

Mycket folk — Year-end holidays i Colombia

Inget nytt börjar i november.

Pågår fortfarande: Second rainy season (1 okt – 30 nov (vanligtvis))

Mest folk — Festival de Luces, Year-end holidays i Colombia

• Festival

  Festival de Luces

  5–7 decJul & nyårTrångtBoka tidigt

  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. Källa ↗