When to Travel_

In summer, Salta dresses in colors and offers a rich cultural agenda, with numerous weekend popular festivals all across the province. In January and February, the traditional carnival troupes with colorful feather headdresses up to 5-meter high, cajeros, and drums characterize carnival parades also throughout the province. Other typical celebration is the Holy Week, which highlights the regional sense mainly with the Stations of the Cross. In June, the traditional Guardia bajo las estrellas -Guard under the Stars- that pays tribute to Güemes’ gauchos, and the gaucho parade, with about 3,000 gauchos, are the prelude to a busy schedule during the winter holidays in July. In mid-September, the feast of Señor y Virgen del Milagro — the Lord and Virgin of the Miracle — in the capital city, attracts thousands of pilgrims from the entire province.

One of the most defining characteristics of Salta is the religiousness and devotion of its people, that is why throughout the year the streets of each city witness celebrations and pilgrimages in tribute to the Virgin and patron saints, where misachicos, dressage and regional cuisine are the combination par excellence. In August, the tribute to the Pachamama – Mother Earth – is an ancestral ceremony, and also one of the most traditional, moving and respected devotions that prevails in our days.