Peru travel: Download 2011 festival calendar for Lima Region

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Vendimia, Peru's grape-squashing harvest festival, kicks off in early March (Photo: Andina)

If you are traveling to Lima, Peru and are looking for ideas to help you plan the best cultural experience possible, the Regional Government of Lima's 2011 Festival Calendar can provide some good ideas. It’s a comprehensive schedule of 225 of Lima’s main cultural events, fairs, festivals, religious festivities, holidays and more.

Click here to download Lima’s 2011 Festival Calendar (in Spanish).

The list includes cultural festivities like March’s popular Grape Harvest Festival, Vendimia, which is traditionally celebrated with float parades, dance shows, pisco tasting booths and events highlighting the tradition crushing grapes by foot.

There are also food festivals and fairs like Puerto de Huacho's Ceviche Festival, a week-long celebration in honor of the Peru’s celebrated dish, also held during the last week of February.

Also noted are important religious celebrations like the annual Señor de los Milagros procession, in October, where thousands of faithful celebrate the Lord of Miracles in an emotive procession through the streets of Lima.

Find out exactly what date National Pisco Day will fall on (July 27), when and where a big Tourist Week will take place (August 30, Cañete) and learn of many other fun and traditional events taking place throughout Lima this year.