Peru
Peru packs three worlds into one country: a Pacific coast of desert beaches and Lima's world-class food scene, an Andean spine of Inca ruins, colonial cities, and snow-capped peaks, and an Amazon basin covering more than half its territory.
Cities & regions
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Aguas Calientes (officially Machu Picchu Pueblo) is a small town of ~6,000 residents at 2,040m elevation in Cusco Region, Peru, nestled between cloud-foreste…
Open guideCusco was once the capital of the mighty Inca Empire and today is the gateway to Machu Picchu and Peru's Sacred Valley. Sitting at 3,400m altitude in the And…
Open guideLima is Peru's capital and one of the world's great food cities, blending ancient pre-Columbian ruins, Spanish colonial architecture, Pacific Ocean coastal c…
Open guidePuno is Peru's 'Folkloric Capital', sitting on the shores of Lake Titicaca at 3,827m above sea level in the high Andes of southeastern Peru. It is the classi…
Open guideLake Titicaca is the world's highest navigable lake at 3,810 m (12,500 ft) elevation, straddling the border of Peru and Bolivia. The Peru-side gateway is Pun…
Open guideArequipa is southern Peru's colonial 'White City', sitting at roughly 2,300-2,335 metres above sea level with volcanoes on the skyline. Its heart is the Plaz…
Open guideMiraflores is the upmarket clifftop district of Lima and the base most visitors to Peru use for the capital. It sits on the Pacific, where a line of green pa…
Open guideOllantaytambo is a cobblestoned Inca town in Peru's Sacred Valley, about 60 km (roughly 45 miles) northwest of Cusco and 1.5 to 2 hours away by road, sitting…
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