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Museos - Museums Lima
8 Reviews Lima is by excelence, a city of museums. With more than 50 museums in the city, the best ones in Peru are located here. From public to private and from general to specialized museums, visiting them...
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Sacred Valley Cusco
10 Reviews Our horseback ride from Urubamba up past the salt terraces to Maras and Moray was the best adventure of our entire visit to Peru, For a mere $US60 a person, Rancho Casa Hospedaje supplied a...
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Inca Trail Machu Picchu
16 Reviews Stumbled across a really great way to see machu Piccu and to see some authentic Peruvian life along the way. Some friends found a Dutch guy in Cusco who arranges tours on behalf of a Coffee...
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Las Salinas de Maras Cusco
4 Reviews This was definitely one of the more bizarre sights we saw on our trip to the Sacred Valley! A huge salt mine carved out of the hillside, with terrace after terrace of mini salt-pans spread out in...
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Ruins Machu Picchu
13 Reviews We can upon these impressive ruins which were only rediscovered in 1941 enroute to the Sun gate as you can see from my photo restoration work in going on using techniques which are as ancient as the...
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San Blas Cusco
7 Reviews Well San Blas isnt too off the beaten path but its somewhat of a walk if you want to get there from the Plaza de Armas. Of course we did do a bunch of stops by the time we got here. But I think San...
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Moray Cusco
3 Reviews Moray was one of the more unusual Inca sites we visited. It's basically a series of big, circular terraces in the middle of nowhere, with an out-of-this-world quality about them. These formed an...
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Machu Picchu Cusco
3 Reviews Being in Cuzco, Machu Picchu - South Americas most famous place - of course is on your list of places where you must go! . Looking on the most common photos you see behind Macchu Picchu the steep,...
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Ici, on achete pas de voiture, il y a pas de route entre Iquitos et les autres villes du pays... c est une sorte de ville ile, au milieu de la foret et coupee de tout.Alors on se fabrique une pirogue et on voyage comme ca...
Le port d Iquitos s etale sur les rives du cote de la ville. (rives du fleuve Amazone)En arriere plan c est un cimetiere de bateaux et il y en a a la toque.... et devant c est des troncs (enormes) qui sont en transite pour etre achemine vers des usines de transformation pour faire du papier.... il y a des tronc aussi larges que moi debout!... voir plus gros encore.
Celui la c est a Iquitos, le vilage flotant est considere comme un quartier. En fait ce sont des gens tres pauvres qui habitent sur le fleuve pour ne pas payser les impos locaux...Faut pas rever, l amazone c est une vrai poubelle. (domage)
Sur l Amazone comme sur bien d autres rios, les villages se coinsesnt entre la foret et l eau.... c est assez egsigue comme place et ca grouille de gens....Pour les bateaux qui acostent c est pas simple, car c est un enchevetrement de pirogues indigenes, et tout le monde se preci`pite pour voir s il y a des choses a decharger, ou pour vendre de la nouriture.... c est assez folcklo les pueblo idigenes de la selva.
start in the mts of Peru and hike the entire trail - you will need local guides and it takes about 4 days. You will see lots of other ruins, some as good as Machu Pichu!you can take the train, but the hike takes you up 14,000 ft and is spectacular!
Slurping Ceviche: One of the classic dishes of Peruvian coastal cooking is ceviche -- raw fish and shellfish marinated in lime or lemon juice and hot chile peppers, and served with raw onion, sweet potato, and toasted corn. It's wonderfully refreshing and spicy. The best place to try one? A seaside cevichería, specializing in umpteen varieties of deliciously fresh ceviche.Touring Ica's Bodegas: Peru, one of the great winemaking countries of the world? Probably not, but the southern desert coast does have a thriving wine industry. The most famous product is pisco, but the many traditional bodegas (wineries) throughout the Ica countryside also make regular table wines. A few bodegas give tours and tastings. Ica hosts a hopping Wine Festival in March, which is a good time to tour the region if you're into wine and general merriment. Harvest time, late February through April, is the other...
Relaxing at a Quinta: There are elegant restaurants in Lima, Cusco, Arequipa, and Iquitos, but there's nothing quite like an informal quinta -- an open-air restaurant specializing in Andean home-cooking. It's an Andean tradition perhaps best explored in the crisp air of Cusco, which has a trio of quintas that are especially popular with locals on weekends. Look for informal garden or courtyard settings, large portions of Peruvian cooking, and reasonable prices. Most quintas are open only for lunch, so plan on it as your main meal of the day. Not only will you eat well, but it's also a great way to spend a sunny afternoon.Savoring a Pisco Sour: Peru's national drink is the pisco sour, a delicious concoction made from the white-grape brandy called pisco. Made frothy when mixed with egg whites, lemon juice, sugar, and bitters, it's cold and complex, the closest thing to a Peruvian...
Barbecuing Peruvian-Style: The Peruvian version of a barbecue get-together is called a pachamanca; it's basically cooking meat and veggies over coals or hot stones in a hole in the ground. On weekends in the countryside, mostly in the mountains, you'll see families gathered around smoky subterranean grills, cooking up pork or beef and potatoes and vegetables. (You can also get pachamanca-style dishes in some traditional restaurants.)Chugging Chicha: An ancient Andean tradition is the brewing of chicha, beer made from fermented maize. You can find it at a few traditional restaurants, but for an authentic Andean experience, the best place to get it is at a simple bar or home that flies the chicha flag -- a long pole with a red flag or, often, balloon -- which is the local way of advertising that there's home-brewed chicha available inside. Served warm, in monstrous tumblers for a few...
When in Iquitos, you must visit Belen. Belen is, honestly, a slum. But it is also very interesting and not really dangerous (don't wear open shoes, as the ground can be sort of gooey).If young Jorge Luis still works at the tiny Museo Etnografico, ask him to guide you through Belen. He'll look out for you and show you a good time, including a little cruise. He doesn't speak English however.
One adventure to consider, especially if you speak Spanish, would be to join a Peruvian hiking, treking and camping excursion. I am not referring to the high quality, high cost trips advertized by agencies for foreign visitors. Instead there are lots of recreation or special interest groups which offer 1day to 1 week trips generally out of Lima to less visited Peruvian sites. Some are special holiday trips. I have seen many of these during internet searches. I think a few of the organizations have English on their web sites. Pictures of the groups usually show middle class college age Peruvians. The costs are low, especially compared to the Inca Trail trips. In fact, I would be suspicious that the trip was aimed at international travellers if I found a trip with a high cost. It is not because of my age, but I have not yet been able to take advantage of this idea. Maybe you can. Let me...
7 Reviews and 251 Opinions We did not stay here, but it was pointed out to us as the hotel used for some of the VIPs that came...
Hostal Rumi Punku Cusco
7 Reviews and 486 Opinions Very nice hotel including all amenities, even wi-fi. Recommend the tours booked via Sergio at the...
Sumaq Machu Picchu Hotel Machu Picchu
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Q: We will be traveling in Dec. can only spend about 6 days in Peru. Would appreciate any suggestions on how to best use our time. ...
A: Firstly, if you stay on the coast, be prepared for heat and humidity. If you go inland, be prepared for altitude. I imagine you will be arriving first off in Lima? Six...
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