Travel quotes
Like all great travellers, I have seen more than I remember, and remember more than I have seen. Benjamin Disraeli
In America there are two classes of travel - first class, and with children. Robert Benchley
Travelers never think that they are the foreigners. Mason Cooley
The traveler was active; he went strenuously in search of people, of adventure, of experience. The tourist is passive; he expects interesting things to happen to him. He goes "sight-seeing." Daniel J. Boorstin
There are only two emotions in a plane: boredom and terror. Orson Welles
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Peru : When and where to go ?
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Peru : Maps and Facts
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There are two main seasons that alternate: A wet season from October to April and a dry season from May to September. |
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What to do in Peru
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Lima, noisy and crowded, is almost an obligatory stop: You will enjoy the hospitality of its people, its nightlife and its many interesting museums, the catacombs of the San Francisco church, the bohemian district of Barranco, the Armas Plaza and the pretty beaches of Miraflores where you can admire a beautiful sunset. Then follow the south coast where you go through the Paracas National Reserve, sheltering a variety of local wildlife such as sea lions, condors, and giant jellyfish. Cuzco, in the southeast, means in Quechua "the navel of the universe": A UNESCO World Heritage Site, it should not be missed. The Coricancha (the gold district), the Inca Temple of the Sun, the Santo Domingo convent, the cathedral architecture showing varied influences and many other wonders are waiting to be discovered. Neaby, Machu Picchu, the lost city of the Incas, is one of the most visited sites in the world. The stunning and sophisticated constructions, but also the landscapes and surroundings easily explain this fact! Lake Titicaca is another Peruvian myth: Its altitude (3,820m), the perfect blue water, and clean air make it a fascinating place that you can visit by boat. |
Peru : The basics
International flights serve Lima via Colombia or Bolivia.
EU citizens do not require a visa to stay for less than three months. The currency in circulation is the Nuevo Sol. The budget required is quite reasonable: A double room will cost less than €30 and a hearty meal about €5. Regarding health precautions, avoid tap water and raw salads in small restaurants, be careful concerning acute altitude sickness (increase altitude progressively and climb back down at the slightest worry) and protect yourself from mosquitoes in the Amazon areas. The normal vaccines are highly recommended as well as those against yellow fever, typhoid and hepatitis A. To travel within the country, there are buses, cheap, relatively efficient and comfortable. Trains serve some destinations from Lima. In the city, taxis are plentiful... but they do not have meters. |
Towns in Peru
Peru's capital, the city has just over ten million inhabitants. Located at the foot of the Andes, it undergoes a subtropical desert climate, with very little precipitation, but high humidity.
The historic center of the city boasts the most remarkable monuments: Palazzo Torre-Tagle and his Creole architecture fingerprints clearly Andalusian stately home Prado, the baroque cathedral dating from the 17th century church of Santo Domingo Convent San Francisco, a masterpiece of religious art, the Municipal Theatre of neo-classical, Place d'Armes and the Plaza San Martin connected to each other by a pedestrian.
You can also stroll in the park comfortably's Fair, and leave the center city to visit El Olivar olive garden or along the waterfront Do not miss Larco Museum which traces the history of pre-Columbian Peru, and also has an exceptional collection of erotic art, the Museum Gold of Peru, showing the development work in metallurgy and a collection of Inca and pre-Inca and the National Museum of Anthropology and Archaeology. For your accommodation, you have considerable development of today's hostels in the city, trying to meet tourist demand rising sharply, and offers hotels in all price ranges, the highest-end located in neighborhoods Miraflores and San Isidro.
