Country Info
- Lima
- Capital
- Nuevo Sol (PEN)
- Currency
- 27,483,864
- Population
- PE
- Country Code
Peru Slideshow
Top Hotels in Peru
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Jose Antonio Executive Lima
21 reviews -
Sumaq Machu Picchu Hotel
350 reviews -
Hotel Don Carlos Puerto Maldonado
7 reviews -
Hotel Colonial Inn Lima
12 reviews -
Hotel Marcelinos Cusco
2 reviews
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Casa Andina Classic - Cusco Catedral
160 reviews -
Sonesta Posadas del Inca Miraflores Lima
70 reviews
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Nido Inn Lima
14 reviews
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Gasthaus El Amigo Inn Arequipa
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Hotel Garcilaso Cusco
19 reviews
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Suites Don Carlos Juliaca
2 reviews
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Terra Andina Hotel Cusco
396 reviews
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The House Of Carola Cusco
1 review
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Hotel Acosta Iquitos
10 reviews
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Rupawasi Condor House Machu Picchu
25 reviews
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Blue Star Hotel Lima
4 reviews
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Casa Andina Private Collection Puno
277 reviews
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Hotel Agusto's Cusco
44 reviews
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Inca Chiclayo
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Puno Plaza
3 reviews
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Casa Andina Classic - Cusco San Blas
163 reviews
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Casona Plaza Hotel Puno
59 reviews
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Eco Inn Puno Titicaca Lake
48 reviews
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Taypikala Hotel & Spa Puno
15 reviews
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El Puma Hotel Cusco
17 reviews
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Basadre Suites Boutique Hotel Lima
173 reviews
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Best Western Los Andes De America Cusco
76 reviews
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Hotel Munay Wasi Cusco
25 reviews
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La Hacienda Hotel and Casino Lima
38 reviews
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La Maison d' Elise Arequipa
10 reviews
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qp Hotels Lima
56 reviews
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San Agustin Monasterio de la Recoleta Hotel Urubamba
66 reviews
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Hotel Suenos del Inka Cusco
11 reviews
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Hostal Los Balcones de Rivero Arequipa
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Las Palmeras de San Isidro Lima
6 reviews
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Hotel Ferre Miraflores Lima
31 reviews
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Hotel Cusco Plaza II
43 reviews
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San Agustin Plaza Cusco
6 reviews
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El Gran Marquez Hotel & Spa Trujillo
11 reviews
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Amanecer En El Sol Hotel Cusco
2 reviews
Peru
Travel Blogs from Peru
Mighy Incas & Their Descendents the Super Porters
This is a top pick! ... But Machu Picchu lay undiscovered until the early 1900s when a young American man named Hiram Bingham fell in love with Peru and explored Inca civilisations a little more. Like most important discoveries, he stumbled on Machu Picchu when he was looking ...
After 9 years of yearning...
This is a top pick! ... Peru. Or maybe it´s because after so many years of wanting to come down here, I´ve built up my expectations and subsequently put Peru on a pedestal. But at this point, to me, Peru is Lima... and Lima is just another big city. With that said, I ...
Ancient Capital of the Incas
This is a top pick! ... ate in Arequipa. I eat some beef kebabs with tatties and veg, and its a long time since I´ve eaten such tough meat. Maybe Peru can´t raise cattle like the Chileans or Argentinians, and I´m actually eating camelid? We decide its not bad enough to bother ...
Made it to Cusco
This is a top pick! We set off from Puno not a moment too soon. I was up half the night short of breath and finaly made my way downstairs (as they turn the elevator off at night - along with all the hall lights) to get a few cups of Coca tea. I was fearing that ...
Okay Waykis!!!
This is a top pick! ... day since arriving in Peru. That´s not to say the sandboarding wasn´t brilliant, but it now feels like I´m experiencing the Peru I envisioned before coming down here. We left Arequipa, via mini-bus, for the Colca Canyon. Since we were climbing to ...
I'll have an Inka cola with my guinea pig please.
This is a top pick! ... for more culture and for a rather special meeting. 5 years before me, Mom and Dad in Montana had an exchange student from Peru called Alejandro. Now I had heard about him and seen his picture on the wall. But never met him. Time to do something about ...
Miraflores - nice end to an expedition
This is a top pick! Staying in the lap of luxury for a couple of days is definitely my idea of ending an expedition, even if we did duck out early. We walked along the cliffs of the beach to the nearby Larcomar shopping center, which is built right into the ...
A million steps to the city in the clouds...
This is a top pick! ... of the trip was doing a two-day hike to visit spectacular Incan city of Machu Picchu. It remains an absolute must when visiting Peru (or South America!) so of course we put it on our itinerary. The city is deep in the cloud forests and winding valleys ...
Last day in Peru
This is a top pick! ... Rafael Larco Herrera. This museum, according to the Lonely Planet, has a very good collection of potteries from every known early civilizations in Peru, but do you think that is the reason I came all the way here, NOT. I am here to see the Erotic ...
Colonial city
This is a top pick! ... plaza is a broad quadrangle of collonaded buildings and is one of the most beautiful town squares I´ve seen. It makes me think Peru certainly has an extreme mix of nasty and nice. Today there is a loud military parade taking place, and Rachel and I take ...
NHL PLAYOFF PREDICTIONS (an abuse of this blog)
This is a top pick! STEVE SAYS... I haven´t been able to watch hockey for the past 2 months. Usually this would be difficult for me, but since the Bruins once again missed the playoffs, I´m just fine with it. However, I´m still in shock that Dave Lewis got a vote of ...
Gradual ascent towards the heavens
This is a top pick! Night bus!!! These are the two words in the English language, that make me cringe. I have never had a good experience on a night bus, and yesterday/today was no exception. The idea was to take an 8 hour bus from Nasca to Arequipa. First off, the ...
Cusco again due to strike / Leg healing nicely
This is a top pick! It seems the farmers strike/revolt has shut down pretty much all traffic in and out of Cusco. We are being told that there are rock barriers built on the roads to stop all the traffic entering and leaving. One of our crew was supposed to take a ...
Shiny boots in Piura, Peru
This is a top pick! ... Ten miles is as far as one hundred, or a thousand. The world is big. The world is tiny. It's time to go to Lima. Quantifiable Summary Bus from Guayaquil, Ecuador to Piura, Peru: 10 hours, $10. One day of internet: About 3 soles/hour. Still ...
Now in Cuzco
This is a top pick! Ello! Just before leaving Lima we enjoyed some good chicken, some cocktails and a windowless taxi ride home!! managed to sort out a bus to Cuzco, and were told it was going to be 23 hours, thought this was a bit much as the first bus company could ...
Some Pictures from Perú
This is a top pick! Here are some photos from Dad and I's ongoing trip in Perú. Will I figure out how to write this trip into an entry? We'll see. First, I have to find ...
Huayhuash Circuit Trek
This is a top pick! Day 1: Huaraz to Quartelhuain I woke up at 4am this morning wondering why I was doing another trek! Always an early start which isn't my favourite thing! We were very organised and already packed so we were up, dressed and out within 20 minutes. ...
The Poor Mans Galapogas
This is a top pick! ... . The day was finished of with stop off at a tiny fishing community and a gorgeous meal of fresh Ceviche the national dish of Peru. Its a salad made with raw fish which is marinated in lemon or other citrus juice together with salt, chilies, onions, and ...
Finding Food, Wine and Friends in Lima
This is a top pick! ... of flying to Lima, and were interested to hear of our tales on the bus. So now we have just under two weeks before our flights leave for the Galapagos, and so we have decided to head to northern Peru and hit the beach for 10 days......ah it's tough! ...
Cusco - Day 3
This is a top pick! ... sort of demonstration every week, but not on this scale. One woman I spoke with said a Peruvian man told her that what Peru needed was a revolution. There are a lot of Che Guevara shirts and posters around here. And we're right next to Bolivia. So ...
time out for gratitude....
This is a top pick! Rattling through the Altiplano in this loosely connected bus. My IPOD is barely overtaking the volume of the shaking window but once again, I'm blissfully entertained by the magnificent scenery of the Andes, the fields of llamas and alpacas grazing ...
Peru and Bolivia
This is a top pick! Went to Peru and Bolivia with Antipodeans. Machu Pichu was an amazing ...
Pisco
This is a top pick! ... a lot of shacks and huts made out of items you would never think could create a home. On the bus ride from Lima to Peru we saw these massive cities that are simply a collection of roofless huts and shacks scattered in the sand. No streets, no stores, ...
Machu Picchu
This is a top pick! ... I can finally see Machu Picchu. The beauty of Machu Picchu not only lies with its stunning location within the mountains of Peru, and the stone craftsmanship which must have taken years to complete, but the perfect preservation of the city of the ...
Lines in the Peruvian desert
This is a top pick! Alex & Dean: On the trip from Ica to Nazca the desert changed from pretty sand dunes to the rocky flatlands that the Nazca lines are cut into. We passed over the lines (the Pan-Am highway actually cuts one of the images in two - the Lizard) but ...
1st Week Day 1 - 3
This is a top pick! ... an hour on the internet, so skyped Jay my brother and Nick my best friend. Skype is a wonderfull invention. To phone home from Peru would cost a fortune but with skype you can do it for free and the sound quality is amazing. I also downloaded my pictures ...
Day 4
This is a top pick! Monday Day 4 13th Sept Today I visited another possible placement. This was a kindergarten for kids. I´d be teaching English to 3 different classes of 3, 4 and 5 year olds. Although they were very cute, didn´t feel overly confident to teach them by ...
taking it all in....
This is a top pick! ... letting in fresh ocean air...even though it's about 10 PM people are bustling in and out of this hostel in Miraflores, Lima, Peru. What a dramatic change from the single digit temperatures of the last few days in Syracuse...it's not that I don't ...
Walking the Inca Trail to Machu Picchu
This is a top pick! ... Anna within the group, not only for her naturally perfect Spanish but also for the additional information she could provide on Peru and Peruvian culture. Angelique and Lydie, two French ladies who helped reconfirm that not all the French are bad! ;-) ...
Why did they do it?
This is a top pick! Why did the Nasca people do the large drawings on the floor of the dessert? We will never know for sure, so pick your teory: to mark underground water, to use as a start chart, for religious purpouses, to greet the gods, to greet ET... goes on ...