Hotel Sol Plaza Puno Peru

... feet, and as such, earns the title of highest navigable lake in the world. We were then transferred to our Hotel, the Hotel Sol Plaza. This was a pleasant surprise, a nice cozy room with a massive queen size bed!! Although after spending 3 ...

... ) and a minor road blockade by the farmers protesting about their water supply, where our bus was painted with slogans. Stayed in a pretty nice hotel with the most enormous bed and a hot shower - I could get used to this! Next day we got the boat at ...

... but going by the organisation so far you get what you pay for... We had a quick walk round the main street and Plaza de Armas after using the entire hotel's water supply in two long showers. We both felt so dusty after the long day. We had dinner at La ...

... was another 4.45am start the next morning for our flight to Cusco. Carolina took us on another city walk, through the impressive Plaza de Armas, with its magnificent Jesuit church and cathedral, and along one of the ancient roads to see the remnants of ...

... . Quite good. After 5-6 hours (cant exactly remember as we changed our watch one hour back when we entered Peru and I lost track...) we arrived at Puno. We had read the place was a "dump", but can´t agree with that definition. It has everything ...

Our first stop in Peru was the town of Puno, on the Peruvian side of Lake Titicaca. Having lost a day due to illness in Copacabana, we were keen to be efficient and so immediately booked a day tour to both Los Uros Floating Islands and Isla Taquile. There ...

About three weeks or so ago we heard about the road from Copacabana, Bolivia to Puno, Peru being blockaded. There were various rumours flying about as to the reasons behind this but all just that, rumours. Having escaped the Chilean version of this in ...

... ; fueron 10 soles y Claudio insiste que al oficial no le agradó la suma. Después de unas vueltas y otras consultas llegamos al hotel Casona Plaza de 50 dólares por noche, con cochera a unas cuadras que realmente era el patio de una casa, pero fue ...

... ready to go out, before having pisco sours at the hotel.  The hotel called us a cab, which we took to Casa Andina La Plaza, in downtown Puno, where Bill and Kerri were staying.  They met us in the lobby, and we headed out to Lima St, which is a ...

... (the driver having to use very back roads to get there) and found ourselves in a strangely expansive small town. The main plaza was huge with a very impressive old church. Great care had obviously been taken by the parks department; the trees and bushes ...

Waiting for us as we left the hotel in Puno was a convoy of rickshaws. Armed with just a daypack and an open-mind, we doubled up and jumped onto them. Puno has very narrow streets and it is a lot more advantageous to have a means of transport that can ...

... crossing was quite quick and painless. We changed our last Bolivars into Soles and we were on our way to Puno. At 1pm we were standing outside our hotel waiting for transport to arrive to take us to the port. 11 cycle rickshaws arrived! We all climbed ...

... through a phonebook hoping it might refresh my memory.   The third hour was soon approaching and having still not found my hotel (very imbarrased and frustrated by this point) I opted for a dinner and some coffee. It was my rationale that a good ...

... cobblestoned streets, restaurants and bars. But the masterpiece of the square is the two massive cathedrals that tower over the plaza. I was content. That night, we sneakily brought alcohol, as the Peruvian election was the following day and there was a ...

... appelerai mon pote Attali il doit connaitre un bon avocat). Suite a cela il etait temps de retrouver nos « amis » sur la plaza de armas. Effectivement, ils etaient bien la, avec une amie supplementaire. Nous avons commencer a discuter et a boire des ...

... wasn't terribly eventful (or maybe I didn't explore it very well), but there was an absurdly nice guy working at the hotel who insisted I visit the Plaza de Armas and Cathedral. Wed.'s bus ride was on a "tourist" bus, that stopped at somewhat random sites ...

... for the Cup, and would like to come to NZ for the Rugby. We were met at the bus station and transferred to our hotel - 3-4 storeys, set round a central courtyard which looks original - probably the smallest room and en suite we've had so far, but it's ...

... , good English pub fare; you will probably run into your university buddy or long-lost second cousin. * El Truca (Plaza Regocijo 262, inside Hotel Royal Inka hotel/expensive) - a good attempt at western cuisine influenced by Peruvian dishes. You will ...

... not bode well for the Inca Trail which was only two days away. The fear had most certainly set in. After a quick stop-over in Puno we reached Cusco and thus began; Trek Two - The Inca Trail   Despite knowing that numerous friends had already done the ...

... in origin - Cusco was the centre of the Incan culture. So lots of history, museums and things to see. It also has a beautiful Plaza de Amas. These plaza´s appear in most towns we´ve visited so far and represent the cultural centre of the towns. They are ...