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Peru Travel Guide: Lima Transportation

Peru Travel Guide: Lima Transportation

Peru stretches for almost 500,000 square miles and even the urban area of Lima is of such an impressive size that if you want to stand any chance of seeing at least a good number of the many available sights, some form of transportation will be necessary. Of course...

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Lima Neighborhood Guide: San Isidro

Lima Neighborhood Guide: San Isidro

San Isidro is a neighborhood to the south west of the historic centre of Lima, located on the Pacific coast. It’s one of the 43 districts in Lima province. As the wealthiest district in the whole of Peru and an important financial center, it’s a frequent destination...

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Learning Spanish in Peru

Learning Spanish in Peru

  If you are just coming to Peru for a vacation or with the express purpose of learning a new language, it always pays off to spend at least some time trying to brush up on your Spanish. With a very clear spoken Spanish tracing back to the original Castilian,...

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Peru’s UNESCO World Heritage Sites

Peru’s UNESCO World Heritage Sites

The UNESCO World Heritage Sites are places of importance to cultural or natural heritage as described in the UNESCO World Heritage Convention, established by the United Nations in 1972. With Peru’s incredible combination of important history and breathtaking nature,...

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Peru Travel Guide: Colca Canyon

Peru Travel Guide: Colca Canyon

The Colca river, one of the sources of the Amazon, starts high up in the Andes and carves its way down towards the Pacific. About 100 miles northwest of Arequipa, the river created the Colca Canyon, described as the Valley of Wonders by Nobel Prize winning author...

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Traveler Story: Hiking the Inca Trail to Machu Picchu

Traveler Story: Hiking the Inca Trail to Machu Picchu

Bonnie and her husband Robert just got back from Peru, where they took on the challenge of hiking the Inca Trail to Machu Picchu. They sent us this great account of their trip and some beautiful shots of the Andes Mountains. Congratulations guys! What is your name and...

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Peru’s UNESCO Archaeological Highlights

Peru’s UNESCO Archaeological Highlights

Our third and final blog post on Peru's eleven UNESCO World Heritage sites includes these last five UNESCO Archaeological highlights. These are all places of great cultural importance in Peru. Amazing archaeological ruins displaying incredible structures built by...

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Peru’s UNESCO World Heritage Cities

Peru’s UNESCO World Heritage Cities

Moving smoothly along with our list of UNESCO’s 11 World Heritage cities in Peru, here are the next three on the list.  All are cultural sites of architectural and cultural heritage and all are still inhabited cities. Peru's cities of Cultural Heritage   The...

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Peru’s UNESCO World Heritage Sites – National Parks

Peru’s UNESCO World Heritage Sites – National Parks

It is estimated that around two million people visit Peru each year, many seeking to experience the country’s beautiful sites of natural and historic wonder. Few countries the world over can claim to have a landscape and history as incredible as Peru’s, and the two...

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