Lonely Planet Peru

Brendan Sainsbury

Description

Lonely Planet: The world's number one travel guide publisher* Lonely Planet's Peru is your passport to the most relevant, up-to-date advice on what to see and skip, and what hidden discoveries await you. Trek the ancient Inca trail, puzzle over the mystery of the Nazca lines, and wander the stone temples of Machu Picchu and indulge in local delicacies in Lima - all with your trusted travel companion. Get to the heart of Peru and begin your journey now! Inside Lonely Planet's Peru: Full-colour maps and images throughout Highlights and itineraries help you tailor your trip to your personal needs and interests Insider tips to save time and money and get around like a local, avoiding crowds and trouble spots Essential info at your fingertips - hours of operation, phone numbers, websites, transit tips, prices Honest reviews for all budgets - eating, sightseeing, going out, shopping, hidden gems that most guidebooks miss Cultural insights provide a richer, more rewarding travel experience - history, art, food, drink, sport, politics Covers Lima, Amazon Basin, Huaras, Cordilleras, Central Highlands, Chan Chan, Cuzco & the Sacred Valley, Lake Titicaca, Arequipa, Canyon Country and more. The Perfect Choice: Lonely Planet's Peru is our most comprehensive guide to Peru, and is perfect for discovering both popular and off-the-beaten-path experiences. About Lonely Planet: Lonely Planet is a leading travel media company and the world's number one travel guidebook brand, providing both inspiring and trustworthy information for every kind of traveler since 1973. Over the past four decades, we've printed over 145 million guidebooks and grown a dedicated, passionate global community of travelers. You'll also find our content online, and in mobile apps, video, 14 languages, nine international magazines, armchair and lifestyle books, ebooks, and more. 'Lonely Planet guides are, quite simply, like no other.' - New York Times 'Lonely Planet. It's on everyone's bookshelves, it's in every traveler's hands. It's on mobile phones. It's on the Internet. It's everywhere, and it's telling entire generations of people how to travel the world.' - Fairfax Media (Australia) *Source: Nielsen BookScan: Australia, UK, USA, 5/2016-4/2017eBook Features: (Best viewed on tablet devices and smartphones) Downloadable PDF and offline maps prevent roaming and data charges Effortlessly navigate and jump between maps and reviews Add notes to personalise your guidebook experience Seamlessly flip between pages Bookmarks and speedy search capabilities get you to key pages in a flash Embedded links to recommendations' websites Zoom-in maps and images Inbuilt dictionary for quick referencing Important Notice: The digital edition of this book may not contain all of the images found in the physical edition.

Sujets

• Perú
• Peru

Informations

• Publié par: Lonely Planet
• Date de parution: 01 juin 2019
• Nombre de lectures: 12
• EAN13: 9781788685467
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 40 Mo

Extrait

Peru

Contents

PLAN YOUR TRIP

Welcome to Peru
Peru’s Top 20
Need to Know
First Time Peru
What’s New
If You Like…
Month by Month
Itineraries
Peru Outdoors
Trekking the Inca Trail
Travel with Children
Regions at a Glance

ON THE ROAD

LIMA
Sights
Activities
Courses
Tours
Festivals & Events
Sleeping
Eating
Drinking & Nightlife
Entertainment
Shopping
Around Lima
Pachacamac
Southern Beaches
Carretera Central
SOUTH COAST
Cerro Azul
Lunahuaná
Chincha
Pisco
Paracas (El Chaco)
Ica
Huacachina
Nazca & Around
Chala
Mollendo
Moquegua
Ilo
Tacna
AREQUIPA & CANYON COUNTRY
Arequipa
Canyon Country
Reserva Nacional Salinas y Aguada Blanca
Cañón del Colca
El Valle de los Volcanes
Cañón del Cotahuasi
LAKE TITICACA
Juliaca
Lampa
Pucará
Puno
Around Puno
Lake Titicaca’s Islands
Capachica Peninsula & Around
South-Shore Towns
Bolivian Shore
CUZCO & THE SACRED VALLEY
Cuzco
Around Cuzco
Saqsaywamán
Q’enqo
Pukapukara
Tambomachay
The Sacred Valley
Pisac
Pisac to Urubamba
Urubamba
Salineras de Maras
Chinchero
Moray & Maras
Ollantaytambo
Machu Picchu & the Inca Trail
Aguas Calientes
Machu Picchu
The Inca Trail
Cuzco to Puno
Andahuaylillas
Raqchi
Cuzco to the Jungle
Cuzco to Ivochote
Cuzco to Puerto Maldonado
Cuzco to the Central Highlands
Cuzco to Abancay
Cachora
Choquequirao
Abancay
Andean Cuisine
CENTRAL HIGHLANDS
The North
Canta & Obrajillo
Cerro de Pasco
Huánuco
La Unión
Tingo María
Lima to Tarma
San Pedro de Casta & Marcahuasi
Tarma
Río Mantaro Valley
Jauja
Concepción
Huancayo
The Southern Valleys
Huancavelica
Ayacucho
Andahuaylas
NORTH COAST
Barranca
Casma
Chimbote
Trujillo
Around Trujillo
Huanchaco
Puerto Chicama (Puerto Malabrigo)
Pacasmayo
Chiclayo
Around Chiclayo
Piura
Playa Lobitos
Cabo Blanco
Máncora
Punta Sal
Zorritos
Tumbes
Puerto Pizarro
HUARAZ & THE CORDILLERAS
Huaraz
The Cordilleras
Cordillera Blanca
Cordillera Huayhuash
Cordillera Negra
North of Huaraz
Monterrey
Carhuaz
Yungay
Caraz
South of Huaraz
Chiquián
Llamac
Callejón de Conchucos
Chavín de Huántar
Huari
Chacas
NORTHERN HIGHLANDS
Cajamarca
Around Cajamarca
Celendín
Chachapoyas
Yalape
Gocta
Gran Vilaya
Karajía
La Jalca (Jalca Grande)
Revash
Kuélap
Leimebamba
Pedro Ruíz
Jaén
Moyobamba
Tarapoto
AMAZON BASIN
Southern Amazon
Puerto Maldonado
Around Puerto Maldonado
Río Tambopata
Río Madre de Dios
Lago Sandoval
Lago Valencia
Río Heath
Manu Area
Cuzco to Manu
Parque Nacional Manu
Central Amazon
San Ramón & La Merced
Oxapampa
Pucallpa
Yarinacocha
Northern Amazon
Yurimaguas
Lagunas
Iquitos
Around Iquitos

UNDERSTAND

Peru Today
History
Life in Peru
Peru’s Cuisine
Ancient Peru
Indigenous Peru
Music & the Arts
The Natural World

SURVIVAL GUIDE

Directory A–Z
Accessible Travel
Accommodations
Customs Regulations
Electricity
Embassies & Consulates
Insurance
Internet Access
Language Courses
Legal Matters
LGBT+ Travelers
Maps
Money
Post
Public Holidays
Safe Travel
Telephone
Time
Toilets
Tourist Information
Visas
Volunteering
Women Travelers
Work
Transportation
Getting There & Away
Getting Around
Health
Language
Behind the Scenes
Our Writers
Welcome to Peru

Peru is as complex as its most intricate and exquisite weavings. Festivals mark ancient rites, the urban vanguard fuels innovation and nature bestows splendid diversity.

All Things Ancient
Visitors flock to the glorious Inca citadel of Machu Picchu, yet this feted site is just a flash in a 5000-year history of Peruvian settlement. Explore the dusty remnants of Chan Chan, the largest pre-Columbian ruins in all the Americas. Fly over the puzzling geoglyphs etched into the arid earth at Nazca. Or venture into the rugged wilds that surround the enduring fortress of Kuélap. Lima’s great museums reveal in full detail the sophistication, skill and passion of these lost civilizations. Visit remote communities and see how old ways live on. Immerse yourself, and you’ll leave Peru a little closer to the past.

Pleasure & the Palate
One existential question haunts all Peruvians: what to eat? Ceviche with slivers of fiery chili and corn, slow-simmered stews, velvety Amazonian chocolate – in the capital of Latin American cooking, the choices dazzle. Great geographic and cultural diversity has brought ingredients ranging from highland tubers to tropical jungle fruits to a complex cuisine with Spanish, indigenous, African and Asian influences. Explore the bounty of food markets. Sample grilled anticuchos (beef skewers) on the street corners and splurge a little on exquisite novoandina (New Andean cuisine).

Oh, Adventure
From downtown Lima to smack-dab in the middle of nowhere, this vast country is a paradise for the active traveler. Giant sand dunes, chiseled peaks and Pacific breaks lie just a few heartbeats away from the capital’s rush-hour traffic, and all the usual suspects – rafting, paragliding, ziplines and bike trails – are present. Spot scarlet macaws in the Amazon or catch the sunset over ancient ruins. Take this big place in small bites and don’t rush. Delays happen. Festivals can swallow you whole for days. And you’ll realize: in Peru the adventure usually lies in getting there.

Life is a Carnival
Welcome to a place of mythical beliefs where ancient pageants unwind to the tune of booming brass bands. Peru’s rich cultural heritage is never more real and visceral than when you are immersed streetside in the swirling madness of a festival. Deities of old are reincarnated as Christian saints, pilgrims climb mountains in the dead of night and icons are paraded through crowded plazas as once were the mummies of Inca rulers. History is potent here and still pulsing, and there is no better way to experience it.

Ceviche (raw seafood marinated in lime juice) | LARISA BLINOVA/SHUTTERSTOCK ©

Why I Love Peru
By Carolyn McCarthy, Writer
For me, Peru is the molten core of South America. It’s a distillation of the oldest traditions, with the finest building, weaving and art made by the most sophisticated cultures on the continent. In Peru the wildest landscapes – from frozen Andean peaks to the deep Amazon – help us reforge our connection to the natural world. It is also a cultural stew, where diverse peoples live side by side, negotiating modern life with humor and aplomb. And then there’s the cuisine, which alone makes it worth the trip. Every return is rich and satisfying.
For more, see Our Writers
Peru’s Top 20

Machu Picchu
A fantastic Inca citadel lost to the world until its rediscovery in the early 20th century, Machu Picchu stands as a ruin among ruins. With its emerald terraces, backed by steep peaks and Andean ridges that echo on the horizon, the sight simply surpasses the imagination. Beautiful it is. This marvel of engineering has withstood six centuries of earthquakes, foreign invasion and howling weather. Discover it for yourself, wander through its stone temples, and scale the dizzying heights of Wayna Picchu.

GO GA/500PX ©

Top Experiences
Floating Reed Islands, Lake Titicaca
Less a lake than a highland ocean, the Titicaca area is home to fantastical sights, but none more so than the surreal floating islands crafted entirely of tightly woven totora reeds. Centuries ago, the Uros people constructed the Islas Uros in order to escape more aggressive mainland ethnic groups, such as the Incas. The reeds require near-constant renovation and are also used to build thatched homes, elegant boats and even archways and children’s swing sets. See this wonder for yourself with a homestay visit that includes fishing and learning traditional customs.

ADRENALINERUSHDIARIES/SHUTTERSTOCK ©


Top Experiences
Hiking in the Cordillera Blanca
The dramatic peaks of the Cordillera Blanca stand sentinel over Huaraz and the surrounding region like an imposing granite Republican Guard. The range is the highest outside of the Himalayas, and 16 of its ostentatious summits breach 6000m, making it the continent’s most challenging collection of summits-in-waiting. Glacial lakes, massive Puya raimondii plants and shards of sky-pointed rock all culminate in Parque Nacional Huascarán , where the Santa Cruz Trek rewards the ambitious with a living museum of razor-sharp peaks.

SAVA ALEXANDRU/GETTY IMAGES ©

Top Experiences
Colonial Arequipa
Peru’s second-largest metropolis bridges the historical gap between the Inca glories of Cuzco and the modernity of Lima. Crowned by some dazzling baroque- mestizo architecture hewn out of the local sillar (white volcanic rock), Arequipa is primarily a Spanish colonial city that hasn’t strayed far from its original conception. Its ethereal natural setting, amid snoozing volcanoes and the high pampa, is complemented by a 400-year-old monastery, a huge cathedral and some interesting Peruvian fusion cuisine.

Iglesia de La Compañía | JEREMYRICHARDS/SHUTTERSTOCK ©

Top Experiences
Parque Nacional Manu
Traverse three climatic zones from Andean mountains to mist-swathed cloud forest on the lower slopes en route to the bowels of the jungle in Parque Nacional Manu , the Amazon’s most awe-inspiring adventure. Manu has long been Peru’s best-protected wilderness, brimming with opportunities to see fabled jungle creatures, such as the anaconda, tapir, jaguar and thousands of macaws festooning clay licks with their colors. In this deep forest, tribespeople live as they have for centuries, with barely any contact with the outside world.

OSTILL/GETTY IMAGES ©


Top Experiences
Inca Trail
The continent’s most famous pedestrian roadway, the Inca Trail snakes 43km, up stone steps and through thick cloud forest mists. A true pilgrimage, the