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During the 17th century, the heart of Lima was ringed by a muralla (city wall), much of which was torn down in the 1870s as the city expanded.

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Built in the early 20th century, Plaza San Martín has come to life in recent years as the city has set about restoring its park.

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On the Plaza de Armas, this unsigned museum has an oddball collection of thousands of carved stones and boulders graphically depicting diverse pre…

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Housed in a lovely beaux-arts mansion surrounded by gardens, this undervisited museum has an exquisite collection of colonial furniture, silverwork and art.

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The Museo Regional de Ancash houses one of the most significant collections of ancient stone sculptures in South America lined up in a garden out back.

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Lima's best neighborhoods · Cercado de Lima · Barranco · San Isidro · Pueblo Libre · Miraflores · Surquillo. Best for markets and street food. Surquillo is the ...

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This bustling capital of Peru more than makes up for its chaotic traffic and humdrum weather with out-of-this-world cuisine, dramatic coastal views and ...Read more

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Archaeologists believe the Huaca de La Luna was the religious and ceremonial center of the Moche capital, while the Huaca del Sol was the administrative center.

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14 Mar 2023 — Semana Santa is Spain's Holy Week, leading up to Easter Sunday. It's celebrated all over the country and is the most important religious celebration in Spain.

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If you are in a hurry, take an alternative to the bus. People waiting in line on the platform of a Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) station Lima's Metropolitano has ...

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Santuario Nacional Huayllay, aka the bosque de piedras (forest of stones), is the world's largest and highest rock forest at a chilly 4500m+

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The undisputed archaeological capital of the Americas, Cuzco is the continent's oldest continuously inhabited city and the gateway to Machu Picchu.

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Also known locally as Huaca del Dragón, Huaca Arco Iris is in the suburb of La Esperanza, about 4km northwest of Trujillo. Dating from the 12th century, ...

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The wildlife-rich Río Tambopata is a major tributary of the Río Madre de Dios, joining it at Puerto Maldonado. Boats go up the river, past several good lodges.

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Located on the south bank of the Río Moche, the main attraction here is the Huaca de la Luna with its phenomenal multicolored friezes.

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This museum has superb information in Spanish and English on the archaeological excavations of Machu Picchu and Inca building methods.

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1. Look out for high spirits at Winchester Mystery House · 2. Travel the world on one table in San Pedro Square Market · 3. Live like a local in Willow Glen · 4.

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This small Wari ruin about 8km north of Huaraz is remarkably well preserved, dating from about AD 600 to 900. It's an imitation of the temple at Chavín…

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Overlooking the city from the top of Calle Polanco, La Recoleta was established by the Franciscan Order in 1601. It has served not only as a convent and museum ...

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Admission is with the boleto turístico (tourist ticket) only, which is valid for 10 days and covers 16 other sites. There is also a Nazca mummy, a few Inca ...

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Known locally as MALI, Lima's principal fine-art museum is housed in a striking beaux-arts building that was renovated in 2015.

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This gorgeous 17th-century Carmelite convent is open to the public as a living museum. The colonial-era buildings are justifiably famed for their decorative ...

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Next to the Palacio Arzobispal, the cathedral resides on the plot of land that Pizarro designated for the city's first church in 1535.

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This bright-yellow Franciscan monastery and church is most famous for its bone-lined catacombs (containing an estimated 70000 remains) and its remarkable…

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There are sundry moth-bitten archaeological displays interpreting Inca and pre-Inca cultures at this small, mangy, underground archaeological museum.

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Bogotá's most famous museum and one of the most fascinating in South America, the Gold Museum contains more than 55000 pieces of gold and other materials…

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Iquitos is the world's largest city that cannot be reached by road. It's a prosperous, vibrant jungle metropolis and the northern Amazon Basin's chief city.

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This vast national park in the Amazon Basin covers almost 20,000 sq km and is one of the best places in South America to see a stunning variety of tropical ...

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Exquisite pottery from most major pre-Columbian cultures is the backbone of Santiago's best museum, the Museo Chileno de Arte Precolombino.

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This dramatically curated pre-Columbian art museum showcases a stunningly varied, if selectively small, collection of archaeological artifacts.

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The Museo de Arte Italiano exhibits a tepid collection of 19th- and 20th-century Italian art. Its best attribute is the glittering Venetian mosaics on the ...

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This new postmodernist museum features exhibits reflecting on events and commemorating victims, aiming to help Peruvians heal and embrace a strong stance on ...

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The Pyramid of the Moon, at the north end of the Calzada de los Muertos, is smaller than the Pirámide del Sol, but more gracefully proportioned.

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This vast desert reserve occupies most of the Península de Paracas and houses remote beaches backed by dramatic arid landscapes and plenty of wonderful ...

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Lima's 140-sq-meter Plaza de Armas, also called the Plaza Mayor, was not only the heart of the 16th-century settlement established by Francisco Pizarro.

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Arequipa's main plaza, unblemished by modern interference, is a museum of the city's sillar (volcanic rock) architecture – white, muscular and…

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The plaza, called Huacaypata or Aucaypata, was the heart of the capital. Today it's the nerve center of the modern city.

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This beautiful building on the Plaza de Armas stands out for its stark white sillar (volcanic rock) and massive size – it's the only cathedral in Peru…

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The Colca is the world's second-deepest canyon, a smidgeon shallower than its near neighbor, the Cotahausi, and twice as deep as the more famous Grand Canyon ...

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Chile and Argentina unfurl on either side of the Andes. Each country offers incredible adventures, unbeatable cuisine and so much more.

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The five pedestrian blocks on Jirón de la Unión, from the Plaza de Armas to Plaza San Martín, were the place to see and be seen.

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