Peru 2023

by oliviaauriat

23 Places

Aguas Calientes, Peru

Machu Picchu Discovery Plaques

It took 82 years and four different plaques to finally get the story right.

Tony Dunnell

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Aguas Calientes, Peru

Machu Picchu: The Lost City of The Inca

The intricate stonework of Machu Picchu serves as a testament to Incan engineers.

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Aguas Calientes, Peru

Huayna Picchu

If you’ve ever seen a picture of Machu Picchu, then you’ve seen a picture of Huayna Picchu—you just didn’t realize it.

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Ollantaytambo, Peru

Ollantaytambo Ruins

Preserved Inca city and site of the last Inca stronghold against the Spanish conquistadors.

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Pitumarca, Peru

Rainbow Mountain

A remote candy-striped mountain in the Peruvian Andes straight out of the pages of Dr. Seuss.

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Convento de San Francisco Ossuary

The mortal remains of an estimated 70,000 people lie in the basement of a monastery in Lima, Peru.

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Moray

Huge stone depressions which may have acted as an Incan agricultural experiment.

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Salt Pans of Maras

This Peruvian canyon is filled with geometric salt pools that have been being harvested since the Incan empire.

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The Room of 10,000 Ancient Skulls

Lima’s Museum of Anthropology is lined with thousands of elongated human craniums.

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Qenqo Temple

Death rituals and sacrifice inside a Peruvian megalith.

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Museo de la Coca (Coca Museum)

A fascinating little museum all about the rich history of Peru’s famous plant.

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Rodadero Slides

Did Inca children also slide down these smooth rocky slopes above Cusco?

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Huaca Pucllana

This stone complex marks the urban center of a lost civilization.

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Pizarro's Tomb

Now containing the bones of the actual conquistador, instead of someone else.

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Larco Museum's Erotic Art

The large collection of pre-Columbian pottery might make you blush.

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Cusco Cathedral

Situated on a sacred Inca site, this 16th-century cathedral took nearly 100 years to build.

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Paddington Bear of Lima

The little bear in the "funny kind of hat" has made his way from London back to Peru.

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Tambomachay

An Inca spa, military outpost or maybe… both?

Tony Dunnell

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Plaza de Armas

Built on the remains of one the Incas’ most important gathering spots, this square keeps the spirit of a fallen empire alive.

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Cripta de los Héroes

The elaborate crypt where Peruvian heroes of the War of the Pacific were laid to rest.

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Plaza de Toros de Acho

This bullring in Lima is the oldest in the Americas and the second-oldest in the world.

Tony Dunnell

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Francisco Pizarro Statue

A monument to the conquistador became increasingly controversial in the very city that he founded.

Tony Dunnell

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El Cacaotal

Visit Lima’s one-stop-shop for sustainably sourced and produced Peruvian chocolate.

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