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Archive for July, 2010
CAJAMARCA, the thermal village of the Incas
Jul. 9 | Cajamarca, capital of the region of the same name, is the largest city in the mountains north of the country. It was the site of origin of culture preinca Cajamarca-whose testimony is the famous stop of Otuzco-and in times of the Inca Empire...
TUCUME, the valley of the pyramids
Jul. 9 | On the northern coast, 33 km north of the city of Chiclayo, in the valley of La Leche is Valley of the Pyramids of Tucume, building complex consisting of 26 pyramids adobe or “huacas” (temples), nearly 40 meters...
TUMBES, PIURA, a warm paradise blue
Jul. 9 | On the coast in the far north of the country, among Tumbes and Piura, Peru has an enormous wealth with white sand beaches and sea añil, over successive bays without bars, tips or islands. They are ideal for sports such as windsurfing, water...
HUARAZ, Parque Nacional de Huascarán
Jul. 9 | The Huascaran National Park, located in the Cordillera Blanca, has a length of 340 000 ha. It includes 296 lakes and 663 glaciers including the highest peaks of Peru, as the Huascaran (6768 meters), Huandoy and Alpamayo-...
TRUJILLO, capital of the eternal spring
Jul. 9 | Trujillo, capital of the region of La Libertad, is the third major city in the country. It located on the north coast, 561 km from Lima, on the Moche River Valley, an area in which, between 200 B.C. And 700 A.D. Significant testimony left...
Lima, virreynal city, gastronomic and seat congress
Jul. 9 | Lima, the traditional City of Kings, was founded in 1535 by the conquistador Francisco Pizarro. Today is the country’s capital and gateway to Peru. For its architecture Colonial...
AREQUIPA, The White City and the Misty Majestic
Jul. 9 | Arequipa is the second largest city in Peru, recognized by UNESCO as World Cultural Heritage in 2000. He was known in the colonial era as “The White City” for its many temples and houses built with ashlar (volcanic...
TITICACA LAKE, The highest navigable lake in the world
Jul. 9 | In the region of Puno, altiplano plateau, between Peru and Bolivia, is the Titicaca Lake Waterway highest in the world, at more than 3820 meters above sea level. Its extension is 8300 km2 of the 4700 km2 which...
CUSCO, and the sacred valley of the Incas
Jul. 8 | The city of Cusco, is located in the south eastern Andean zone. Her name in Quechua It means “navel or center of the world” for having been the capital of the empire or Tawantinsuyo (Four...
