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Peru Highlights Alexander Stewart

Peru Highlights By Alexander Stewart

Peru Highlights by Alexander Stewart


Summary

Peru Highlights Guide - Expert tips and holiday travel advice on everything from Lima highlights and trip planning to Inca Trail tours, guides and expeditions. This guide also features tour operators, itineraries, trekking routes, when to visit, must-see sights like Machu Picchu, Cusco, Arequipa, Manu Biosphere, Kuelap, history, culture, wildlife.

Peru Highlights Summary

Peru Highlights by Alexander Stewart

Peru is a country that enchants millions of visitors every year. In such a diverse country, deciding on whether to concentrate on history and culture, outdoor activities, ancient cultures or wildlife is a challenge for even the most experienced traveller. Full-colour throughout, Peru Highlights cuts through the vast array of available material and showcases the best places to visit, the ultimate itineraries and the finest routes to follow. First-hand descriptions of essential sights and wildlife, and contributions on accommodation and travel tips from expert tour operators create both a valuable planning tool for selecting an itinerary and liaising with operators and a colourful companion to take on your trip.

Peru Highlights Reviews

'A valuable planning tool and a colourful companion to take on your trip' Mail on Sunday

About Alexander Stewart

Alexander Stewart first visited Peru having studied the Spanish conquest of the country at university. Since then he has been travelling to Peru for 15 years, and has been a guidebook writer for almost 10 years.

Table of Contents

Introduction vii Introducing Peru 1 1 Background 2 History 5 People 20 Culture 23 2 The Natural World 24 Geography and climate 26 Habitats and vegetation 27 Wildlife 32 3 Planning a Trip 48 When to visit 50 Itinerary planning 51 Your itinerary: 20 top attractions 58 Red tape 68 Getting there 68 Health and safety 69 What to take 72 Organising your finances 74 4 On the Ground 76 Health and safety in Peru 78 Banking and foreign exchange 83 Food and drink 85 Shopping 88 Media and communications 91 Business and time 93 Cultural etiquette 93 Peru Highlights 95 5 Lima 96 History 98 Lima highlights 103 Around Lima highlights 115 6 The North 120 Huaraz to Caraz 122 Trujillo to Chiclayo 132 Mancora to Tumbes 146 7 Coastal Peru South of Lima 150 Canete 152 Pisco and around 153 Paracas 156 Ica 160 Nazca 164 8 The south 170 Arequipa and around 173 Puno and Lake Titicaca 186 9 Cusco, Machu Picchu and around 198 Cusco and around 201 El Valle Sagrado 217 Aguas Calientes and around 223 Machu Picchu 228 10 The Amazon 240 Iquitos and around 242 Puerto Maldonado and around 250 Language 261 Selected Reading 264 Index 267

Additional information

GOR006257619
9781841624402
1841624403
Peru Highlights by Alexander Stewart
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Bradt Travel Guides
2013-03-04
272
N/A
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