Peru.
Chacas
Founded in 1572 in the Conchucos zone of Ancash, Chacas is a high-altitude Peruvian town whose colonial centre has kept its original Andean-Andalusian archit…
Moyobamba
Founded by Spanish colonists on 25 July 1540 as the first Spanish city in the Peruvian Amazon, Moyobamba is the capital of Peru's San Martín region and carri…
Sicuani
Compact town in southern Peru's Cusco Region where the Urubamba River — a waterway central to the Inca Empire and earlier cultures — runs through the centre,…
La Merced
A modest commercial hub on the western bank of the Chanchamayo River in Peru's Junín Region, La Merced sits at the edge of the central jungle, with waterfall…
Chachapoyas
Founded in 1538 as San Juan de la Frontera de los Chachapoyas, this highland city in northern Peru sits on the eastern slopes of the Andes in the Utcubamba r…
Caraz
Founded as San Ildefonso de Caraz in 1573, this little Peruvian town sits along the Santa River in the Callejón de Huaylas valley, with the Andes close on al…
Ica
Founded in 1563 by the Spanish conquistador Jerónimo Luis de Cabrera, Ica is a city in southern Peru with a dense café and restaurant scene and a centre mark…
Chinchaypujio
This small Andean district village in Peru's Anta Province, Chinchaypujio sits in mountain terrain where the Apurímac River crosses its southern reaches.
Yucay
A small town in Peru's Sacred Valley of the Incas, Yucay sits at high elevation along the Urubamba River, surrounded by Inca agricultural terraces on the hil…
Huaraz
This high-altitude city in the Peruvian Andes serving as the main gateway to the Cordillera Blanca, Huaraz sits in the Callejón de Huaylas valley beside the…
Tarma
Tarma, a town in central Peru's Junín region, is known as the City of Flowers for its diverse plant and flower life, and carries the additional nickname the…
Tacna
This city in southern Peru with a walkable centre dense with cafés, restaurants, and historic churches, Tacna carries a strong patriotic identity shaped by i…
Chiquián
This little Andean town in Peru's Ancash Region sits close to mountain terrain and carries the nickname "the mirror of the sky." Capital of Bolognesi Provinc…
Jauja
Founded on 25 April 1534 by Francisco Pizarro as the first capital of Spanish Peru — a status it held for just one year before Lima took over — Jauja is a hi…
Cajabamba
Birthplace of José Sabogal, one of Peru's most celebrated painters, this pocket-sized northern town in the Cajamarca region has honoured him with an annual q…
Trujillo
Chan Chan, the largest adobe city in the ancient world and a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1986, sits within the metropolitan area of this large coastal c…
Ayacucho
Known as the "City of Churches," Ayacucho counts 33 colonial temples — one for each year of Jesus's life — across its historic centre high in the Peruvian An…
Jaén
Compact Peruvian town spread across a broad Andean valley in the high jungle of Cajamarca, where green ridgelines, patchwork farmland, and a river corridor f…
Carhuaz
A tiny Peruvian city in the Callejón de Huaylas valley of Áncash, Carhuaz sits a short drive from Huaraz and offers a café and restaurant scene that punches…
Urubamba
The largest town in Peru's Sacred Valley of the Incas, Urubamba sits along the Urubamba River in the high Andes beneath the snow-capped peaks of Chicón and P…
Quillabamba
Quillabamba is a riverside city in Peru's high jungle, sitting alongside the Urubamba River in La Convención Province — the largest province in the Cusco Reg…
Piura
Founded by Francisco Pizarro in 1532 as the first Spanish city established in South America, Piura is a large commercial city in northwestern Peru's Piura Ri…
Callahuanca
A tiny Andean village in Lima's highlands, Callahuanca centres on a stone clock-tower church fronting a plaza strung with Peruvian flags, set against steep d…
Chimbote
Peru's largest fishing port after Callao, Chimbote sits on Ferrol Bay in the Ancash Region and has built a seafood-focused food scene around its catch — cevi…
Cajamarca
Cajamarca is a highland city in the northern Andes of Peru where the 1532 capture and execution of the Inca emperor Atahualpa marked the fall of the Inca Emp…
Tingo Maria
Known as "the Door of the Amazonia," Tingo María sits at the confluence of the Monzón and Huallaga rivers in central Peru's Huánuco Region, with a compact ce…
Palpa
A little Peruvian desert town in the Ica region, Palpa draws visitors with its twin-domed stone church rising against bare mountain ridges, a compact dining…
Paucartambo
Each year on 16 July, the Fiesta de la Virgen del Carmen transforms this colonial town on the Paucartambo River into one of Peru's largest street festivals,…
Mollendo
A Pacific-coast beach town in southern Peru, Mollendo draws summer crowds from nearby Arequipa who come for its beaches and walkable centre with cafés and re…
Abancay
Founded in 1574 at the foot of the Ampay snowcap in Peru's Apurímac region, Abancay sits in a valley above the Pachachaca river, with a compact centre that h…
Nazca
The Nazca Lines — vast geometric figures and giant drawings etched into the desert sand, now a UNESCO World Heritage site — make this town on Peru's southern…
Lambayeque
Founded in 1553 as San Pedro de Lambayeque, this coastal town in northern Peru is home to two of the country's most significant museums: the Royal Tombs Muse…
Huancayo
Founded on 1 June 1572 as Santísima Trinidad de Huancayo, this large highland city in Peru's central Mantaro Valley sits high in the Andes and is crossed by…
Puno
Puno's main draw is Lake Titicaca: this high-altitude city on the Peruvian altiplano sits on the lake's shore and serves as the departure point for the famou…
Chinchero
Chinchero, a highland town in Peru's Urubamba province, sits high in the mountains above Cusco and holds a declared archaeological park built over Inca-era p…
Tarapoto
Founded in 1782 on the high jungle plateau of northern Peru, Tarapoto sits along the Shilcayo and Cumbaza rivers with the Cordillera Escalera conservation ar…
Amantani
Amantani is a circular island on the Peruvian side of Lake Titicaca, known as the "Island of the Kantuta" after the national flower of Peru and Bolivia, whic…
Maras
Maras, a high-altitude town in Peru's Sacred Valley of the Incas, is known for its salt evaporation ponds that have been worked since Inca times.
Huánuco
This city in the central Peruvian highlands where the Higueras river meets the Huallaga, one of the country's largest rivers, Huánuco has a walkable centre w…
Andahuaylas
Founded in 1533 on the site of a pre-existing Chanka and Inca settlement, Andahuaylas sits in the Chumbao river valley in Peru's Apurímac region, with a walk…
Oxapampa
Founded in 1891 by Austrian and Germanic settlers from nearby Pozuzo, Oxapampa is a tiny Peruvian high-jungle town in the Pasco Region whose Tyrolean archite…
Juliaca
High-altitude commercial city on Peru's Altiplano, Juliaca serves as the main trade and financial hub of the Puno region, with a walkable centre full of café…
Máncora
A surf and beach resort town on Peru's northwestern Pacific coast, Máncora draws visitors with turquoise water, consistent waves, and a café and restaurant s…
Callao
Founded in 1537, Callao is Peru's chief seaport and the country's main gateway, sitting on the Pacific coast as part of the Lima metropolitan area.
Huacho
A coastal city on a Pacific bay in Peru, Huacho sits roughly midway up the Lima Region and serves as its regional capital, with a food-and-drink scene concen…
Chavín de Huantar
A UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1985, Chavín de Huántar preserves a major pre-Inca ceremonial complex built from around 1500 BC at the confluence of two r…
Chancay
This coastal town north of Lima, Chancay sits where the Pacific meets the foothills of the Andes and gives its name to a pre-Columbian culture that later bec…
Huaral
Founded in 1551 under a royal order as San Juan Bautista de Guaral, Huaral is a Peruvian agricultural town on the central coast, known locally as the "Agricu…
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