- 336 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
Insight Guides Peru (Travel Guide eBook)
About This Book
This Insight Guide is a lavishly illustrated inspirational travel guide to Peru and a beautiful souvenir of your trip. Perfect for travellers looking for a deeper dive into the destination's history and culture, it's ideal to inspire and help you plan your travels. With its great selection of places to see and colourful magazine-style layout, this Peru guidebook is just the tool you need to accompany you before or during your trip. Whether it's deciding when to go, choosing what to see or creating a travel plan to cover key places like Machu Picchu, Cordillera Blanca, it will answer all the questions you might have along the way. It will also help guide you when you'll be exploring Cusco or discovering Colca Canyon on the ground. Our Peru travel guide was fully-updated post-COVID-19. The Insight Guide PERU covers: Lima, North Coast, Northern Sierra, CallejĆ³n de Huaylas, Central Sierra, Northern Amazon, Manu to Maldonado, South Coast, Arequipa, Cusco, Sacred Valley, Machu Picchu, Lake Titicaca. In this guide book to Peru you will find: IN-DEPTH CULTURAL AND HISTORICAL FEATURES
Created to explore the culture and the history of Peru to get a greater understanding of its modern-day life, people and politics. BEST OF
The top attractions and Editor's Choice featured in this Peru guide book highlight the most special places to visit. TIPS AND FACTS
Up-to-date historical timeline and in-depth cultural background to Peru as well as an introduction to Peru's food and drink, and fun destination-specific features. PRACTICAL TRAVEL INFORMATION
A-Z of useful advice on everything from when to go to Peru, how to get there and how to get around, as well as Peru's climate, advice on tipping, etiquette and more. COLOUR-CODED CHAPTERS
Every part of Peru, from North Coast to Lake Titicaca has its own colour assigned for easy navigation of this Peru travel guide. CURATED PLACES, HIGH-QUALITY MAPS
Geographically organised text, cross-referenced against full-colour, high-quality travel maps for quick orientation in Abu Lima, Trujillo and many other locations in Peru. STRIKING PICTURES
This guide book to Peru features inspirational colour photography, including the stunning Plaza Mayor and the spectacular Llaca Valley.
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Table of contents
- How To Use This E-Book
- Peruās Top 10 Attractions
- Editorās Choice
- Introduction: Ancient and Modern
- Land of Extremes
- Decisive Dates
- Lost empires: Peru before the Incas
- The Incas
- The Conquest
- From Colony to Republic
- Democracy, Crises, and Resurgence
- A Changing Society
- Daily Life in the Andes
- Peoples of the Amazon
- How Crafts Have Adapted
- Music and Dance
- Insight: Festivals and Fusion
- Fusion of Flavors
- Andean Adventures
- Wildlife of the Sierra
- Places
- Lima
- The North Coast
- Insight: Buried Treasures
- Northern Sierra
- CallejĆ³n De Huaylas
- Central Sierra
- The Northern Amazon
- Manu To Maldonado
- Insight: Birds of the Amazon
- The South Coast
- Arequipa
- Insight: Colonial Art and Architecture
- Cusco
- The Sacred Valley
- Machu Picchu
- Lake Titicaca
- Insight: Taquile Island
- Transportation
- A-Z: A Handy Summary of Practical Information
- Language
- Further Reading