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Peru (Eyewitness Travel Guides) PDF

360 Pages·2008·133.47 MB·English
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EYEWITNESS TRAVEL PERU ANCIENT SITES RESTAURANTS • MAPS ARCHITECTURE MUSEUMS • CATHEDRALS RAINFOREST • MOUNTAINS THE GUIDES THAT SHOW YOU WHAT OTHERS ONLY TELL YOU J Peru Region by Region THE NORTHERN ESERT THE NORTHERN THE NORTHERN THE NORTHERN DESERT HIGHLANDS IGHLANDS Pages 214–233 Pages 234–247 b$BKBNBSDB LIMA AREA BY AREA DILLERA BLANCA -*." MIRAFLORES & CENTRAL LIMA SAN ISIDRO Pages 58–73 Pages 74–83 BARRANCO FARTHER AFIELD CORDILLERA Pages 84–91 Pages 92–99 BLANCA Pages 196–213 *RVJUPT b THE AMAZON THE AMAZON BASIN CENTRAL SIERRA Pages 248–263 Pages 182–195 BASIN 1VDBMMQB b THE INCA CANYON COUNTRY HEARTLAND Pages 130–151 Pages 152–181 )VBODBZP b CENTRAL SIERRA $VTDP b THE INCA THE HEARTLAND OUTHERN COAST CANYON COUNTRY "SFRVJQB b THE SOUTHERN 0 km 150 COAST 5BDOB Pages 116–129 b 0 miles 150 EYEWITNESS TRAVEL peru EYEWITNESS TRAVEL peru MAIN CONTRIBUTOR: MARYANNE BLACKER MANAGING EDITOR Aruna Ghose DESIGN MANAGER Priyanka Thakur PROJECT EDITOR Shikha Kulkarni PROJECT DESIGNER Shruti Singhi EDITOR Jyoti Kumari DESIGNERS Pooja Badola, Anchal Kaushal SENIOR CARTOGRAPHIC MANAGER Uma Bhattacharya CARTOGRAPHER Mohammad Hassan SENIOR DTP DESIGNER Vinod Harish Inhabitants of Islas Uros, Lake Titicaca SENIOR PICTURE RESEARCHER Taiyaba Khatoon PICTURE RESEARCHER Sumita Khatwani ASISTANT PICTURE RESEARCHER Shweta Andrews CONTENTS CONTRIBUTORS Maryanne Blacker, Jorge Riveros Cayo, INTRODUCING Dominic Hamilton, Rob Rachowiecki, Joby Wiliams PERU PHOTOGRAPHERS DISCOVERING Demetrio Carrasco, Nigel Hicks, Linda Whitwam PERU 8 ILLUSTRATORS Chapel Design & Marketing Ltd., Chinglemba Chingbham, Surat Kumar Mantoo, Arun Pottirayil, PUTTING PERU ON T. Gautam Trivedi, Mark Arjun Warner THE MAP 10 Reproduced in Singapore by Colourscan Printed and bound in China by L.Rex Printing Co. Ltd A PORTRAIT OF First American Edition, 2008 PERU 12 08 09 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Published in the United States by Dorling Kindersley Publishing, PERU THROUGH Inc., 375 Hudson Street, New York 10014 THE YEAR 34 Copyright © 2008 Dorling Kindersley Limited, London A Penguin Company THE HISTORY ALL RIGHTS RESERVED UNDER INTERNATIONAL AND PAN-AMERICAN COPYRIGHT OF PERU 40 CONVENTIONS. NO PART OF THIS PUBLICATION MAY BE REPRODUCED, STORED IN A RETRIEVAL SYSTEM, OR TRANSMITTED IN ANY FORM OR BY ANY MEANS, ELECTRONIC, MECHANICAL, PHOTOCOPYING, RECORDING OR OTHERWISE WITHOUT LIMA AREA BY THE PRIOR WRITTEN PERMISSION OF THE COPYRIGHT OWNER. AREA Published in Great Britain by Dorling Kindersley Limited. A CATALOGING IN PUBLICATION RECORD IS LIMA AT A GLANCE 56 AVAILABLE FROM THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS. ISSN 1542-1554 CENTRAL LIMA 58 ISBN: 978-0-7566-3645-6 MIRAFLORES & SAN Front cover main image: Machu Picchu ruins DRO 74 The information in this DK Eyewitness Travel Guide is checked regularly. Every effort has been made to ensure that this book is as up-to-date as possible at the time of going to press. Some details, however, such as telephone numbers, opening hours, prices, gallery hanging arrangements and travel information are liable to change. The publishers cannot accept responsibility for any consequences arising from the use of this book, nor for any material on third party websites, and cannot guarantee that any website address in this book will be a suitable source of travel information. We value the views and suggestions of our readers very highly. Please write to: Publisher, DK Eyewitness Travel Guides, Dorling Kindersley, 80 Strand, London, WC2R 0RL. Nazca ceramic bottle with stylized patterns The Inca Inti Raymi festival celebrated at Sacsayhuamán PERU REGION BY REGION PERU AT A GLANCE 114 THE SOUTHERN COAST 116 Br ihtgly-painted plates at a local market, Chinchero CANYON COUNTRY 130 OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES 306 THE INCA HEARTLAND 152 SPECIALIZED HOLIDAYS 312 BARRANCO 84 CENTRAL SIERRA 182 SURVIVAL GUIDE FARTHER AFIELD 92 CORDILLERA BLANCA PRACTICAL SHOPPING IN LIMA 100 196 INFORMATION 316 ENTERTAINMENT IN THE NORTHERN TRAVEL LIMA 102 DESERT 214 INFORMATION 326 LIMA STREET THE NORTHERN GENERAL INDEX FINDER 104 HIGHLANDS 234 334 THE AMAZON ACKNOWLEDGMENTS BASIN 248 346 TRAVELERS’ PHRASE BOOK 350 NEEDS WHERE TO STAAY 266 WHERE TO EAT 282 SHOPPING IN PERU 302 G ld t l f th

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