Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
CULTURE
Inca culture is everywhere, in ruins and museums, but living indigenous cultures have just
as much to offer. Engage in community tourism, join the fervor of a festival or do the cul-
turally fascinating Lares trek through remote Andean villages.
Central Highlands
Architecture
Detouring
Festivals
ARCHITECTURE
Forgotten cities such as Ayacucho and Huancavelica offer better insights into Peru's colo-
nial heyday than the likes of Cuzco: they may lack preservation funds but haven't been
spoilt by Western chain stores either: wander the ancient streets and be transported back in
time.
DETOURING
The Central Highlands still resembles the Andes of the good old days: proper adventures
through spectacular gorges on wheezing buses along abysmal roads to towns or temples
seldom seen by tourists.
FESTIVALS
When just one valley boasts a festival for every day of the year, you know a party is
likely. Here they take their revelry seriously - as would be expected from the region re-
