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Fodor's Essential Peru: With Machu Picchu & the Inca Trail
Paperback
Series: Full-Color Travel Guide
Travel GeneralSouth AmericaWest
Publisher Price: $25.99
ISBN13: 9781640977396
Publisher: Fodor's Travel Publications
Published: Dec 3 2024
Pages: 448
Weight: 0.93
Height: 0.90 Width: 5.10 Depth: 7.90
Language: English
Whether you want to hike the Inca Trail to Machu Picchu, explore the Peruvian Amazon, or enjoy Lima's world-class food and museums, the local Fodor's travel experts in Peru are here to help! Fodor's Essential Peru guidebook is packed with maps, carefully curated recommendations, and everything else you need to simplify your trip-planning process and make the most of your time. This new edition has an easy-to-read layout, fresh information, and beautiful color photos. Fodor's Essential guides were named by Booklist as the Best Travel Guide Series of 2020!
Fodor's Peru travel guide includes:
- AN ILLUSTRATED ULTIMATE EXPERIENCES GUIDE to the top things to see and do
- MULTIPLE ITINERARIES to effectively organize your days and maximize your time
- MORE THAN 40 DETAILED MAPS to help you navigate confidently
- COLOR PHOTOS throughout to spark your wanderlust!
- HONEST RECOMMENDATIONS FROM LOCALS on the best sights, restaurants, hotels, nightlife, shopping, performing arts, activities, and more
- PHOTO-FILLED BEST OF FEATURES on What to Eat and Drink, What to Buy, Top Day Trips From Lima, and more
- TRIP-PLANNING TOOLS AND PRACTICAL TIPS including when to go, getting around, beating the crowds, and saving time and money
- HISTORICAL AND CULTURAL INSIGHTS providing rich context on the local people, politics, art, architecture, cuisine, music, geography and more
- SPECIAL FEATURES on Nazca Lines, The Islands of Lake Titicaca, The Peruvian Amazon, The Cordillera Blanca, and more
- LOCAL WRITERS to help you find the under-the-radar gems
- SPANISH LANGUAGE PRIMER with useful words and essential phrases
- UP-TO-DATE COVERAGE ON: Lima, Machu Picchu, the Inca Trail, Cusco, Nazca, Pisco, the Peruvian Amazon, the Sacred Valley, Lake Titicaca, Trujilo, and more
Planning on visiting the rest of South America? Check out Fodor's Essential Chile and Fodor's Essential Argentina.
*Important note for digital editions: The digital edition of this guide does not contain all the images or text included in the physical edition.
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