Noticias

Peru's Nasca Lines were captured by National Geographic photographer Robert Clark. Pictures are remarkable for their beauty and originality, especially aerial views that enhance the ongoing debate rather than revealing the origin of geoglyphs . The March edition of the prestigious National Geographi ....

Peru’s domestic air travel market could grow to 25 percent this year on strong demand from users and constant discount ticket promotions offered by various airlines, Lan Peru reported Thursday. "Nowadays, people are choosing air travel as a mode of transportation rather than other modes, ....

Peru's National Institute of Culture (INC) said Thursday that the country's main tourist attraction Machu Picchu and the famous Inca Trail will reopen April 1 after heavy rains cut off the ancient citadel earlier this year. In a press release, INC announced that starting April 1st tourists will ....

Iperú, a tourism information office run by Peru’s Export and Tourism Promotion Board (PromPerú), helped 6,157 tourists visiting Arequipa during the first two months of the year. PromPerú official Yemeth Murguia said that only in February 3,154 people received tourism-relat ....

Europeans and Americans lead the list of tourists who demand the most luxurious spa hotels in the Imperial City of Cusco, according to the Aranwa Sacred Valley Hotel, located in the Urubamba Valley. These tourists have developed different ways to make tourism and most of them prefer trips  ....

The Holy Week is a time for meditation and religious fervor, but it can also be a good reason to enjoy a long holiday visiting some attractive destinations in the 25 regions of Peru. For this occasion, PromPeru has created its website “Semana Santa 2010” (Holy Week 2010) where one can fi ....

The on-site museum Huaca Rajada-Sipán, located in the district of Zaña, province of Chiclayo (Lambayeque) expects to receive some 1500 visitors during Holy Week, almost the double of visitors regarding last year. Luis Chero Zurita, head of the cultural institution, said that tourists c ....

Public and private institutions will sign an agreement for the enhancement of the archaeological site of Incahuasi, in the Limean provice of Cañete, which will contribute to increase by 40% the number of visitors to the valley of Lunahuana, now ranging in 200,000 per year. The agreement will ....

Restaurants in Huancavelica will offer a varied menu of alpaca, trout and cuy (Guinea pig), to delight visitors arriving in this area during the long Holy Week break. Emilio Ramírez, representative of the Peruvian Association of Hotels and Restaurants (Ahora) of Huancavelica, e ....

The tourist train Lima-Huancayo-Lima will make its third departure of the year on March 19, while the trip scheduled for Holy Week will be on April 1, Ferrocarril Central Andino (FCCA) said today. The tourist train will leave the Desamparados station on Friday 19 at 07:00 hours, and will reach Huanc ....

The city of Cusco, located to the south-east of Peru, will become the capital of the country's gastronomy hosting, in March 20-21, the fair called "Peru, Mucho Gusto," which was launched today in Lima and the Imperial city. Promperu’s Luis Miguel Champin said that the contest will ga ....

The Colca Valley, located in Arequipa (Peru), expectes to receive at least 10,000 tourists during the upcoming Easter holiday weekend, nearly doubling the number of visitors who arrived in this natural attraction in the same period last year, said Caylloma's mayor Jorge Cueva. Cueva said that the op ....

PromPeru today surprised ITB in Berlin by announcing the re-opening of the vital rail link to the ruins of Machu Picchu. The line was severely damaged in heavy rains and floods which hit the country in January and eroded railway tracks between Cuzco, Ollantaytambo and the Inca citadel. Following the ....

The Sumaq VIP Lounge & Business Center of Peru's Jorge Chavez International Airport has been voted the world's best for 2010 by independent airport lounge programme Priority Pass. More than 30,000 passengers from all over the world were asked by Priority Pass to pick their favourite lounge from ....

Authorities in the northern Peruvian city of Trujillo aim to increase tourist visits to the Huacas del Sol y de la Luna (Temple of the Sun and the Moon) archaeological complex by 10 percent this year. Archaeological complex's director Ricardo Morales said that more than three million soles will be i ....

The program “Junin todo el año” (Junin all year) offers a tour through local towns of this central department in the Holy Week giving the opportunity to experience religious festivities and natural wonders aiming to attract some 35,000 visitors. Silvia Salas Alvarado, head of the ....

Peru will offer Lomo Saltado and Flan as the main dishes in its stand at the Expo 2010 Shanghai China to take place from May 1 to October 31 in Shanghai, China. The menu has been created by Peruvian chef Eduardo Vargas who will manage the restaurant "The Peruvian Kitchen" in the Peruvian&n ....

Tourists from Chile, the United States, France and Spain are the most loyal to Peru, with visits increasing last year despite the international financial crisis that hit this activity worldwide, stated Tuesday Peru’s Ministry of Foreign Trade and Tourism (Mincetur). “While tourism decrea ....

The air traffic in international regular flights to Peru totaled 4 million 805,970 passengers from January to December 2009, a 5.66 percent increase compared to 2008 (4 million 548,132 passengers), the General Administration of Civil Aeronautics (DGAC) reported Tuesday. According to statistics, the ....

Peruvian food has crossed all boundaries and now an American network has dedicated segments in television programs showing the best of the country's culinary offer. First, “Food 101”, directed by Diane Macedo, visited the Restaurant Pio Pio in New York.The manager Rodolfo Mayor explained ....