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Hacienda Concepcion: Affordable Luxury in the Amazon Jungle

Destinations like the Peruvian Amazon present such a dilemma for the discerning traveller. Do you abandon all luxuries, grit your teeth and throw yourself into the rufty-tufty jungle experience, sleeping under canvas and getting up close and personal with all kinds
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Restaurant Review: Falling for Cusco’s Fallen Angel

Judging by the name alone, you could be forgiven for thinking that The Fallen Angel is some den of iniquity where only the brave or the foolhardy would dare to enter. In fact a Peruvian TV programme once wrongly described it
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Sacsayhuman: One Of Cusco’s Most Impressive Inca Ruins

A short hike up the hill from the North end of Cusco one finds what is perhaps the most under-promoted ancient site in Peru.  It is justly called the New World Stonehenge, but its stones are larger and more finely cut
Traditional Starter at El Albergue de Ollantaytambo restaurant

Fine Dining in The Sacred Valley: El Albergue de Ollantaytambo

Many visitors to Machu Picchu will breeze right past El Albergue’s restaurant on their way to South America’s most visited sight without even realising it is there. Located right on the platform at Ollantaytambo’s railway station, the world-class restaurant at El
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A Kick in the Chops Makes a Canadian Man Rich

Perhaps it’s to do with the lack of oxygen in the Andean air, but lately it seems that tourists in Peru are going a bit bonkers. Forget the recent spate of streakers at Machu Picchu who flashed their delicate parts for
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Cusco’s Temple of the Moon: A Mysterious Site Worth Discovering

The Temple of the Moon located on the outskirts of Cusco is a fascinating and mysterious archeological site. Richard Nisbet takes a closer look at the rarely visited attraction and challenges some of the theories surrounding its origins. The Mystery The
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Restaurant Review: Amazonian Adventures at Malabar, Lima

You should never judge a book by its cover, nor, apparently, a restaurant by its name.  At least not where Malabar is concerned. In at number seven on last year’s Top 50 Restaurants in Latin America List, the name seems to
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Restaurant Review: A taste of Peru’s finest at Astrid & Gaston, Lima

Gaston Acurio is probably the most celebrated Peruvian chef of all time so I feel rather privileged to have had the pleasure of sampling the exquisite culinary creations on offer at Astrid & Gaston. My Acurio-initiation took place at the former
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Restaurant Review: Pure Peruvian at Deva, Cusco

There is many a street cart or “hole-in-the-wall” in Cusco where you can find really authentic Andean or Peruvian cuisine. But if you are one of those fussy people who prefers to eat on a seat with a table and cutlery,
Gaston Acurio's Chicha Restaurant in Cusco, Peru

Restaurant Review: Chicha by Gaston Acurio, Cusco

With restaurants and franchises across North, South and Central America as well as Europe, the empire of Peruvian wonder-chef Gaston Acurio already stretches further than the mighty Inca civilization ever did. In fact, his reputation is so widespread that more foreigners