Archives March 1, 2018

PUNO – PERU

Capital of the Puno region, it has an excellent structure, diverse hotel, privileged gastronomy and the best tourist service.

COME TO PUNO!

SILLUSTANI

Sillustani is located 34 km from the city of Puno and is one of the largest and most impressive Necropolis of America and the World. The chullpas, which are tombs, are gigantic funerary monuments built in different times and cultures. These buildings pose a challenge to the laws of balance because they have less diameter at the bottom than at the top. An impressive archeological site!

JULI

Juli is known as the little Rome of America, located 80 km from the city of Puno, has a cultural and religious center since the Colony, its urban architecture and its landscapes are impressively conserved, as well as the four temples that maintain a great amount of pictorial works of Cusco and Italian schools.

CHUCUITO

18 km from the city of Puno is Chucuito, the former capital of the Lupakas in Kolla culture. In Inca times a monument was built for fertility called “INKA UYO”, in the form of a male member, and to this day the Temple of Fertility is one of the most visited places in Chucuito.

LAMPA

Known as “city of 7 wonders”, 75 km from the city of Puno, Lampa, the city Rosa, has as main attractions its archaeological ruins. The famous Replicas La Pieta by Michelangelo, the Parish Church of Santiago Apostle, the Farm of the Chinchilla, its Folklore, its Thermal Waters and the Stone Bridge form the beauty of the 7 wonders.