Thing to do
1. Machu Picchu
The Inca citadel on a ridge above the Urubamba, about 80 km from Cusco, visited on one of three official circuits reached by train and bus via Aguas Calientes.
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2. Puente de los Suspiros and Barranco
A walk through Barranco centred on the wooden Bridge of Sighs, first opened in 1876, with the Bajada de Baños path leading beneath it down to the beach.
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3. Malecón de Miraflores and Parque del Amor
A walk along the clifftop boardwalk of Miraflores to the Parque del Amor, opened in 1993, with Víctor Delfín's sculpture El Beso and mosaic walls of love poems.
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4. Rainbow Mountain (Vinicunca)
A striped mountain of coloured minerals at over 5,000 metres south-east of Cusco, reached on a long day trip with a short but very high-altitude walk.
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5. Barrio Chino and Calle Capón
Lima's Chinatown in Barrios Altos, centred on Calle Capón and Jirón Paruro, with its 1971 Chinese arch, community temples and the chifa restaurants it gave the city.
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6. Maras Salt Pans (Salineras de Maras)
Terraced salt ponds in a canyon below the village of Maras, fed by a salty spring and worked by local families since Inca times.
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7. Plaza San Martín and Jirón de la Unión
A walk from the Plaza Mayor along Jirón de la Unión to Plaza San Martín, opened in 1921 for Peru's independence centenary and framed by 1920s buildings.
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8. San Pedro Market
Cusco's central iron-roofed market, a short walk from the Plaza de Armas, with juice stalls, soup counters, Andean produce, herbs and crafts.
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9. Costa Verde beaches and surfing
The beaches below Lima's cliffs, linked by the Circuito de Playas road, with surf spots such as La Pampilla and a cycle path south to Agua Dulce.
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10. Hatun Rumiyoc and the San Blas Quarter
A walk past the Twelve-Angled Stone on Hatun Rumiyoc and up into San Blas, Cusco's hillside quarter of artisans' workshops, cafés and city views.
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