Arequipa

Other Peruvians joke that you need a different passport to enter Peru’s second-largest city. One-tenth the size of Lima, Arequipa is its pugnacious equal in terms of cuisine, historical significance and confident self-awareness.

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14 Days in Peru: Lima, Cusco, Andes and Machu Picchu
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14 Days in Peru: Lima, Cusco, Andes and Machu Picchu

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14 Days in Peru: Lima, Cusco, Andes and Machu Picchu

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  1. 1 Embarking on a 10-hour luxury train ride through the Andes and over the Altiplano
  2. 2 Watching llamas and vicuñas graze at the foothills of volcanic mountains
  3. 3 Finding the sacred in the Sacred Valley, where intricate engineering reflects Incan ingenuity
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