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MOMIAS DE WACAHUYA

MOMIAS DE WACAHUYA

Huasta, Peru

★★★★★ 5 (166 reviews)

It’s not every day you find a museum dedicated to the enduring presence of life, rather than its absence. Tucked away in...

CASA MUSEO DE LA RESISTENCIA CULTURAL ANDINA

CASA MUSEO DE LA RESISTENCIA CULTURAL ANDINA

Huaraz, Peru

★★★★★ 5 (24 reviews)

People don't just wander in here by accident; they come seeking the real story of the Ancash region, the one written not...

Coanqui Art Gallery Museum

Coanqui Art Gallery Museum

San Sebastián, Peru

★★★★★ 5 (21 reviews)

Tucked away on the steep, cobbled climb of Cuesta San Blas, the Coanqui isn't your typical grand museum. It feels more l...

Museo Maximo Laura

Museo Maximo Laura

Cuzco, Peru

★★★★★ 4.9 (9,264 reviews)

What truly sets Museo Maximo Laura apart is its intense, almost electric focus on the contemporary tapestry. This isn't ...

La Casa Del Mojinete

La Casa Del Mojinete

Tacna, Peru

★★★★★ 4.9 (97 reviews)

People come to La Casa Del Mojinete not just for art, but to step directly into the soul of Tacna. You wander through ro...

Larco Museum

Larco Museum

Lima, Peru

★★★★★ 4.8 (815,732 reviews)

You'd never guess it from the elegant white facade, but the Larco Museum holds one of the world's most extensive collect...

Waterfalls Pishurayacu

Waterfalls Pishurayacu

La Banda de Shilcayo, Peru

★★★★★ 4.8 (8,584 reviews)

People don't come to Pishurayacu for quiet contemplation of artifacts; they come to be swallowed whole by the jungle. Th...

Royal Tombs Of Sipan Museum

Royal Tombs Of Sipan Museum

Lambayeque, Peru

★★★★★ 4.7 (78,470 reviews)

So, picture this: we're out in the dry plains of northern Peru near Lambayeque, and suddenly this massive, stark white p...

Place of Memory, Tolerance and Social Inclusion (LUM)

Place of Memory, Tolerance and Social Inclusion (LUM)

Lima, Peru

★★★★★ 4.7 (75,899 reviews)

Down in the Bajada San Martín, right here in Miraflores, you'll find the LUM, a place that asks us to sit with a difficu...

Lima Cathedral

Lima Cathedral

Lima, Peru

★★★★★ 4.7 (74,922 reviews)

You'd never guess it from the magnificent baroque facade, but this cathedral is actually the third version of the origin...

Archeological complex El Brujo

Archeological complex El Brujo

Trujillo, Peru

★★★★★ 4.7 (71,942 reviews)

Just an hour's drive north of Trujillo, the coastal desert opens up to reveal El Brujo, a sprawling archaeological compl...

Museo Pedro de Osma

Museo Pedro de Osma

Peru

★★★★★ 4.7 (71,732 reviews)

Would you believe this grand palace on the Avenida Pedro de Osma was once just a summer home for a wealthy Lima family? ...

Museo Central - MUCEN

Museo Central - MUCEN

Lima, Peru

★★★★★ 4.7 (71,076 reviews)

You have to step inside this place—it's a stunning 1920s bank building that now holds Peru's entire artistic story under...

Museo de Arte Precolombino Larco

Museo de Arte Precolombino Larco

Cuzco, Peru

★★★★★ 4.7 (7,949 reviews)

Housed in an elegant 18th-century viceroyalty mansion built atop a pre-Columbian pyramid, the Museo Larco feels like a j...

Amano, Pre-Columbian Textile Museum

Amano, Pre-Columbian Textile Museum

Lima, Peru

★★★★★ 4.7 (7,939 reviews)

People don't just come to the Amano Museum to see old textiles; they come to understand a language woven in thread. Tuck...

Museo del Automóvil - Colección Nicolini

Museo del Automóvil - Colección Nicolini

Peru

★★★★★ 4.7 (7,927 reviews)

Tucked away in the upscale La Molina district, the Museo del Automóvil feels like stepping into a private, world-class g...

Reserva Nacional Tambopata

Reserva Nacional Tambopata

Tambopata, Peru

★★★★★ 4.7 (7,591 reviews)

People don't come here for dusty display cases; they come to our corner of Peru to step into a living, breathing jungle....

Ayahuasca Museum

Ayahuasca Museum

Morales, Peru

★★★★★ 4.7 (7,135 reviews)

Tucked away near the Orquideario in Tarapoto, this isn't your typical museum; it's a deep, respectful dive into one of t...

Museo de Chocolate

Museo de Chocolate

Ayacucho, Peru

★★★★★ 4.7 (739 reviews)

Everyone comes to the Museo de Chocolate for the promise of sweet samples, but you leave completely surprised by the ric...

Mundo Alpaca

Mundo Alpaca

Cuzco, Peru

★★★★★ 4.7 (722 reviews)

Everyone comes to Cusco for the Inca ruins, but you quickly learn the real treasure is the softest alpaca wool you've ev...

Basílica and Convent of San Francisco, Lima

Basílica and Convent of San Francisco, Lima

Lima, Peru

★★★★★ 4.6 (617,438 reviews)

Did you know this place holds the bones of an estimated 25,000 people? That's the wild truth you discover beneath the Ba...

Chan Chan

Chan Chan

Huanchaco, Peru

★★★★★ 4.6 (65,636 reviews)

What absolutely blows my mind about Chan Chan isn't just its age, but its sheer scale—it's the largest adobe city on Ear...

Museo del Convento de San Francisco y Catacumbas

Museo del Convento de San Francisco y Catacumbas

Peru

★★★★★ 4.6 (64,421 reviews)

Step into the heart of Old Lima, and you'll find the Museo del Convento de San Francisco, a place where the city's colon...

Chavín de Huántar Archaeological Monument

Chavín de Huántar Archaeological Monument

Chavín de Huantar, Peru

★★★★★ 4.6 (64,282 reviews)

Up here in the highlands, the stones themselves whisper of a time long before the Inca. The Chavín de Huántar monument i...