Peru - Pisco Finally Gets Some Recognition

I read that Travel + Leisure has posted on its website the list of “The best places to visit in 2017” and Pisco, Peru has been included within this important list. What is it that makes Pisco an unmissable destination for visitors from all over the world (even though I think it is largely ignored by the majority of Peruvian tourists)? 

For one thing, it is close to several other places that I found to be very interesting when I travelled to there:

Nazca - the mysterious Nazca Lines are not the only attraction in this area. In the city, you can still see aquaducts and other parts of a pre-Inca water system that is still used today.  Outside of town you can see areas where there are bones, pottery shards and ancient fabric lying around - things that grave robbers have left. You can also visit Cahuachi, which is currently being excavated. This was a site with 25 temples, built about 2000 years ago by the Paracas culture

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Huacachina Lagoon - Not too far away from Nazca is this desert oasis, which is surrounded by tall sand dunes. You can do sandboarding, as well as being driven around dunes in the buggies.

Paracas National Reserve - Along the coast is this park and the Ballestas Islands - home of thousands of migratory birds, who share their habitat with a large number of sea lions and penguins. Several nice resorts have been built in this area of sun and sea.

Ica - in this province you can find the wineries that make Pisco, used in making Pisco Sours, the national drinks of Peru and Chile. The oldest distillery in the Americas was started here in 1684, Hacienda La Caravedo. I visited 3 different wineries when I was there and sampled 11 different piscos. After my last one, my guide jokingly said "now it's time to take you to a karaoke bar".

When I went there, I traveled by a very nice bus from Lima to Nazca and from Paracas back to Lima. I then had local guides and transfers within the area.  Now that a new airport has been built in Pisco, travel time can be shortened.

Let us help you to include this area in your next trip to Peru.