Prepare to be amazed as you walk around some of South America's most awe-inspiring sights. Stroll around Machu Picchu and marvel at the engineering feat accomplished by the once great Incan Empire; visit Lake Titicaca and gaze at its azure waters before heading to the Island of the Sun where Incan ruins sit alongside thriving indigenous villages. From the high-altitude Bolivian city of La Paz to the part-ancient, part-modern Peruvian city of Cuzco, Footprintfocus Cuzco, La Paz & Lake Titicaca provides thoroughly researched information on these fascinating destinations. Features an Essentials section with practical advice on getting there and around, ensuring you can plan your trip easily.
* Written by Latin America expert Ben Box.
* Essentials section with tips on getting there and around.
* Covers the Sacred Valley of the Incas, Arequipa, and Bolivia's Yungas.
* Detailed street maps for important towns and cities.
* Slim enough to fit in your pocket.
Loaded with advice and information, this concise Footprintfocus guide will help you get the most out of Cuzco, La Paz & Lake Titicaca without weighing you down.
The content of the Footprintfocus Cuzco, La Paz & Lake Titicaca guide has been extracted from Footprint's Peru, Bolivia & Ecuador Handbook.
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One of the first assignments Ben Box took as a freelance writer in 1980 was subediting work on the South American Handbook. The plan then was to write about contemporary Iberian and Latin American affairs, but in no time at all the lands south of the Rio Grande took over, inspiring journeys to all corners of the subcontinent. Ben has contributed to newspapers, magazines and learned tomes, usually on the subject of travel, and became editor of the South American Handbook in 1989. He has also been involved in Footprint's Handbooks on Central America & Mexico, Caribbean Islands, Brazil, Peru, Cuzco & the Inca Heartland, and Peru, Bolivia and Ecuador. On many of these titles he has collaborated with his wife and Footprint Caribbean expert, Sarah Cameron.
Having a doctorate in Spanish and Portuguese studies from London University, Ben maintains a strong interest in Latin American literature. In the British summer he plays cricket for his local village side and year round he attempts to achieve some level of self-sufficiency in fruit and veg in a rather unruly country garden in Suffolk.
1) Cuzco; Sacred Valley of the Incas - Machu Pichu, Inca Trails, Vitcos and Vilcabamba, West from Cuzco; (2) Arequipa and the far south - Colca Canyon, Cotahausi Canyon, South to Chile; (3) Lake Titicaca; (4) La Paz and around; (5) Lake Titicaca; (6) The Yungas.
