The best places to visit in Peru this Holydays
There approach the Christmas holidays and those of New Year in the whole world and Peru is not the exception it discovers with us the best places to make use of these holidays and to initiate in 2018 with the right foot.
Lima: If yours the warm, sunny climate is and you want to flee of the snow. The city of Lima and the Peruvian coast is the perfect destination for you, since in contrast to the north hemisphere here in the South it initiates the summer from December 21!
The city of Lima turns out to be infected by the Christmas spirit weeks before December 25 being decorated by enormous Christmas trees and proper adornments of the epoch in the streets, avenues and main business and shopping centers like Larcomar.
One of the best areas to stay if you want to spend these holidays undoubtedly is Miraflores, district from which you can coordinate some tours as City Tour and this way know the main monuments pre Inca, colonial and republicans of the city of the Kings. If you like feeling the adrenaline you can choose to fly over in paragliding on the whole green coast and this way enjoy an incredible sight of the Pacific Ocean.
The night of December 24 if you want you can be present also at the Midnight Mass which is realized in the whole Peru and the Miraflores church is not the exception.
The New Year is celebrated by major rejoicing and you will be able to see and because not, to dress yourself of yellow also like all the Peruvians to attract the good luck in 2018, the people this day meet in the squares and there are different the tourists who meet in the Miraflores bars to receive in 2018 with proper customs of its countries mixing them with those that they usually practise in Peru.
Cusco: Undoubtedly this is the best destination inside Peru to spend these holidays being the dates fix on December 24 and December 31.
As in the rest of cities the city of the Cusco is decorated by Christmas trees, Andean births in streets and churches and the adornments like tapes and proper Christmas lights of these dates.
The Christmas fairs initiate in the squares of the city days before the Christmas where the works of the craftsmen are exhibited cusqueños being the main fair the one that is established from much early on December 24 in the Square of Weapon of the city where hundreds of craftsmen present and put on sale its works in sculpture, painting, religious images, textilería, between others. This one takes a break called Santurantikuy (Saints’ sale) talks each other of one of the most ancient fairs of Peru.
The night of Christmas in all the churches of the city it is celebrated the Midnight Mass being those of the Cathedral most crowded and the Favor, if you want you can be useful to know a little more of the culture cusqueña and to appreciate in a free way the works of art that protect these important religious monuments. (Remember that it is prohibited to photograph inside the churches so it leaves that your eyes marvel with the beauty of these places and enjoys the celebrations).
The New Year in Cusco the fairs where you can buy garments, caps, rattles, glasses in colors mostly amarrillas are in the streets and squares near to the Square of Weapon. Come the midnight the meeting point both of local and foreign persons is the Square of Weapon of Cusco where the people celebrate accompanied by free concerts that the municipality offers the arrival of 2018.
It is a custom if you want to travel to next Year come the midnight to run turning to the square with your suitcase, if these in the Square of Weapon you cannot let through of realizing this custom and if you remain calm the rejoicing of the persons the happiness and good energy will end up infecting you.
Pirwa Hostels already takes that as a custom of offering a delightful Christmas Dinner on December 24 and its holiday of New Year on December 31 in its place located in the Square San Francisco. Pirwa Colonial Backpacker has left invited!
Puno: Imagine to receive the New Year to more from 3800 meters over sea level with a sight of the highest Navigable Lake of the world.
You can realize this if you choose these holidays in the city of Handle where we can live together with the local persons of the islands of the Aurochs, Amantani or Taquile, who celebrate the arrival of 2018 with their own customs between them those of realizing gifts to the Pachamama and the reading of the sheets of Coca.
The Christmas also is celebrated by big rejoicing in this region of the country being the town of distant Pucará at one hour and a half in car. In Pucará the celebrations develop from December 23 until January 30, days in which there can be seen contests of typical dances, horse racings and the distribution of toys and gifts to the poor children of the nearby localities.
Just like these cities, there are many other cities that also celebrate New Year holidays such as the white city of Arequipa, Puerto Maldonado, Iquitos and many others. So you have no excuse Peru is definitely your best option!