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 Vacation in Bolivia is often quick trips, long bus trips and maybe a couple of sleepless nights, but if you are a passionate and active traveler, this may be a good and ultimately rewarding route for you. Vacation in Bolivia typically include a visit to Potosi, the largest city in the world. Its climate and temperatures are some of the most extreme and its landscape as well. The country as a whole, has a kind of rustic, dry feeling, but that your vacation in Bolivia takes you closer to the equator you are also the tropics, which is filled with thick vegetation and fertility. It also has a large indigenous population, which gives character and culture to your vacation in Bolivia, and it has a very friendly and welcoming feeling. To other places to go during your holiday in Bolivia: Samaipata is a great place to spend four or five days of your holiday in Bolivia. Swing in a hammock with a good book in the heart of the mountains of this beautiful, quiet village. If you like to keep busy and on your feet and offer a variety of walks, which is not an expensive addition to your holiday in Bolivia. The walks take you to the nearby temple, or bird watching, whatever gets you going. Sucre is another good place to spend four or five days of your holiday in Bolivia. This colonial city was for me, the most beautiful in Bolivia. The long, white buildings and cobblestone streets, stone is a delight, and square it all Bolivian locals meet for their daily catch to make for a wonderful setting for holidays in Bolivia. There are two ways to get here from Samaipata your holiday in Bolivia. You can either initiate an overnight bus trip, which is the cheaper option, or you can go back to Santa Cruz and fly. Although a rough ride, due to both roads and overcrowded buses, trips like these that make you realize how far away your holiday in Bolivia is the holiday home. On my journey I discovered that the distance traveled on this bus ride, the roads in the Western world would only have taken about four hours. On your vacation in Bolivia, it takes 12! Uyuni is worth two or three days of your holiday in Bolivia. Its the nearby town to the largest Salt Flats in the world, which is that many, a spectacle. The only way to see the apartment during your holiday in Bolivia is to go on a tour, which means that you get to the apartments at night. Cactus Island, Flamingo Lake, the hot springs, and of course, apartments each stop away on holiday in Bolivia. La Paz is worth five or six days of your vacation in Bolivia, it was a great city, not so much for the look of it in my mind, but more for what it had to offer, great markets and shopping, great restaurants, and the main attraction is the nightlife. You can spend a few hours of your vacation in Bolivia on an intense bike ride on the most dangerous roads in the world.

 Cusco (or Cuzco), Peru, is a city that has long welcomed travelers and earned its reputation as the friendliest city in South America, in part, its gateway role. Almost all visitors to the ancient UNESCO World Heritage Site of Machu Picchu in Cusco passing through their journey. However, Cusco is an interesting destination in itself, and one of the most friendly in South America.Once the capital of the Americas, name (Qosqo in the native Quechua language) means "navel of the earth" , and the Incas, which was the center of the universe. Cusco is the oldest city in the Western Hemisphere. For centuries, has been welcoming travelers to the area - primarily the indigenous Incas, who came to worship the sun, and now world travelers who come to see and experience the incredible cultural heritage of the area . Surrounded by the Andes and the influence of the Spanish invasion in 1500, the city today is a mixture of native Inca and Spanish colonial influences, an interweaving of historical ages, which is still in sight. Beautiful in its own right, friendly Cusco makes a strong impression on all who pass through its landscape. Even if Cusco at first considered only as the gateway to a larger treasure (Machu Picchu and the Inca Trail), once a passenger enters the Cusco, never be viewed that way again.Enjoying Cusco, PeruPeruvians are eager to show their heritage travelers and involve them in local bars and restaurants. A good way to mix with local people to play frog, a Peruvian traditional game of throwing coins into the mouth of a bronze frog. This is often accompanied by chicha, a beer made with particular corn.Store, waiters, waitresses and selling souvenirs to tourists who flock to Plaza de Armas endless all be useful and, more generally, understand and speak a few words in English . The volume of passengers passing through the city makes it easy to interact with locals.Cusco 's Heritage DisplayThere four major archaeological sites around Cusco worth the time of any traveler: Sacsayhuaman, Q'enqo, Pukapukara and Tambomachay. Also there are ruins and a lively market of Pisac, about 20 miles away. By train or bus, travelers in Cuzco can make the trip to Lake Titicaca, one of the most beautiful trips in Peru. And, of course, is the Sacred Valley and Machu Picchu, the site of an old "forgotten city" after creating a special place of worship. Do not miss the Temple of the Sun, the Moon Temple and Grand Cave.Other places worth visiting in Cuzco include pre-Columbian artifacts museum (Museum Qoricancha Site). While this is a small museum treasures are impressive and include mummies of the Inca civilization long ago. Two art museums worth exploring are the Museo Municipal de Arte Contemporáneo (Contemporary Art) and the Regional Historical Museum (with art from the 1700 to 1600). Galleries are also many smaller work of art in Cusco, as artists from the region come to look for passengers to buy their work. That also means lots of outdoor markets wool sweaters and other handmade goods.With strong colonial influence, the Catholic Church and its influence has been intertwined with the Inca culture. Nowhere is this better seen than in the Qoricancha, a Dominican convent which was built on a palace.Accommodations Inca in Cusco, PeruContinuing with the issue of religious houses, there is perhaps no better place to stay in Cusco, Peru in the Hotel Monasterio, located in what was a seminar Century 17, San Antonio de Abad. What were once monks' cells have become spartan rooms with large beds of carved wood and marble bathrooms, a unique blend of history and luxury. Perhaps most intimate Boutique Casa San Blas Inn, located in the artists' quarter of Cusco. Its colonial charm is only surpassed by his friendly hosts.Those trip to Machu Picchu should be aware that there is only one hotel in the real archaeological site, so most travelers stay in Cusco, taking day trips to see the World Heritage Site.Inti Raymi (Inca Sun Festival) every year, on June 24 is the most important day in the Inca calendar. In antiquity, it was the winter solstice (when the sun is farthest from earth). The fear of losing the sun led to the Inca tradition of sacrifice and celebration of Christmas. Although the Spanish tried to ban the celebration, which went underground only to reappear later. Today the festival is the second largest in South America, and thousands of visitors descend into Cusco, Peru, to sing, dance and celebrate their heritage for a ceremony Inca central week.The takes place on 24, when A procession makes its way along streets filled with flowers on the square in front of the Church of Santo Domingo (built on the ancient Inca Temple of the Sun) of Sacsayhuaman, which recreates a sacrifice of the flame products (no animal is killed) on an altar to predict the fortunes of next year, and the procession returns to Cusco.Whether travelers in Cuzco, Peru to attend the Inti Raymi or not, are sure to find a place that will welcome you (and many others .) As Peruvians have mixed old and new, colonial and Inca cultures, for what is now modern tourism mix, with its ancient heritage to create something that a traveler is unlikely to find elsewhere in the world. Cusco is a special city for that reason alone.Resources: Schultz, Patricia "1,000 Places to See Before You Die" (Workman Publishing, 2004) www.aboutCusco.comwww.Cuzco.info