Read Frommer EasyGuide to Lima Cusco and Machu Picchu Nicholas Gill 9781628874341 Books
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When you’re planning a once-in-a-lifetime trip, you want to do it right. That’s why generations of travelers have turned to Frommer’s for the sort of candid advice, rich cultural context, and invaluable practical info that are crucial to planning a memorable journey. This thorough yet portable guide has all you need to hit the highlights of Peru, including the mysterious hilltop citadel of Machu Picchu. Informative and engaging tips show readers how to get there and get around, while relating the Incan landmark’s fascinating history and making stops for authentic local experiences along the way. The book also covers Peru’s vibrant coastal capital city of Lima as well as the blend of Incan and Spanish colonial influences in timeless Cusco.
*Helpful maps, including a fully-detachable fold-out map
*Strategic itineraries, including for families and weeklong stays, so you can make the most of your time
*Authentic experiences to help you appreciate this unique culture like a local
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Read Frommer EasyGuide to Lima Cusco and Machu Picchu Nicholas Gill 9781628874341 Books
"I paired this guide with the Lonely Planet Peru guide for Kindle (which was free) for trip planning, though I still took this one on the trip. It had excellent explanations on how to do the trip on the cheap side. Knowing I was going to hike up Machu Picchu on a hot day and that I was going to bring a small Camelbak with me, made every inch of portable real-estate matter, so I just cut out the relevant pages of this guide to carry with me. In the age of "light packing/light traveling," my only suggestion is to make the individual pages pre-cut along the edge for easy detaching."
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Frommer EasyGuide to Lima Cusco and Machu Picchu Nicholas Gill 9781628874341 Books Reviews :
Frommer EasyGuide to Lima Cusco and Machu Picchu Nicholas Gill 9781628874341 Books Reviews
- Somewhat disappointed with this guide. It was my second time to Lima but our first trip to Cusco and Machu Picchu. We made the mistake of trying to see Machu Picchu all in one day, taking the train to and from Cusco in the morning and evening because the book said there was nothing worth seeing in Aguas Calientes (the town where you take the bus from the train to Machu Picchu). We had tickets to hike the Huayna Picchu trail (that only 200 people can see per day), for the second time entrance (10-11am). We took the earliest train from Cusco (6am), but with the heyday of catching the bus from the train station, finding out how to get from the train through the market maze to catch the bus, having to wait in line to buy bus tickets, and the additional time of the bus trip, by the time we got to the front gate of Machu Picchu we only had ten minutes until our time window closed (10-11am) to see Machu Picchu, and the guy told us we had to literally run to make it to the gate to Huayna Picchu by 11am because they close it at 11am sharp. The gate is at the opposite side of the site so, at the high altitude, my husband and I went sprinting and shoving our way through groups of tourists, asking for directions (we speak Spanish) every minute, and we made it there just as they were closing, where we were then told that they close the top of the trail at noon so we better hike up quickly. Thankfully we are young and both dealt okay with the high altitude. But the book led us astray by not clearly insisting that it is impossible to travel from Cusco-Machu Picchu and back in one day if Huayna Picchu is on your itinerary. If I could go again, I would take two days to see Machu Picchu and spend at least one night in Aguas Calientes. Also, it would have been nice to know things like the only bathroom on the site is outside of the entrance, so you have to leave and re-enter each time you have to go to the bathroom, and you should bring lots of food and water with you, because there is nowhere to buy it.
We did find a lovely restaurant in Lima via the book's recommendations, and found the information on Cusco useful. However, the info for traveling to Machu Picchu was a let down. - This guide has all the 3 places I visited in Peru. I found it super handy not to carry a book for places I wasn't going to visit. This guide has the right amount of information for me. Not too detailed. The restaurant suggestions were right on, found a few really good places in Cusco to eat thanks to this guide. I'd highly recommend it to people who'd only be traveling to Lima, Cusco and Machu Picchu.,
- I liked how this one included a basic Quechua guide in addition to a Spanish language guide.
It listed hot spots for various touristy areas in a manner which was easy and fluid for me to catch on. It didn't get too detailed on history (Fodor's if you want that) and quality descriptions for many of the places offered in the reference.
Out of the 3 Peru guide books I've gotten (Lonely Planet, Frommers, and Fodors), I'd go with this one and then one more for Lake Titicaca.
Here are some updates for the 2016 version
p. 210 One can no longer use the Inca bridge unlike what is stated here. It is a narrow rope bridge and passageway, and considered unsafe, so they just closed it off.
p. 113 Last Saturday in July is supposed to be be "Dis International Del Pisco" - Just got home from out Peru (Puerto Maldonado, Urubamba/Sacred Valley, Aguas Callientes/ Machu Picchu, Cusco) vacation and this book made our trip!! We had picked the cities and hotels before getting this book but used this for planning our activities or sometimes deciding where to eat. It was wonderful. I've never gotten so much out of a travel book before. Peru does have some ridiculous annual inflation rates so although the book is only a year old some things are little more expensive than listed, but only by 5 soles or so.
- I paired this guide with the Lonely Planet Peru guide for (which was free) for trip planning, though I still took this one on the trip. It had excellent explanations on how to do the trip on the cheap side. Knowing I was going to hike up Machu Picchu on a hot day and that I was going to bring a small Camelbak with me, made every inch of portable real-estate matter, so I just cut out the relevant pages of this guide to carry with me. In the age of "light packing/light traveling," my only suggestion is to make the individual pages pre-cut along the edge for easy detaching.
- Some of the published operating hours were inaccurate. We missed out one museum in Cusco because it closed earlier than stated in the book. Other than that, we enjoyed using the guide, eating at a few of recommended restaurants in Cusco near the Plaza. We only had one night in Lima so I cannot say much about that portion of the guide.
