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In addition to the eclectic collection of folk art that Las Pallas offers to visitors with an eye for quality, the shop has once again set up an impressive display of Christmas and holiday crafts and art collected from all over Peru. We listed Las Pallas in our holiday shopping guide last year and have […]
Luxury hotel in Peru Beach bliss in Peru is an increasingly tempting prospect with a number of new properties opening on the country’s northern shores. We recently had the opportunity to preview the latest beachfront venue in Mancora, KiChic, before its public debut. Mancora already counts with several beachfront resorts, a handful of which have […]
Machu Picchu Luxury trips During my tour of Machu Picchu, our guide pointed to Huayna Picchu, the mountain that overlooks the citadel, and said, “Do you see those, little dots on the side of the mountain? Those are people climbing to the top. Not a hike for people with vertigo.” I squinted to see them […]
Vendors at the Pisac Market were just setting up their stalls when I arrived at the main plaza this past Saturday morning ahead of a visit to the community of Amaru. Currently on an inspection trip to Cusco, I was going with the translator, Pilar, into the mountains east of Pisac to participate in a […]
We are currently attending PURE Life Experiences 2013 in Marrakech, the crème de la crème of travel trade fairs, bringing together the world’s best experiential travel providers in one single place to show off the most exciting and innovative travel experiences from across the globe. PURE hosted its first fair in 2009, which Aracari attended […]
It was on a Thursday evening that my colleagues Mark, Maria Julia and I found ourselves walking along the Jirón de la Unión in the center of Lima, looking for Casa Aliaga: the Aracari team had been invited to this historic landmark by Jerónimo de Aliaga, a chef who has recently begun to offer a tasting […]
