🇨🇾 Cyprus or 🇵🇪 Peru
Which one, honestly
Cyprus leads on the sea. Peru leads on nature, food and cities.
A normal day costs about $130 in Cyprus and $85 in Peru.
Side by side
- 🇨🇾 Cyprus🇵🇪 Peru
- Apr, May, Sep, OctBest monthsMay, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep
- $130A normal day$85
- 1h 40m from AthensClosest hub5h from Mexico City
- ExceptionalBeaches and seaNot the draw
- GoodCities and cultureVery good
- Very goodFoodExceptional
- GoodNature and hikingExceptional
- Very goodValue for moneyVery good
- GoodEasy to get aroundGood
- A hire car, effectively required, there is barely any public transportGetting aroundLong distance buses are good and cheap, flights save whole days
- July and August inland, when it passes 40CWhen to avoidFebruary, when the rains peak and the Inca Trail closes for maintenance
Pick by what you want
🇨🇾 Choose Cyprus if
you want reliable sun and warm sea with short flights from Europe and the Gulf, and a small island you can drive across in two hours.
🇵🇪 Choose Peru if
you want the Andes, one of the best food scenes anywhere, and a ruin everyone knows, without paying European prices.
Full Cyprus guide →Full Peru guide →
And what the world thinks
🇨🇾 Cyprus leads by 20 votes.
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Written and checked by hand. Nothing here about visas or entry rules: those change often and depend on your passport, so check an official source.