🇪🇸 Spain or 🇵🇪 Peru
Which one, honestly
Spain leads on the sea, cities and getting around. Peru leads on nature.
A normal day costs about $145 in Spain and $85 in Peru.
Side by side
- 🇪🇸 Spain🇵🇪 Peru
- Apr, May, Sep, OctBest monthsMay, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep
- $145A normal day$85
- 7h 45m to MadridNonstop from New York7h 45m to Lima
- Very goodBeaches and seaNot the draw
- ExceptionalCities and cultureVery good
- ExceptionalFoodExceptional
- Very goodNature and hikingExceptional
- Very goodValue for moneyVery good
- Very goodEasy to get aroundGood
- Fast trains between the big cities, a car for the northGetting aroundLong distance buses are good and cheap, flights save whole days
- The southern cities in July and AugustWhen to avoidFebruary, when the rains peak and the Inca Trail closes for maintenance
Pick by what you want
🇪🇸 Choose Spain if
you want cities, food and beaches in the same trip without choosing between them.
🇵🇪 Choose Peru if
you want the Andes, one of the best food scenes anywhere, and a ruin everyone knows, without paying European prices.
Full Spain guide →Full Peru guide →
And what the world thinks
Dead even. The next vote breaks the tie.
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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.