🇵🇪 Peru or 🇨🇾 Cyprus
Which one, honestly
Peru leads on nature, food and cities. Cyprus leads on the sea.
A normal day costs about $85 in Peru and $130 in Cyprus.
Side by side
- 🇵🇪 Peru🇨🇾 Cyprus
- May, Jun, Jul, Aug, SepBest monthsApr, May, Sep, Oct
- $85A normal day$130
- 5h from Mexico CityClosest hub1h 40m from Athens
- Not the drawBeaches and seaExceptional
- Very goodCities and cultureGood
- ExceptionalFoodVery good
- ExceptionalNature and hikingGood
- Very goodValue for moneyVery good
- GoodEasy to get aroundGood
- Long distance buses are good and cheap, flights save whole daysGetting aroundA hire car, effectively required, there is barely any public transport
- February, when the rains peak and the Inca Trail closes for maintenanceWhen to avoidJuly and August inland, when it passes 40C
Pick by what you want
🇵🇪 Choose Peru if
you want the Andes, one of the best food scenes anywhere, and a ruin everyone knows, without paying European prices.
🇨🇾 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.
Full Peru guide →Full Cyprus 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.