🇵🇪 Peru or 🇪🇸 Spain
Which one, honestly
Peru leads on nature. Spain leads on the sea, cities and getting around.
A normal day costs about $85 in Peru and $145 in Spain.
Side by side
- 🇵🇪 Peru🇪🇸 Spain
- May, Jun, Jul, Aug, SepBest monthsApr, May, Sep, Oct
- $85A normal day$145
- 7h 45m to LimaNonstop from New York7h 45m to Madrid
- Not the drawBeaches and seaVery good
- Very goodCities and cultureExceptional
- ExceptionalFoodExceptional
- ExceptionalNature and hikingVery good
- Very goodValue for moneyVery good
- GoodEasy to get aroundVery good
- Long distance buses are good and cheap, flights save whole daysGetting aroundFast trains between the big cities, a car for the north
- February, when the rains peak and the Inca Trail closes for maintenanceWhen to avoidThe southern cities in July and August
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 Spain if
you want cities, food and beaches in the same trip without choosing between them.
Full Peru guide →Full Spain 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.