🇵🇪 Peru or 🇭🇷 Croatia
Which one, honestly
Peru leads on food and value for money. Croatia leads on the sea.
A normal day costs about $85 in Peru and $125 in Croatia.
Side by side
- 🇵🇪 Peru🇭🇷 Croatia
- May, Jun, Jul, Aug, SepBest monthsMay, Jun, Sep
- $85A normal day$125
- 5h from Mexico CityClosest hub1h 10m from Rome
- Not the drawBeaches and seaExceptional
- Very goodCities and cultureVery good
- ExceptionalFoodGood
- ExceptionalNature and hikingExceptional
- Very goodValue for moneyGood
- GoodEasy to get aroundGood
- Long distance buses are good and cheap, flights save whole daysGetting aroundCoastal ferries and buses, a car for the national parks
- February, when the rains peak and the Inca Trail closes for maintenanceWhen to avoidThe Dalmatian coast in August, when the islands and the prices both peak
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 Croatia if
you want the clearest water in Europe, walled old towns and national parks, in a country you can drive down in a day.
Full Peru guide →Full Croatia 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.