🇵🇪 Peru or 🇮🇹 Italy
Which one, honestly
Peru leads on nature and value for money. Italy leads on cities, getting around and the sea.
A normal day costs about $85 in Peru and $165 in Italy.
Side by side
- 🇵🇪 Peru🇮🇹 Italy
- May, Jun, Jul, Aug, SepBest monthsApr, May, Sep, Oct
- $85A normal day$165
- 7h 45m to LimaNonstop from New York8h 45m to Rome
- Not the drawBeaches and seaGood
- Very goodCities and cultureExceptional
- ExceptionalFoodExceptional
- ExceptionalNature and hikingVery good
- Very goodValue for moneyGood
- GoodEasy to get aroundVery good
- Long distance buses are good and cheap, flights save whole daysGetting aroundFast trains, genuinely excellent, book in advance
- February, when the rains peak and the Inca Trail closes for maintenanceWhen to avoidThe middle of August, when the cities empty and half the good places shut
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 Italy if
you want three cities in ten days, you care about food and museums, and you would rather take a train than a ferry.
Full Peru guide →Full Italy 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.