🇵🇪 Peru or 🇵🇹 Portugal
Which one, honestly
Peru leads on food and nature. Portugal leads on the sea and getting around.
A normal day costs about $85 in Peru and $125 in Portugal.
Side by side
- 🇵🇪 Peru🇵🇹 Portugal
- May, Jun, Jul, Aug, SepBest monthsApr, May, Jun, Sep, Oct
- $85A normal day$125
- 7h 45m to LimaNonstop from New York6h 50m to Lisbon
- Not the drawBeaches and seaVery good
- Very goodCities and cultureVery good
- ExceptionalFoodVery good
- 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 aroundCheap trains along the coast, a car for the wine country
- February, when the rains peak and the Inca Trail closes for maintenanceWhen to avoidThe Algarve in August, when it fills up and doubles in price
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 Portugal if
you want Europe on a smaller budget, with the ocean, and you do not mind cool water.
Full Peru guide →Full Portugal 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.