🇵🇪 Peru or 🇹🇷 Türkiye
Which one, honestly
Peru leads on nature. Türkiye leads on the sea, cities and value for money.
A normal day costs about $85 in Peru and $90 in Türkiye.
Side by side
- 🇵🇪 Peru🇹🇷 Türkiye
- May, Jun, Jul, Aug, SepBest monthsApr, May, Sep, Oct
- $85A normal day$90
- 7h 45m to LimaNonstop from New York10h 15m to Istanbul
- Not the drawBeaches and seaVery good
- Very goodCities and cultureExceptional
- ExceptionalFoodExceptional
- ExceptionalNature and hikingVery good
- Very goodValue for moneyExceptional
- GoodEasy to get aroundVery good
- Long distance buses are good and cheap, flights save whole daysGetting aroundCheap domestic flights and long distance buses, both good
- February, when the rains peak and the Inca Trail closes for maintenanceWhen to avoidIstanbul in August, and the coast at the peak of the school holidays
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 Türkiye if
you want a city that has been the centre of everything for two thousand years, with a coastline attached to it, on a small budget.
Full Peru guide →Full Türkiye guide →
And what the world thinks
🇹🇷 Türkiye leads by 1 vote.
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