🇵🇹 Portugal or 🇵🇪 Peru
Which one, honestly
Portugal leads on the sea and getting around. Peru leads on food and nature.
A normal day costs about $125 in Portugal and $85 in Peru.
Side by side
- 🇵🇹 Portugal🇵🇪 Peru
- Apr, May, Jun, Sep, OctBest monthsMay, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep
- $125A normal day$85
- 6h 50m to LisbonNonstop from New York7h 45m to Lima
- Very goodBeaches and seaNot the draw
- Very goodCities and cultureVery good
- Very goodFoodExceptional
- Very goodNature and hikingExceptional
- Very goodValue for moneyVery good
- Very goodEasy to get aroundGood
- Cheap trains along the coast, a car for the wine countryGetting aroundLong distance buses are good and cheap, flights save whole days
- The Algarve in August, when it fills up and doubles in priceWhen to avoidFebruary, when the rains peak and the Inca Trail closes for maintenance
Pick by what you want
🇵🇹 Choose Portugal if
you want Europe on a smaller budget, with the ocean, and you do not mind cool water.
🇵🇪 Choose Peru if
you want the Andes, one of the best food scenes anywhere, and a ruin everyone knows, without paying European prices.
Full Portugal guide →Full Peru 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.