🇹🇷 Türkiye or 🇵🇪 Peru
Which one, honestly
Türkiye leads on the sea, cities and value for money. Peru leads on nature.
A normal day costs about $90 in Türkiye and $85 in Peru.
Side by side
- 🇹🇷 Türkiye🇵🇪 Peru
- Apr, May, Sep, OctBest monthsMay, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep
- $90A normal day$85
- 10h 15m to IstanbulNonstop from New York7h 45m to Lima
- Very goodBeaches and seaNot the draw
- ExceptionalCities and cultureVery good
- ExceptionalFoodExceptional
- Very goodNature and hikingExceptional
- ExceptionalValue for moneyVery good
- Very goodEasy to get aroundGood
- Cheap domestic flights and long distance buses, both goodGetting aroundLong distance buses are good and cheap, flights save whole days
- Istanbul in August, and the coast at the peak of the school holidaysWhen to avoidFebruary, when the rains peak and the Inca Trail closes for maintenance
Pick by what you want
🇹🇷 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.
🇵🇪 Choose Peru if
you want the Andes, one of the best food scenes anywhere, and a ruin everyone knows, without paying European prices.
Full Türkiye guide →Full Peru guide →
And what the world thinks
🇹🇷 Türkiye leads by 1 vote.
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