🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates or 🇵🇪 Peru
And what the world thinks
🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates leads by 5 votes.
Which one, honestly
United Arab Emirates leads on getting around and the sea. Peru leads on nature, value for money and food.
A normal day costs about $180 in United Arab Emirates and $85 in Peru.
Side by side
- 🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates🇵🇪 Peru
- Nov to MarBest monthsMay to Sep
- $180A normal day$85
- 12h 45m to DubaiNonstop from New York7h 45m to Lima
- GoodBeaches and seaNot the draw
- Very goodCities and cultureVery good
- Very goodFoodExceptional
- Not the drawNature and hikingExceptional
- Not the drawValue for moneyVery good
- Very goodEasy to get aroundGood
- Metro in Dubai, taxis everywhere else, a car for the mountainsGetting aroundLong distance buses are good and cheap, flights save whole days
- June to September, when outdoors stops being an optionWhen to avoidFebruary, when the rains peak and the Inca Trail closes for maintenance
Pick by what you want
🇦🇪 Choose United Arab Emirates if
you want guaranteed winter sun, very short flights from Europe and Asia, and a city that works like clockwork.
🇵🇪 Choose Peru if
you want the Andes, one of the best food scenes anywhere, and a ruin everyone knows, without paying European prices.
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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.