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Nasca Things to See and Do
Although Nazca is probably best know for the Nazca Lines, there are other activities that will interest visitors in the area. Sand boarding is a popular activity, in particular on the dune Cerro Blanco. Mountain biking and horseback riding are other popular activities in the area.
The town of Nazca has two museums: The Mueso Antonini, which highlights pottery of the area, and the Casa-Mueso Maria Reiche, which has artifacts and information about historical sites in the area.
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Although Nazca is probably best know for the Nazca Lines, there are other activities that will interest visitors in the area. Sand boarding is a popular activity, in particular on the dune Cerro Blanco. Mountain biking and horseback riding are other popular activities in the area.
The town of Nazca has two museums: The Mueso Antonini, which highlights pottery of the area, and the Casa-Mueso Maria Reiche, which has artifacts and information about historical sites in the area.
A little bit outside of the city is the Cantayoc Aqueduct and the Inca ruins of Paredones. Also outside of the city is the Chauchilla cemetery, which has ancient tombs for visitors to see.
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Cahuichi
Excavations in the low-lying hills located just 28 kilometers northwest of Nazca have uncovered a 24 kilometer network of walls, staircases, and plazas that once comprised a city larger than Trujillo's Chan Chan. The site includes nearly 40 pyramids, including the 25-meter...
Excavations in the low-lying hills located just 28 kilometers northwest of Nazca have uncovered a 24 kilometer network of walls, staircases, and plazas that once comprised a city larger than Trujillo's Chan Chan. The site includes nearly 40 pyramids, including the 25-meter...
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Nasca, Peru
Nasca, Peru
Maria Reiche Planetarium
Located in the Hotel Nasca Lines in town, the Planetarium offers nightly shows (7 p.m.) concerning the Nasca lines and the various theories about their purpose and origins. You do not need to be staying at the hotel to attend. Maria Reiche was a German mathematician and scientist who studied the...
Located in the Hotel Nasca Lines in town, the Planetarium offers nightly shows (7 p.m.) concerning the Nasca lines and the various theories about their purpose and origins. You do not need to be staying at the hotel to attend. Maria Reiche was a German mathematician and scientist who studied the...
Museum
Nasca, Peru
Nasca, Peru
Museo Didactico Antonini
Museo Antonini is worth escaping to one afternoon, to take in its stunning collection. The museum heads up excavations at Pueblo Viejo and Cahuachi archaeological sites, and houses finds from them, including some extremely impressive recently uncovered ceramics. But it isn’t just about pottery...
Museo Antonini is worth escaping to one afternoon, to take in its stunning collection. The museum heads up excavations at Pueblo Viejo and Cahuachi archaeological sites, and houses finds from them, including some extremely impressive recently uncovered ceramics. But it isn’t just about pottery...
Museum
Nasca, Peru
Nasca, Peru
Casa-Museo Maria Reiche
For decades Maria Reiche lived in a simple, dirt-floored house just to the north of the Nasca Lines where she spent most of her life studying the patterns in the lines. Her bedroom is left just as it was when she studied and lived here. (You may even catch a glimpse of her, sitting and pondering ...
For decades Maria Reiche lived in a simple, dirt-floored house just to the north of the Nasca Lines where she spent most of her life studying the patterns in the lines. Her bedroom is left just as it was when she studied and lived here. (You may even catch a glimpse of her, sitting and pondering ...
Museum
Nasca, Peru
Nasca, Peru
The Nasca Lines
Ages ago, a mysterious culture etched more than 300 figures and shapes into the barren desert rock outside of the present-day town of Nasca, Peru. No one knows for certain why they did it. The culture that created them vanished into the dusty desert winds, and for centuries...
Ages ago, a mysterious culture etched more than 300 figures and shapes into the barren desert rock outside of the present-day town of Nasca, Peru. No one knows for certain why they did it. The culture that created them vanished into the dusty desert winds, and for centuries...
Tourist Trap
Nasca, Peru
Nasca, Peru
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