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Hotels

  • APU Peru, International student house

    Apr 11, 2007 - Miraflores, Lima, Peru

    APU Peru helps foreign students and volunteers by providing furnished international student housing. Homey and economical, APU has two houses ......

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  • Best Western Embajadores

    Apr 10, 2007 - Miraflores, Lima, Peru

    Unlike the U.S. chain, Best Western South America is not just a motel on the side of the highway. While ......

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  • Swissôtel

    Apr 10, 2007 - San Isidro, Lima, Peru

    Swissôtel’s mission is to make your stay a memorable one, and with their luxury offerings--including sophisticately royal rooms, some of ......

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Restaurants

  • Murphy's Irish Pub

    Apr 09, 2007 - Miraflores, Lima, Peru

    Directly across the street from Parque Kennedy, in the center of the tourist mecca of Miraflores, you will find this ......

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  • News Café

    Apr 08, 2007 - San Isidro, Lima, Peru

    This delightful coffeehouse/café, serves up excellent, real strong coffee and a light menu of sandwiches and tasteful gourmet salads. Anyone ......

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  • La Rosa Náutica

    Apr 08, 2007 - Miraflores, Lima, Peru

    La Rosa Náutica is not only a top-of-the-line, first-class restaurant with elegant décor, but its cuisine includes some of the ......

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Activities

  • Kolibri Expeditions

    Apr 11, 2007 - Lima, Peru

    Based in Lima, Kolibri Expeditions provides birding trips to all corners of Peru and South America. Owned and operated by ......

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  • Gringo Alley

    Apr 10, 2007 - Cusco, Peru

    Taxis won’t drive up it, and you’ll have a hard time finding your hotel if it’s on it, but for ......

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  • Aura

    Apr 08, 2007 - Miraflores, Lima, Peru

    Located in Larcomar, Aura is the premier upscale dance club in Miraflores, and for that matter, in all of Lima. ......

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Tours

  • Turismo Inkaiko

    Mar 27, 2007 - Cusco, Peru

    Turismo Inkaiko is a well-established tour operator that offers trips to Cusco, Puno, Nasca, Paracas, Iquitos and Puerto Maldonado. The ......

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  • SAS Travel

    Mar 27, 2007 - Cusco, Peru

    SAS Travel is owned and operated by an Australian-Peruvian couple, and provides professional tours of Machu Picchu, Manu National Park ......

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Schools

  • El Sol Spanish School

    Apr 11, 2007 - Lima, Peru

    A quaint, friendly Spanish language school in the heart to Miraflores, El Sol Spanish School offers a range of courses, ......

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  • Español Interactivo

    Apr 30, 2006 - Oaxaca, Mexico

    Spanish Language School near the main Zocalo, unlike many Spanish programs, Español Interactivo offers weekend classes. Catering to the student, ......

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Services

  • Artesanías Pachacútec

    Apr 07, 2007 - Cusco, Peru

    With the large number of vendors all claiming to sell 100 percent alpaca, it’s often difficult to determine which sweaters ......

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  • The Womens Cooperative

    Apr 26, 2006 - Oaxaca, Mexico

    The Regional Association of Craftswomen of Oaxaca (Mujeres Artesanas de las Regiones de Oaxaca or M.A.R.O) is a large cooperative ......

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V!VA List Articles

V!VA Latin

  • Hot Chocolate in Latin America

    Oct 17, 2006 -

    It began as a hot potion sipped only by noble Mayans in ancient Latin America, but today hot chocolate is ......

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  • Latin American Cocktails

    Oct 17, 2006 -

    You can sip them, or you can slurp ‘em, chug them or even gulp ‘em, but one things is for ......

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  • Monteverde

    Oct 06, 2006 - Costa Rica

    Perhaps it’s the rugged dirt road, or maybe it’s because it’s perched up high in the cloud forest, with difficult ......

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