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South America Ancient City Attractions
Here are the top South America ancient city listings so you can find the best in South America for your trip. Read these ancient city reviews written by real travelers. You can narrow these results using the filters to the left.
1. Machu Picchu
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Machupicchu, Cusco Region, Peru
Machu Picchu is one of the most stunningly beautiful and famous archeological sites in the world. While the ruins themselves are spectacular, this ancient citadel could..
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Lima, Lima & Surrounding Region, Peru
The historical/cultural park and museum of Huaca Pucllana is located in the Miraflores district of Lima, nestled right into the modern cityscape, and is the site of an..
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Trujillo, Northern Coast, Peru
The Chan Chan ruins is all that remains of the largest pre-Columbian city in the Americas (also the largest mud-built city in world). This ancient city was the capital..
4. Tiahuanaco
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Tiwanacu, La Paz & Surrounding Region, Bolivia
The Tiahuanacu empire comprised nearly half of present-day Bolivia, southern parts of Peru, the northwest section of Argentina and nearly half of Chili and it was the..
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Ollantaitambo, Cusco Region, Peru
Ollantaytambo has been inhabited since the 13th century and is a typical Inca village. It has a huge fortress above the village. The village has cobblestoned, narrow..
6. Ilha Grande
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Angra dos Reis, Southeastern Brazil, Brazil
This is amazing place, amazing beaches, and the people over there are so nice.You have good food, good places, and chip.If you will go to Rio de Janeiro, you need go to..
7. Incallajta
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Pocona, Central Highlands, Bolivia
The ruins of Incallajta at 123 Km. from the city of Cochabamba is home to what one day was the fort of the Inca Empire, the biggest in Bolivia. Incallajta was the last..
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Trujillo, Northern Coast, Peru
Huaca de la Luna (Temple of the Moon) is a large adobe brick structure built mainly by the Moche people of northern Peru (with the Huaca del Sol, is part of Huacas de..
9. Thomas
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Machupicchu, Cusco Region, Peru
wonderful, be there early in the morning, watch the sunrise
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Lambayeque, Northern Coast, Peru
HOT SPRING FROM INCAN TIMES
