| Route | First Bus | Last Bus | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Puquio to Lima | 07:00 | 19:30 | BOOK NOW |
| Route | First Bus | Last Bus | |
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| Lima to Puquio | 11:00 | 18:45 | BOOK NOW |
The best months to visit Puquio are august and september because they celebrate the Water festival.
The climate in Puquio is warm and temperate. Its temperature goes from 6°C to 18°C.
Location: Centro de la ciudad
Hours: todo el día
Price: Free entrance
The main square of the city preserves the architecture of the republic era. The buildings have beautiful wooden balconies and the trees have the form of alpacas and vicunas. It is a nice place where you can see the blue sky of the city.
Location: Near the main square
Hours: unknown
Price: unknown
Church located in the main square of Puquio. It was built in 1737. One part of the church has an earthy color and in the other part it is white.
Location: At the borders of the city
Hours: unknown
Price: unknown
Bullring with capacity for 4000 people. The Festivity of the Señor de la Ascencion is the most important event of this place.
Location: Km 89 of the route Nazca-Puquio
Hours: unknown
Price: unknown
This national park was mainly created to preserve the vicuna from the indiscriminate hunting. In this place you can see vicunas, alpacas, Andean foxs, vizcachas, tarucas and others. Also you can see a forest of puyas Raimondi.
Location: In the borders of the city
Hours: All day
Price: Free entrance
These termal baths have between 104°F (40°C) and 131°F (55°C). These baths are recommended as a medical treatment for arthritis, rheumatism and skin diseases.
Location: In the borders of the city
Hours: unknown
Price: free entrance
These termal baths can reach the temperature of 140°F (60°C). They have high levels of sulfur; these kind of baths are recommended for skin diseases.
Location: On the outskirts of the city
The geography in Puquio is perfect to do trekking. You can see the nature and relax while you practice a sport.
Location: Pampa Galeras National Park
It is a perfect sport to go across the forest and know its beauty. If you are not used to the climate is better if you don’t effort too much.
Location: Jr. San Pedro
Hours: unknown
Price: unknown
This disco is perfect to party with your friends. It has a good atmosphere and it offers exotic cocktails. Also, it organizes music shows and theme parties.
Location: Jr. 9 of December 276, Mariscal Castilla Avenue
Hours: unknown
Price: unknown
Location: 2 blocks from Mariscal Castilla avenue, near to the UGEL Lucanas
Hours: unknown
Price: unknown
Location: Jiron Bolognesi 606
Hours: unknown
Price: unknown
Location: 1 block from the main square, near Comercial Varita
Hours: 6:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.
Price: unknown
In this restaurant you can eat delicious pizzas while you drink mate de coca. Also you can try the garlic bread.
Spicy dish prepared with pork meat or lamb meat, rice, onion salad, lemon and tomatoes. Its named comes from a quechua word that means red.
Dish prepared with pieces of Andean cheese, rocoto, huacatay, milk and green onion. It can be served with potato or with other other dishes like rocoto relleno.
Soup created at the colonial era. It is prepared with wheat, ground corn, beef, onion, freeze-dried potato, broad beans and others. Some people add bread. It is very nourishing and it is perfect to overcome the cold.
Traditional dish prepared with guinea pig. It is marinated with lemon and fried with a special sauce with Colorado pepper. Locals add ingredients like ground peanuts, corn and egg.
Delicious soup prepared with potato, corn’s mote, lemon, rocoto, chopped green onion and the head of the lamb or the beef. It is a restorative dish.
Here are some of the most popular dropping points in Puquio. Please note that these locations generally differ with each bus operator. The bus dropping points in Puquio are as follows:
| Señor de la Ascension Festivity | May | Traditional event that honors the patron saint of the city. The locals organize cultural, religious, sport and agriculture activities. Also, they organize bullfights with international bullfighters and they make music shows with national artists that play Latin American music, cumbia and huayno. |
| Water Festival | Between august and september | Very important celebration in Puquio. In this event the aukis or priests give several gifts to the mother earth to show gratitude and to ask for rain so they can have good harvest. Locals organize dances, music shows and parades. |