Desert Nights

Huacachina


The menu might have been ripped off from anywhere else on the banana-pancake trail, but the cafe restaurant at the front of the hostel of the same name has fantastic views from its rooftop terrace and is somewhere you’re guaranteed to meet other travelers.

The excellent Peruvian coffee is backed up by peanut butter and jam sandwiches, burgers, pizzas and brownies.


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1. Museo Regional de Ica

2.35 MILES

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2. Iglesia de San Francisco

2.72 MILES

This hulking church withstood the 2007 earthquake and continues to show off its fine stained-glass windows.

3. Iglesia de La Merced

2.79 MILES

Ica’s cathedral was the last church the Jesuits built in Peru before their expulsion. It was rebuilt in the late 19th century and contains a finely carved…

4. Museo Cabrera Piedra

2.81 MILES

On the Plaza de Armas, this unsigned museum has an oddball collection of thousands of carved stones and boulders graphically depicting diverse pre…

5. Santuario de El Señor de Luren

2.81 MILES

The original republican-era church on this site was badly hit by the 2007 earthquake when the tower fell onto the nave. It was famed for the image of the…

6. Tambo Colorado

27.03 MILES

This early-Inca lowland outpost, about 45km northeast of Pisco, was named for the red paint that once completely covered its adobe walls. It’s one of the…