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• Condé Nast Traveler: Paracas is one of the 50 most beautiful places in the world

Tourists in Paracas, Ica Credit: Luis Francisco Gonzales / PromPerú

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Peru is one of the countries that dazzles for its scenic beauty , dream destinations and attractions full of history. This is well known by the international magazine Condé Nast Traveler, which has included Paracas in its list of the 50 most beautiful places on the planet to visit this year.

The list -prepared by the editors of the prestigious magazine- stands out Paracas Reserve as an essential destination to visit, thanks to its unique geography where the undulating desert meets the sea, forming an enchanting landscape rich in wildlife and natural landscapes.

“A small coastal town in the Ica region of Peru, Paracas is where the desert meets the sea. A trip to this place is not complete without a boat ride to the rocky Ballestas Islands, in front of the Pacific coast, known for their diverse wildlife, including a herd of sea lions and crowds of baby penguins,” reports Katharine Sohn, writer for Condé Nast Traveler.

Ica paradise

Located approximately 4 hours away from Lima , the Paracas Reserve has what the tourist needs to enjoy magical days. From paradisiacal beaches to a varied fauna - it is home to around 1,500 species of animals - this destination has it all.

Created in 1975 as a natural area protected by the State, it has one of its great attractions in the Ballestas Islands. You will be amazed here by the marine spectacle offered by the sea lions that, together with their pups, will approach your boat to greet. For their part, the Humboldt penguins will gather on the shore to welcome you.

Another not-to-be-missed stop in Paracas are its beaches. La Mina and El Rapson are the busiest ones. In the first one, it is possible to practice diving and line fishing. The second beach stands out for its peaceful waves and its rock-free shore, which makes it ideal to go with children. La Roja is another beach that dazzles with its landscape dyed red due to the multiple volcanic eruptions formed in the Pacific Ocean in the past. Although bathing is not allowed, it is a very good place to take pictures.

Located on a sand cliff, the Paracas Candelabra is another unmissable place in the reserve. It is 181 meters long, so it is possible to observe it from 20 km away. Its engraving is attributed to the Paracas culture and dates back to 200 BC. It is believed that this geoglyph served to guide the ancient fishermen of this town during their offshore activities, which demonstrates the ingenuity and skill that characterized this civilization.

Interesting fact

It is recommended to visit Paracas between December and April, which are the summer months and when the temperature can exceed 30 °C.

Sources: Andina / Condé Nast Traveler

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Is this the ultimate destination restaurant?

By Sorrel Moseley-Williams

At Mil, first you touch the earth, and then you eat from it,’ says star Peruvian chef Virgilio Martínez. This ambitious project in the Sacred Valley, 3,500 metres above sea level, has to be Latin America ’s most talked-about dining experience. It’s a 45-minute winding drive from Cusco, set on the edge of the ruins at Moray: huge stone depressions cut into the earth, which acted as an agricultural lab for the Incas for centuries. ‘Moray and the different ecosystems up and down the mountains have always inspired Central (his Lima -based restaurant that is currently number five in The World’s 50 Best list ),’ says Martínez.

10 years in the making, Mil is a hands-on experience. ‘You can stay all day meditating or harvesting potatoes, depending on how curious you are,’ he says. His team also works with the surrounding indigenous communities, researching and developing new varieties of crops. Even the water is local, collected from Andean snowmelt, while the celebrated Maras pink salt is sourced from nearby ancient terraces.

Housed within a former vicuña breeding centre, there’s no grand entrance: walk along one side of the rustic building then through a passage with herbs strung across three lines, a visual guide to the feast ahead. The two salons – one incorporating a well-stocked bar stocked bar – are decorated simply, allowing the handiwork of the ichu grass roof and drawings of local botanicals to shine.

Mil’s eight-step menu, paired with infusions prepared in house such as sun-dried cacao nib tea, showcases strictly regional ingredients. While similar in style to Central’s Mater Elevations tasting menu (which features sea-bubble algae, dragon's blood tree resin and cassava starch), dishes at Mil are lighter due the altitude’s effect on appetite. (Should you find yourself breathless, literally, an oxygen tank is on hand to perk up O2 levels: Mil is best enjoyed once acclimatised to the region.) 'The focus is on vegetables, tubers and grains,’ says Martínez.) ‘There isn't much protein apart from alpaca and llama. Each course is paired with an in-house distilled infusion, whether it’s our own coffee or beer. Mil isn’t just a restaurant, it’s a laboratory that looks at Peruvian culture, produce and identity.’

Tunta, freeze-dried potato that feeds the Kacllaraccay community during the harsh Andean winter, is given a delicious twist as crisps for dipping in tamarillo uchucuta salsa (no cutlery necessary), while a Plateau course showcasing lamb tartare topped with beautiful pink petals is teamed with a crunchy white quinoa salad. Diversity of Corn is a vibrant textural patchwork of corn crisps and seared fresh cheese. Some of Peru’s 4,000 tubers – the sweet yet savoury yellow mashwa and the purple leona – baked in a huatia adobe brick oven, naturally star in their own course, Central Andes, and the differences in each’s consistency and flavour are apparent. If you contributed by harvesting them directly from the mountains, things come full circle, plated on beautiful dishware handcrafted from local wood and stone by Dos Ríos. It doesn’t get any more local than that.

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Condé Nast Traveler includes  Ollantaytambo in ’23 Best Places to Go in 2023′ list

Ollantaytambo  —an Incan city located in the heart of Cusco’s Sacred Valley of the Incas— has been chosen as one of the 23 best places to go in 2023 by the prestigious international magazine Condé Nast Traveler,  PromPeru  has reported.

The thousand-year-old town, known as the “living Inca city” and home to one of the most visited archaeological parks in Peru, has been included in the list of “ The 23 Best Places to Go in 2023 .”

The list was created by  Condé Nast Traveler  editors from the United States, the United Kingdom, Spain, and India, as well as an extensively travelled network of writers from around the world.

Ollantaytambo has been recognized for the benefits it offers beyond its impressive archaeological site and remarkable historic center: coffee, spirits, local products, ecotourism activities and experiences, first-rate alternative accommodations, and above all, the blend of tradition and modernity, which reflects the best of the ancient heritage found in the Sacred Valley.

“This outstanding recognition of Ollantaytambo by Condé Nast Traveler is a great showcase to promote the vast tourist resources of our country,” PromPeru Executive-President Amora Carbajal affirmed.

“Culture, gastronomy, nature, and sustainability are the pillars on which PromPeru bases its promotional work against international tourism, which are endorsed by the various recognitions that the country received since the reopening of international travel,” she added.

The destinations were selected following different criteria, but special attention was given to the sites that are ready to welcome travelers and that provide an opportunity for richer engagement with local communities, through a more meaningful travel style where human connection can be established. 

In this regard, Condé Nast Traveler highlighted the cultural value of the Señor de Choquekillka festival, one of the most important ones in the Sacred Valley, and recommended that its international readers plan their trip around this important festivity in Cusco’s event calendar.

“Ollantaytambo is best known for its archeological site, a hillside Incan fortress that draws travelers off the train to Machu Picchu. But of late, the village has also become a terroir-driven culinary epicenter in the Sacred Valley, with local entrepreneurs placing a new era of the Andean food and drink traditions on the world stage,”  the article  says.

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Condé Nast Traveler: Some of Peru's Oldest Ruins Are Right in the Middle of Lima

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Fuente: cntraveler.com

By Megan Spurrel

Travelers to Peru usually make a beeline to the country’s cultural icons, like the ruins of Machu Picchu or the Incan heartland of Lake Titicaca, and for good reason: Peru's World Heritage sites are rich with ancient history and bucket list-topping experiences. Lima, on the other hand, is the city you stop through on the way—hopefully with a enough time for a meal at Virgilio Martinez's Central if you're lucky.

Overshadowed by the charm of smaller towns like Cusco, the Peruvian capital tends to get (unfairly) written off as just another big Latin American city. Many assume it lacks the ancient cultural touchstones found elsewhere in the country. But snuggled between those white high-rise apartment buildings, sit towering mounds of camel-colored clay that are more than three times as old as Machu Picchu, also known as Lima’s huacas.

The exact definition of a huaca, also spelled w’aka, is fairly loose. In the indigenous Quechua language, it literally translates to “sacredness,” though the Incas used it to refer to ancient pyramids made of clay bricks, many of which can be spotted throughout Lima, elsewhere on Peru's coast, and even across the neighboring countries of Chile and Ecuador (once also part of the Incan empire).

These ruins weren’t originally built by the Incas though. Many date back to 200 AD and the Lima people the city is named after—long before the construction of Machu Picchu began around 1450. And, unlike the four-walls-and-a-roof stone buildings found at more modern ruins, the huacas, once the sites of both stargazing and human sacrifices, are made of thousands of tawny bricks, meticulously stacked into a squat pyramid. They're also incredibly easy to visit, and don't require hiking some 8,000 feet high to do so, either.

“The huacas are often overlooked, but they shed a lot of light on the ancient civilizations before the Incas,” says Marisol Mosquera, the founder of Aracari Travel, which organizes tours to Peru. “In essence, a visit to a huaca in Lima is totally unrelated to a visit to Machu Picchu, [making them] very interesting in their own right".

Experts say that ancient Lima was once covered by huacas, but you can still find them in nearly every neighborhood today. The government has identified more than 400 of them and over 300 are marked as landmarks. Some have been better preserved and restored than others: take Huaca Pucllana, in the touristed Miraflores district, which has a museum and even an upscale restaurant called Restaurant Huaca Pucllana inside of it, or the Huaca Huallamarca in San Isidro, which has also undergone restoration and is open to visitors. In other neighborhoods, however, like the downtown neighborhood of Breña, you might simply spot one, marked with graffiti and wrapped by a chain-link fence, as you zoom past in a taxi.

“Huaca Pucllana is an example of how things can change with the huacas in Lima,” says Denise Pozzi Escot, the director of archaeological studies for Peru’s Ministry of Culture. “Twenty years ago, people were riding bicycles on it. Nobody was researching it, and it wasn’t even considered an archaeological site. But now it’s a museum, there’s research, there’s a restaurant.” She says more communities are working to protect these important pieces of history in their neighborhoods. Hopefully, as the local appreciation has grown, so too will that of those visiting.

Even larger and more significant huacas can be found just outside the city's borders, including the massive Pachacamac, a little over an hour’s drive to the south, and Caral, which is believed to be the first city in the Americas and lies just three hours to the north. No two huacas are the same, but a visit to any shines a light on their shared history.

“You can learn the entire history of Peru if you study the construction of the huacas,” says Pozzi Escot, who points to Pachacamac as the perfect example. “The Lima people started construction sometime around 200 AD and used it for living. The Wari people later arrived, sometime around 500, and built more important structures.” Only after that did the Incas travel from Lake Titicaca, known as the birthplace of the Incas, to Pachacamac, where they built their sacred Temple of the Sun, which still attract shamans and pilgrims from throughout the country to this day.

“You don’t need to be an archaeology buff to get something out of the Lima huacas—though if you are, you’ll be thrilled to visit them,” says Richard Leonardi, the Latin American Travel Consultant at Wild Frontiers. Trips to those outside the city, like Caral, are easily justifiable, too. As Machu Picchu bows under the weight of increasing visitor numbers, sites like these provide an interesting alternative. “With proper context from a great guide, Caral is a very impressive site,” says Leonardi. “It’s the cradle of civilization in South America. And given that there are very few tourists, if any on a slow day, it’s also the perfect antidote to overtourism.”

How to do It

If you have just a day or two in Lima, visit Huaca Pucllana in Miraflores. Tours are offered in English and Spanish, nearly every thirty minutes, and the whole visit takes no more than an hour. And yes, there are onsite llamas. While your meals in the city will likely be accounted for, the attached restaurant is worth stopping by for a snack. (Order the papas rellenas (stuffed potatoes) and a pisco sour.) Stick around until it gets dark, when you’ll get a lit-up view of the huaca beside you.

Also open to visitors is Huaca Huallamarca in San Isidro, which has a small museum with mummies found on the site (and is also conveniently located near destination restaurant Astrid y Gaston), or the downtown Parque de las Leyendas, which is known for its zoo but also has six haucas inside, including huaca San Miguel which you can climb to the top of. (Combine it with a trip to the historic Pueblo Libre neighborhood, where you'll find the pre-Columbian Larco Museum, the latest buzzy Gaston Acurio spot, El Bodegón, and a handful of folksy taverns, like Antigua Taberna Quierolo, the oldest bar in the city.) An Uber can get you to any of these huacas.

If you have more time on your hands, or have a deeper passion for the subject, plan a half-day trip to Pachacamac or a full-day expedition to Caral. The first has an impressive new museum that opened in July 2015 and tour guides are on site to show you around. You can get there by taxi, public transportation, or on an organized day trip from Lima. For Caral, you’ll probably want to tap a specialist, like Mosquera or Leonardi, to organize a private tour with comfortable transportation—the three-hour journey can be bumpy on a larger bus and you'll need to bring your own guide.

Source: cntraveler.com

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Announcing the Hot List Winners of 2024

By CNT Editors

It’s inevitable: Every spring when we pull together the Hot List , our annual collection of the world’s best new hotels, restaurants , and cruise ships , a staffer remarks that this latest iteration has got to be the best one ever. After a year’s worth of traveling the globe—to stay the night at a converted farmhouse in the middle of an olive grove outside Marrakech, or sail aboard a beloved cruise line’s inaugural Antarctic voyage—it’s easy to see why we get attached. But this year’s Hot List, our 28th edition, might really be the best one ever. It’s certainly our most diverse, featuring not only a hotel suite that was once Winston Churchill’s office, but also the world’s largest cruise ship and restaurants from Cape Town to Bali. We were surprised and inspired by this year’s honorees, and we know you will be too. These are the Hot List hotel winners for 2024.

Click here to see the entire Hot List for 2024 .

All listings featured in this story are independently selected by our editors. However, when you book something through our retail links, we may earn an affiliate commission.

North Island Okavango

Angama Amboseli

Jannah Lamu

Farasha Farmhouse , Marrakech

Kozo Kigali

Waldorf Astoria Seychelles Platte Island — Seychelles

SOUTH AFRICA

Nikkei Cape Town

Molori Mashuma , Mana Pools National Park

Pemako Punakha

Regent Hong Kong

Mementos by ITC Hotels, Ekaaya Udaipur

Naar , Darwa

Papa's , Mumbai

Cap Karoso , Sumba

Further , Bali

Locavore NXT Bali

Le Pristine Tokyo

The Tokyo EDITION, Ginza

Trunk(Hotel) Yoyogi Park , Tokyo

Shinta Mani Mustang - A Bensley Collection , Jomsom

SOUTH KOREA

JW Marriott Jeju Resort & Spa

Pot Au Phở , Ho Chi Minh

Le Foote , Sydney

Southern Ocean Lodge , Kangaroo Island

Sun Ranch , Byron Bay

MIDDLE EAST

Raffles Al Areen Palace Bahrain

SAUDI ARABIA

Six Senses Southern Dunes , Umluj

The St. Regis Riyadh

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

The Guild , Dubai

SIRO One Za'abeel, Dubai

Soul Kitchen , Dubai

The Lana, Dorchester Collection , Dubai

Koan , Copenhagen

Hotel Maria , Helsinki

1 Place Vendôme , Paris

The Carlton Cannes, a Regent Hotel , Cannes

Datil , Paris

Hôtel Le Grand Mazarin , Paris

La Nauve Hôtel & Jardin , Cognac

Rosewood Munich

Mandarin Oriental, Costa Navarino

Monument , Athens

One&Only Aesthesis , Athens

Highland Base Kerlingarfjöll

Bulgari Hotel Roma , Rome

Trattoria del Ciumbia , Milan

Hotel La Palma , Capri

La Roqqa , Porto Ercole

Nolinski Venezia , Venice

Palazzo Roma , Rome

Saporium , Florence

Hotel Violino d’Oro , Venice

Mamula Island

NETHERLANDS

De Durgerdam , Amsterdam

Canalha , Lisbon

Andreu Genestra , Mallorca

Barro , Ávila

César Lanzarote , Lanzarote

Hotel Corazón , Mallorca

Grand Hotel Son Net , Mallorca

Palacio Arriluce , Getxo

Son Vell Menorca , Menorca

The Peninsula Istanbul

UNITED KINGDOM

Broadwick Soho , London

Chishuru , London

The Devonshire , London

Chelsea Townhouse, London

Estelle Manor , Cotswolds

Fish Shop , Ballater

Raffles London at The OWO

Colima 71 , Mexico City

Maizajo Mexico City

Maroma, A Belmond Hotel , Riviera Maya

Riviera Maya EDITION

The St. Regis Kanai Resort , Riviera Maya

SOUTH AMERICA

Casa Lucía , Buenos Aires

Trescha , Buenos Aires

Oseille , Rio de Janiero

99 Restaurante, Santiago

Our Habitas Atacama , San Pedro de Atacama

Puqio , Arequipa

THE CARIBBEAN

Silversands Beach House

UNITED STATES

The Celestine , New Orleans

Dawn Ranch , Sonoma, California

The Fifth Avenue Hotel , New York

Fontainebleau Las Vegas

The Georgian , Santa Monica, California

The Global Ambassador , Phoenix

Hotel Bardo, Savannah

Ilis , New York

Kiln , San Francisco

Kona Village, a Rosewood Resort , Kona, Hawaii

Maty's , Miami

Warren Street Hotel , New York

Yess , Los Angeles

World Voyager, Atlas Ocean Voyages

CRUISE SHIPS

Silver Nova , Silversea

Norwegian Viva

Seven Seas Grandeur , Regent Seven Seas Grandeur

Oceania Vista

World Voyager , Atlas Ocean Voyages

Scenic Eclipse II

Emerald Sakara

Celebrity Ascent

Seabourn Pursuit

Icon of the Seas , Royal Caribbean

MSC Euribia

Viking Aton

Resilient Lady , Virgin Voyages

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Lima Travel Guide

Lima is way more than a layover on the way to trekking Machu Picchu. Perched on cliffs overlooking the Pacific Ocean, Lima is one of South America's most animated and culturally colorful cities. Beach meets business center in this capital coastal city. Skyscrapers compete for the best views of thrill-seekers paragliding from the Miraflores cliffs and surfing world class breaks. The pulsing restaurant and bar scenes have evolved way beyond ceviche and Pisco Sours—though you shouldn't skip either. Bohemian neighborhoods attract modern artists and hold Inca ruins. Lima is it.

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Thanks to the Pacific Ocean coast location below the equator, there are only two distinct seasons in Lima: winter and summer. The weather isn't dramatic and rain is rare, but days are usually cloudy and cool. Expect the warmest temperatures and biggest crowds between December and April. For events, February hosts both Carnival (don't miss Lima's Water Wars) and National Pisco Sour Day on the first Saturday of the same month. National Ceviche Day is usually at the end of June.

Things to Know

Currency: Peruvian Sol

Language: Spanish, Quechua, Aymara I don't speak Spanish: No hablo espanol/castellano. I'm lost: Estoy perdido. I would like…: Me gustaria...

Calling Code: +51 1

Capital City: Lima

How to Get Around

Trains: The Lima Metro has one line with 26 stations, and generally serves commuters who live in the suburbs over tourists. The train stops running at 11 p.m. and it doesn't connect to the airport.

Buses: Lima offers two types of buses. The larger Metropolitano buses are slightly more expensive—but refined. Combis are cheaper van-size buses that barely slow down to drop passengers off wherever they want on the route.

Taxis: Both car and moto taxis are available. Be sure the driver starts the meter or states the price when you get in to avoid haggling over fares.

Car service: Uber and Cabify are available and affordable in Lima, but you will need internet service to operate the apps.

Best Hotels

Miraflores park, a belmond hotel.

Address: Av. Malecón de la Reserva 1035, Miraflores, Lima Peru Phone: +51 1 610 4000 Website

If you're looking for a luxury hotel stay in the heart of Miraflores' action, live the high life at Miraflores Park, a Belmond Hotel. Two of three restaurants and bars are private for hotel guests. Zest Spa uses products sourced from the Peruvian Amazon. All the rooms are suites, and the Presidential category offers private plunge pools with epic ocean views.

Address: Santa Maria 190, Miraflores, Lima Peru Phone: +51 1 700 5105 Website

Atemporal offers an intimate city escape with just nine hotel rooms in a revamped Tudor-style 1940s mansion. Freebies include a hotel car and nightly cocktail hour. Sophisticated design and thoughtful details abound in the veranda, garden, and inside the guest rooms.

Address: Saenz Pena 204, Barranco, Lima Peru Phone: +51 1 206 0800 Website

Built in 1914 as the summer getaway of a former Peruvian president, this Belle Epoque mansion is now a Relais & Chateaux hotel. Highlights include a rooftop plunge pool, signature restaurant, and Atelier category rooms with 16-foot ceilings and Italian marble bathrooms. Don't miss afternoon tea in the Library, decorated with pre-Colombian artwork.

Country Club Lima Hotel

Address: Los Eucaliptos 590, San Isidro Lima, Peru Phone: +51 1 611 9000 Website

The Country Club was originally built in 1927 and has hosted former Presidents and actor John Wayne (he met his Peruvian wife here.) A remodel in 2017 brought contemporary touches to the colonial-style building, which features 83 rooms decorated with Peruvian art donated from a local museum, gilt mirrors, and king-size beds. The 18-hole golf course is the finishing luxurious touch.

Best Restaurants

Address: Av. Javier Prado Este 1212, Corpac-SAN Isidro, Lima Peru Phone: +51 1 224 8189 Website

Chifa is a term to describe Cantonese Chinese cuisine fused with traditional Peruvian ingredients and techniques. The food style is wildly popular in Lima, maybe nowhere more so than at Chifa Titi. It's difficult to choose from the sprawling menu, but portions are meant to be shared. Reservations recommended.

Address: Av. Camino Real 101 San Isidro, Lima Peru Phone: + 51 1 440 5200 Website

Since Malabar opened in 2004, chef Pedro Miguel Schiaffino has celebrated Peru's biodiversity in his eclectic menus. The majority of sustainable ingredients are sourced from the restaurant's farm or indigenous communities. Reservations recommended.

Astrid y Gaston

Address: Av. Paz Soldan 290, San Isidro, Lima Peru Phone: +51 1 442 2775 Website

If you think of ceviche when you think of Peru, you partially have the chefs who started and still run Astrid y Gaston to thank. Inventive menus might feature anything from local squash ceviche to flavorful fish stew. To finish the meal, guests receive a map pointing to sourced ingredients across Peru. Reservations recommended.

Address: Av. Pedro de Osma 301, Barranco 15063, Peru Phone: +51 1 2428515 Website

Helmed by husband and wife duo, Virgilio Martínez and Pia Leon, Central is an exploration of Peru as much as it is a dining destination. The restaurant is somewhat of a workshop for Martínez, where he experiments with different indiginous Peruvian ingredients that he sources directly from farmers across the country. Central has regularly been rated one of the best restaurants in South America by the World's 50 Best .

Address: Hipolito Unanue 203, Lima 18, Peru Phone: +51 1 221 1322 Website

The beauty of a Mercado meal is that straightforward dishes allow individual ingredients and flavors to really shine. The menu is divided into salty and sweet, with small portions designed for multiple orders per person. The catch? It's only open for lunch. Reservations accepted. Covered outdoor seating available.

La Mar Cebicheria

Address: Av. La Mar 770, Lima 18, Peru Phone: +51 1 421 3365 Website

Lima is a coastal city with access to seriously fresh seafood. There's no better place in the City of Kings to sample the local catch than the Miraflores location of La Mar Cebicheria. Don't miss the raw bar, made with a rotating selection of ceviche, nigiri, and maki. Reservations recommended.

Things to Do

Museo larco.

Address: Av. Simon Bolivar 1515, Pueblo Libre 21, Lima Peru Phone: +51 1 461 1312 Website

Museo Larco house's Peru's most important collection of Pre-Columbian artifacts, including gold and jewelry from ancient Peru and a room of pottery inspired by well...sex. The museum is inside an 18th-century viceroyal mansion built over a 7th-century pyramid, and surrounded by landscaped gardens.

Carnaval Bar

Address: Avenida Pardo y Aliaga 662, San Isidro, Lima Phone: +51 1 986 787 755 Website

If you only get to one bar in Lima, make it Carnaval Bar. Extremely creative cocktails combine art and something akin to magic. Unexpected garnishes might include marshmallows with tonka beans—yep the same delicious bean that could be lethal in large doses. Presentations were made to be shown off on Instagram.

Magic Water Circuit

Address: Puerta 5, Parque de la Reserva, Av. Petit Thouars, Cercado de Lima 15046, Lima Peru Phone: +51 1 424 0827

When it was originally constructed, the Magic Water Circuit made the "Guinness Book of World Records" as the world's largest water fountain complex in a public park. It's an unexpected spectacle, and the choreographed light show is most fun at night.

San Francisco Catacombs

Address: Jiron Lampa, Cercado de Lima 15001, Lima Peru Phone: +51 1 426 7377 Website

Built in 1535, the Convent of San Francisco is a must-see for its beautiful Baroque-style architecture and impressive library with 17th century artistic works by European painters. Located under the convent, is an historic cemetery whose underground tunnel networks and vaults buried more than 25,000 souls. This is history at its spookiest.

El Malecon: Lima's Clifftop Walkway

Address: Miraflores

The best way to admire and experience Lima's beautiful scenery is a six-mile stroll or bike ride along El Malecon. The paved cliffside path runs in three connected segments along the Pacific-facing edge of stunning Miraflores. Parks, sculptures, cafes, restaurants (and a lighthouse) are plentiful if you need a break from looking out over the cliffs. If you want to paraglide, this is your chance.

Best Shopping

Address: Malecon de la Reserva 610, Miraflores 15074, Lima Peru Phone: +51 1 625 4343 Website

Both Peruvian locals and foreign tourists love the sea-front shopping, 3D cinema, restaurants, discos, and bowling at Larcomar. The luxe shopping mall houses 70 shops selling everything from local chocolate and Peruvian art to international brands like Converse and Gap. The stunning ocean views are unexpected, but no less welcome, from a mall.

Mercado Indio (Indian Market)

Address: Av. Du 5245, Miraflores 15074, Peru Phone: +51 1 993 012 115

Souvenir shoppers, start here. Mercado Indio is one of the largest and most popular craft markets in Lima. Treasures include pre-Columbian-style pottery, wooly alpaca-yarn clothing, and textiles—all from hundreds of vendors and artisans. Pay in soles, dollars or even with a credit card. Haggling is expected.

My Sister's Closet (El Closet de mi Hermana)

Address: Calle Miguel Dasso 114, San Isidro 15073, Lima Peru Phone: +51 1 421 3725 Website

The ethos at El Closet de mi Hermana is comfortable and unique women's clothing with elevated style. The mostly neutral color palette and clean silhouettes are a chic contrast to alpaca-themed everything you'll find elsewhere. Accessories and housewares are also available.

Address: Jr. Gonzales Prada 335, Oficina 204, Miraflores, Lima Peru Phone: +51 1 305 8234 Website

For a little touch of sustainable Scandinavian style in the heart of Lima, head to Anyi. The eco- and social-conscious women's clothing store was founded by Danish friends who share a passion for craftsmanship and ethical sourcing. Their sophisticated sweaters can be made to order.

Neighborhoods to Know

Miraflores gets all the ocean cliffside oohs and ahhs, plus high end shopping, globally celebrated restaurants, and luxe hotels. Barranco is beloved for its nightlife and boho-artistic vibes. But don't sleep on Barrio Chino's charming Chinese architecture and abundance of Chifa (Peruvian-Chinese) restaurants. The Historical Center is worth exploring too, with its cathedral-fronted Plaza de Armas, Moorish balconies, and the historic El Gran Hotel Bolivar.

The weather in coastal Lima almost always plays nice—but cloudy days are typical and temperatures err on the cool side thanks to cold water currents in the Pacific Ocean. Remember, summer and winter are opposite of what we experience in the United States.

The warm season is generally from December through April, with temps rarely exceeding the mid 80s. Expect cool, humid, and cloudy weather from June to October. Rain is scarce throughout the year, but sea mist (called guara) is typical.

Apps to Download

CityBike Lima: Bike share payment, bike routes iOs | Android

SpanishDict Translator: Grammar check, dictionary, audio translator iOs | Android

Cabify: Order private cars, reserve private cars, pay iOs | Android

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Why You Should Visit This South American City Right Now

By Laura Itzkowitz

Machu Picchu may be on every traveler’s bucket list, but Lima is coming into the spotlight as Peru’s modern, must-visit city. The historic city center is a UNESCO World Heritage Site lined with brightly colored colonial buildings and ornate churches, pre-Columbian pyramids offer a glimpse into the city’s past, El Malécon boasts stunning views of the Pacific coastline, and the bohemian neighborhood of Barranco is full of trendy galleries, shops, and bars. Plus, the city is a gourmand’s paradise, with an incredible array of restaurants by some of the world’s best chefs. Ahead, what to do when you touch down.

Country Club Lima

The hotel of choice for presidents and celebrities, this 1927 grand dame—a member of Leading Hotels of the World—occupies a stately setting in upscale San Isidro. Rooms and suites feature modern furnishings, but the public spaces hark back to the hotel’s glorious past. Details like a beautiful stained-glass ceiling, wooden paneling in the Bar Inglés—home to the city’s best Pisco Sour—and colorful tiles nod to the hotel’s illustrious past. Don’t miss a meal at the acclaimed Perroquet Restaurant, which serves traditional Peruvian cuisine. hotelcountry.com

Lima’s only Relais & Châteaux hotel occupies a historic mansion in boho-chic Barranco, just steps from a promenade overlooking the Pacific Ocean. Over 200 original works of art by Peruvian and Latin American artists adorn the intimate hotel, which has just 17 rooms and suites in the original house and a new modern wing. Guests can enjoy afternoon tea in the cozy library, cocktails in the bar, and gourmet cuisine at El Restaurant. hotelb.pe

Currently ranked number five on San Pellegrino’s World’s 50 Best Restaurants list , Central is Virgilio Martinez’s ode to Peru’s agricultural and ecological bounty. Martinez, who starred on the hit Netflix series Chef’s Table , is the standard-bearer for modern Peruvian cuisine and his dishes resemble works of art on a plate. Reserve well in advance—tables book up two months ahead. centralrestaurant.com.pe

Astrid y Gastón

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Before Martinez rose to stardom, his mentor Gastón Acurio turned the world’s attention to Lima with his modern Peruvian cuisine that borrows flavors from the country’s many immigrant communities. Opened more than 20 years ago, his flagship restaurant recently moved to a beautifully restored, 300-year-old mansion in San Isidro. Adventurous eaters can try the guinea pig pekinés (Acurio’s take on the guinea pig typically eaten in the Andes), but there are plenty of other fantastic dishes, like scallops served with lucuma gnocchi, chestnuts, and Amazonic sauce. astridygaston.com

If you’re planning to check out some of Barranco’s nightlife spots, you won’t want to miss this stylish outpost replete with geometric turquoise and black tiles. Compared to the area’s many lounges and clubs in converted mansions, this little bar is hiding in plain sight on a block covered in street art murals. Sidle up to the bar for a gin and tonic—the house specialty—made with your choice of gin and adorned with an aromatic orange peel. facebook.com

El Parque del Amor

Undulating mosaic walls inspired by Gaudí’s Park Güell in Barcelona make this small park along El Malécon (the six-mile walking path on a cliff above the Pacific) one of Lima’s most scenic spots. It gets its name from the massive sculpture of lovers in a deep embrace by Peruvian artist Víctor Delfín. Come here for stunning views of the coastline and cliffs of Miraflores, the neighborhood known for its many parks, pre-Columbian archeological ruins, and shops.

Museo Larco

An incredible collection of pre-Columbian artifacts awaits you at the Larco Museum in an 18th century mansion. Its founder, Rafael Larco Hoyle, amassed thousands of pieces of pottery, textiles, jewelry, and metal objects from the Incas, Nazcas, and other tribes. Don’t miss the gallery of erotic pottery located in a small building separated from the main house by a courtyard. museolarco.org

Founded by Mario Testino, this small museum in a restored Barranco mansion showcases the renowned Peruvian fashion photographer’s glossy images of models and muses, like Kate Moss, Beyoncé, and Princess Diana, as well as his portraits of Andean women in traditional dress. A small gallery features rotating exhibits of work by Latin American photographers, and the shop is worth a visit for covetable high-design items by Latin American designers. mate.pe

Dédalo Arte y Artesana

It may look small from the outside, but this massive store in artsy Barranco sells an impressive array of home goods, textiles, jewelry, and objets d’art by Peruvian artists and craftsmen. In a series of different rooms, you’ll find everything from traditional Amazonian jewelry and Andean textiles to avant-garde jewelry made of felt. dedaloarte.blogspot.com

La Zapateria

Stop by this pint-sized boutique and workshop in Barranco for handmade leather shoes at very affordable prices. You can choose from their selection of sandals, oxfords, and boots, or have a custom pair made to order. facebook.com

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By Megan Johnson

May 2024 Horoscope: This Month, Travel Will Be Joyful

Meet your astrologer.

Steph Koyfman  is a writer and astrologer best known for her work as Lady Cazimi . She writes the monthly horoscope for Condé Nast Traveler's Women Who Travel.

Your May 2024 horoscope is dessert—a sweet treat, well-deserved after eating our eclipse-season vegetables (let’s be real, for some of us it was more like eating glass). May and June are serving us some of the nicest astro weather of the entire year, making this a choice time for travel. A pileup of planets in Taurus this month greases the wheels for anyone who likes to eat well, art well, and hike well on vacation. Whether you save your splurges for restaurants or camping gear , nature’s beauty will be heightened this month. This is a great time to explore foodie capitals, go to music festivals , decamp to gardens of all kinds, and hit up some of the obligatory museums you were tempted to skip. Venus, the patron planet of artists, is in top form throughout the first three weeks of May, so it’s best to watch when the goddess is showing off.

There are two dates that stand out as extra-special this month; the March 18 and 23. On the 18th, we get a double feature of a Venus-Uranus and a Jupiter-Sun conjunction in Taurus—you might find yourself enjoying the most unexpected flavors, and receiving unexpected blessings. If your cup is already full, you can get on the side of the planets by blessing someone who’s struggling. The vibe here is that we all eat better when we eat together. On the 23rd, Venus conjoins Jupiter during the Full Moon in Sagittarius. This is genuinely fun astrology for a party or celebration of some kind—just be wary of the resulting hangover or cleanup that might follow when the Moon squares Saturn.

On May 25, Jupiter enters Gemini, initiating us into a year-long discovery journey of multitudes. Curiosity will send us down a variety of rabbit holes, and even if we don’t emerge wiser, we’ll probably emerge more saturated. We might not be satisfied with traveling for the sake of relaxation during this time—if anything, we won’t be able to turn our brains off on vacation, and might spend a week restlessly looking up historical facts about that one king with the weird eating habits. We’re moving from a sensory playground to a cerebral one, and in the spirit of changing gears, it’s time to prioritize mentally stimulating adventures of all kinds.

Below, your complete May 2024 horoscope, for every sign.

Astrologer's note: Below we refer to your signs as “rising” signs, also known as your ascendant sign. Horoscopes are more accurate when read this way—using your birth time and location, you can quickly find your rising sign online (it takes less than 30 seconds).

Aries Rising

What would “having it all” mean to you at this point in your life? Better yet, what would “having enough” mean? As a bouquet of (mostly pleasant) surprises blooms in your second house of resources this month, you, too, might be coming into a newfound sense of being satiated or supported by your material circumstances. Whether that means money in the bank, a lucky haul from your sister’s closet, or something as simple as a strong crop emerging in your garden, you are being resourced in new ways in May—and perhaps finding that you finally have everything you need to make your dreams a reality. Of course, the question then becomes: what are you waiting for? The distance between where you are and where you want to be might be smaller than you thought, and that is both exciting and terrifying.

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Of course, there’s also the very real possibility that you’ll be burning as quickly as you earn this month, because the temptation to ball out will be there with the combined influence of Venus and Jupiter in your second house, plus Mars conjoining the North Node in Aries. Whether you’re motivated by ambition or simply outsized hunger, there might not be much of a difference where your wallet is concerned. If you were looking for a time to take yourself to that one spendy hotel you’ve been saving up for, this would be one way to scratch that itch, because it does look like “treat yourself” o’clock. But if you’re not in a position to splurge quite like that, throw some caution to the wind before you order bottomless mimosas and then play fast and loose with your credit card . Whether you go for it or go for broke, this influence peaks mid-month, particularly between the 18th and 23rd.

On the 25th, Jupiter enters Gemini, plunging you into a year-long road trip of sorts. Expect many pit stops along this experiential journey, and bring a lot of podcasts and audiobooks to keep you company. More than likely, this will be a year of reading and discovering and writing in an attempt to weave multiple threads together, but don’t be surprised if there’s a literal component of taking more weekend trips out of town, or getting to know the local lore of your city or town better.

Taurus Rising

You’ve been having a meaningful old time generating your perspective and attuning to your own priorities and needs. Now, get ready to harvest your crops as your garden bursts into full bloom. You’ve got plenty of output you’re ready to share with the world this month, and beyond that, this will probably be a really nice few weeks to enjoy yourself. Even if you’re not launching a literal work of genius into the world, you are still contributing your brilliance by showing up as your most inspired self. So yes, you’ve got divine permission to play in May.

The opulence of this mood peaks mid-month, but two especially fortuitous days include the 18th and the 23rd. You might be blessed with a gift or endowment of some kind that opens new doors for you. At the very least, you’ll probably have an amazing couple of days, full of eye-opening realizations and a sweet sense of being celebrated and favored. This is a nice time to reward yourself for all your hard work (or for merely surviving something difficult), so whether you’re on a bucket list trip or taking yourself out for ice cream six minutes from your house, enjoy—you’ve earned it.

Beyond the sound of clinking glasses and enjoying where you’re at, May is just as much a time to set yourself up for further growth. The Taurus New Moon on the May 7 asks for a renewal of your commitment to patient cultivation, to the consistent effort required day in and day out to sustain your progress over the long haul. After Jupiter enters Gemini on the May 25, you’ll be in for a year-long process of bringing in more yield after enjoying the fruits of your initial crop. Starting something is one thing—keeping it going is another. Your growth strategies may need to change and adapt to the weather, and you may need to gain more financial or agricultural literacy to keep up.

Gemini Rising

If ever there was a month to look for the silver linings, May would be it. There’s a lot that had to go wrong in order for things to go right, and as a result, you’re now able to free yourself from limiting beliefs and patterns of self-sabotage that contributed to your stuckness. Maybe it’s partially your own stubbornness, maybe it’s your unacknowledged addiction to comfort and predictability that drives you into these ruts from time to time. Whatever it is, you’re getting a little bit of a new lease on life, and perhaps an opportunity to accept and integrate the parts of yourself you’ve rejected for far too long.

If therapeutic inquiry is where you’re going with this, expect to really get somewhere between the 15th and the 17th, when Mercury enters your twelfth house of self-undoing and runs into a square with Pluto. Maybe it’s too much navel-gazing, maybe it’s digging in forbidden sandboxes, but either way you’re in a position to investigate the matter several layers deeper. And you might strike gold, or at least feel rewarded for all this self-examination, pretty soon after. As a full moon reaches its pinnacle in your seventh house of others on May 23, an important relationship takes a decisive turn as well, and you might feel called to change gears in your approach to partnership, or in your professional focus. The lingering effects of the Jupiter-Sun conjunction on the 18th might find you more inclined going forward to serve those who are marginalized, suffering, or otherwise cast aside by the system.

All of this internal work is going to serve as a stepping stone into a much more active and busy cycle for you. Late in the month is when you really start to wake up and come out to play: the Sun enters Gemini on the 20th, followed by Venus on the 23rd, and most significantly, Jupiter on the 25th. Jupiter will remain in your rising sign for a year, encouraging lots of personal growth and stimulating more output from you than usual. Prepare for a year of sharing the fruits of your knowledge with the world, and perhaps branching out in all kinds of exciting new directions.

Cancer Rising

If teamwork has made the dream work for you over the last year or so, you’re really going to like what comes next. In May, a collective effort you’ve been a part of recently bears fruit, and you might be attending more parties and celebrations than usual—whether as a result of all you’ve achieved together lately, or separately, as a bonus perk for your social calendar. Maybe you’re finally getting your flowers as your orchestra wraps up its season finale show, or maybe you’ll be celebrating a shared victory with a social movement you’ve been a part of. Maybe this moment amounts to something small and sweet, like a long-awaited friend reunion in a beautiful part of the country you’ve always wanted to visit. Whatever it is, expect the wine to flow and the hors d'oeuvres to hit. Good vibes and good food are all on the menu.

You might not be content to merely rest on your laurels, though. While this month promises to be fun, you’re also on a pretty ambitious streak professionally. As Mars hulks out with its conjunction to the North Node on the 19th, your drive to succeed intensifies, and might even turn you into a controversial figure. If you haven’t been seeing eye to eye with your boss, conflict could reach a boil around this time, but perhaps sticking it to the man is the initiation you’re meant to have around this time. Either way, it’s possible that everything that’s currently popping off with your team is the result of your brave leadership. Where are you being called to step up?

After Jupiter slips into Gemini on the 25th, you’ll be pulled into a new year-long quest for growth and knowledge, but this one looks more like a hermit’s solitary journey through a stack of books . Excuse you while you hole up in your room and don’t come out until you’ve caught up on your reading list, or disappear to study for your certification exams. It seems like you’ll have a lot of material to dig through, and it seems like you might be busy in reading purgatory for some time. At least it’ll be an interesting time out? This could also be an insightful time to gain more self-knowledge and pause in quiet contemplation, so this is the year to save your PTO days for a monastery retreat.

‘Tis the season of your big debut, or at least getting your deserved flowers at your annual performance review. Your career and/or public life is hitting a sustained high note in May, and you might be celebrating some recent successes and milestones. More than likely, you’re not the kind of person who needs to be told twice to bask in the praise and enjoy your cake. But if others are gushing to you about the impact your work has had on them, or the skies are opening up and dropping a plum opportunity into your lap, know that you did that, and that the payoff for your efforts should absolutely taste this sweet. Watch for sudden openings and advancements materializing around the 18th, and some festive energy coming your way during the full moon on the 23rd. If you have a launch party to throw, or even a retirement celebration , this would be a great day for that.

At the same time, you might be leaving smoke trails behind you on the moving walkways of the airports of the world . As Mars hits an amplified conjunction to the North Node on the 19th, your frequent flier activity speeds up, and perhaps reaches a fever pitch. Maybe all the activity at work these days is resulting in an intensity of travel, or maybe your engagement with the international arena hits a critical high note without you having to leave your home. This is not only a burst of activity, but also an opportunity for you to lean into potential disagreements that may arise, and to learn from the school of conflict.

Jupiter enters Gemini on the 25th, setting you up for a year of teach-ins, conventions, heady online discourse, and a generally more active social calendar. You might be mingling with disparate groups you belong to (and gaining lots of inspiration from this cross-pollination), or perhaps attending more conferences where cool ideas are being shared. The temptation to binge on all the variety on offer to you will be strong, and it’ll be easy to lose the thread a little as you chase the intellectual thrill of “learning and experiencing it all.” In the meantime, allow the initial buzz to wake up your brain cells and encourage more sharing. There are no doubt more people out there who could benefit from your brilliance.

Virgo Rising

May is set to bring you various kinds of peak experiences. Whether they’re of the travel variety or not, this could easily become one of your favorite months of the year to explore beyond the zone of what you’re already familiar with. Trips to faraway places are poised to delight you, and learning pursuits of all kinds will trigger all the right dopamine buttons. You might be experiencing a blossoming, so to speak, regarding your own philosophical and spiritual orientation toward the world—a fructification of thought and belief, or maybe enjoying the rewards of all those hours you’ve spent hitting the books lately. If you’re lucky enough to be able to get away this month, get your fill of desserts, music, and sensory experiences of all kinds. It’s one thing to research the place you’re visiting, and yet another to drink in the embodied sensations of a place.

Even if you’re homebound, your palette will be craving the flavors and artistic influences of foreign cultures, so why not use that as an excuse to patronize more international restaurants, or mow through a lineup of foreign films in your streaming queue?

If you’ve been weighing a relocation, it’s very possible that May’s astrology will greenlight your plans. Between a way-opening Jupiter-Sun conjunction on the 18th and a Venus-Jupiter conjunction on the 23rd (which just so happens to coincide with a full moon in your fourth house of home), you might be celebrating both the completion of milestones and the making of new possibilities.

On the 25th, Jupiter enters Gemini for the next year, stimulating all kinds of professional growth for you along the way. You may be juggling various roles and responsibilities in this next leg of your journey, or attempting to fuse several threads together into a multimedia work of brilliance. Although you’ll likely be excited by all the advancement, it’ll also be an interesting challenge to keep all the plates in the air, or manage all those moving pieces. If there’s anyone who can pull it off, though, it’s probably you.

Libra Rising

Did tax season leave you with an unexpectedly plump check to help subsidize your spring travels ? Are resources flowing your way in the form of generous benefactors, bull markets, and the various forms of tangible and emotional assistance that make up your support network? Regardless of the shape your blessings take this May, consider that some forms of abundance can only reach you when the proverbial stuff hits the fan. Having help available to you when you need it is its own form of wealth, and having your own giving energy reciprocated is more satisfying than never having given at all.

There could definitely be some financial wins coming your way this month (think: taxes, debts, investments, grants, inheritances, mortgages, insurance, money you’re owed, or even a partner’s income becoming the tide that lifts your boat), but barring some sort of spectacular windfall, you’ll probably gain a lot more sustenance from noticing the everyday forms of generosity people are extending your way—the kind you could easily take for granted. Still, look for pleasant surprises, and even changes to your material circumstances, that could arrive around the 18th. On the 23rd, you may also feel like celebrating some recent wins, or maybe spreading the good vibes by dropping some honey into someone else’s pot.

You probably don’t need to be reminded or encouraged to save a little for your own treat or reward, but in case you need the extra incentive, Jupiter is entering Gemini on May 25th, which probably means lots of travel in the year ahead. For the next 12 months, your appetite for learning and new experiences will balloon, and you might be blessed with more opportunities to scratch that itch. With all the places still left on your bucket list, you might be eager to take a tapas approach to travel this year, blowing through an entire continent by train . You will need to find a way to rein it in somehow, and it’s possible that if you’re testing a remote work arrangement , your job will serve as both an enabler and a hindrance to all the adventuring you want to do. For now, just be ready to fly at the first opportunity.

Scorpio Rising

Sometimes you’re the prize, sometimes the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow is made up of the people you met along the way. Right now, there’s a lot to be grateful for, and it probably has something to do with one or more of the Very Important Relationships in your life. Whether your partner is experiencing a glow-up that’s reflecting well on you, whether you’re enjoying a honeymoon phase after some hard-won trials together, or whether there’s a professional collaboration that’s taking hold at the moment and promising lots of mutual wins, things are looking pretty good between you and yours. If you’re single and looking, this is definitely the kind of astro weather that could serve as your wing person. If you’re not feeling the profound heart opening yet, try extending grace to others this month, and leading with the benefit of the doubt. People might surprise you, but you have to let them first.

Speaking of honeymoon , this wouldn’t be a bad time to go on a romantic couple’s retreat , but any kind of dynamic duo adventuring will satisfy the cosmos. If you’re flying solo on vacation in May, opening up the apps for a spin could tilt the dating wheel of fortune in your favor. However, with Mars approaching a conjunction to the North Node on the 19th, it’s also very likely that you might have trouble pulling yourself away from the #grindset. This could provide you with a powerful burst of energy to chew through your tasks if you need it, and might make sense if you’re hard at work on a business collab. However, try not to work so hard that you fizzle out and play soft.

On the 25th, Jupiter sails into Gemini, blessing your eighth house of finances and other people’s resources for the next year. Collaborations could continue delivering wins for you, and resourced partners and benefactors could pull through for you in the year ahead. However, not all of that potential is likely to be realized—the impact of this growth will likely be lessened through the diversification of your portfolio (metaphorically speaking). Too many cooks in the kitchen could very much be a thing, and this may be an unavoidable aspect of the entanglements you’re forming. It might not pay to get overly fixated on the minutiae of who owes what. Trust that the math will all come out in the wash more or less okay.

Sagittarius Rising

You’ve been patiently cultivating the garden of your daily habits and professional life, and now, you’re getting ready to whistle while you work. As a bouquet of planets convenes in Taurus this month, your sixth house of work, routines, and health, you’ll probably be enjoying the fruits of all your recent labors in some way, or benefiting from a real sense of “things finally coming together to make your life easier in some way.” Will there be cake at the office celebrating a recent win? A wellness goal reached, and easily surmounted? An adorable new pet making your heart grow two sizes? New hires finally stepping in to take over part of your workload? Or will you possibly even be vacationing somewhere with your coworkers on a team-building retreat?

Big wins and small wins are all worth celebrating, and together, they all add up to something larger. Mid-month is when a lot culminates. There’s a full moon in Sagittarius on the 23rd, signaling some sort of personal milestone being reached. As your ruling planet, Jupiter, renews itself in the heart of the Sun on May 18th, your perspective goggles may widen to notice even more opportunity, abundance, and possibility around you. As much as you’ve accomplished recently, you may have other hills you want to climb, or more satisfaction you’d like to gain from your work. Possibility is just possibility, but awareness is almost always necessary for the realization of it.

After Jupiter enters Gemini on the 25th, your focus shifts toward the expanding sightlines of your relationships for the next year. There’s progress to be made in partnerships of all kinds, and much to be learned from one another. Maybe you’ll be working on your relationship with your significant other, and making slow, but incremental progress, toward ideating a future together. Maybe you’ll be going all-in on a collaboration of some kind, expanding your client practice, or engaging in some sort of counseling relationship or mentorship. Expect lots of curiosity, lots of questions, and lots of exchange—maybe even an exhausting amount of talking in circles at times—in your pursuit of understanding.

Capricorn Rising

There are seasons for toil, and seasons for pleasure. Even those of us who live our lives in a state of constant accountability can also find ourselves in a position to play, and May looks like a pretty delightful time to do so. This month could represent the culmination of a creative or artistic growth process, the payoff moment in a hobby you’ve devoted a lot of time to lately, or just an especially enjoyable month after a year of trying to make more space for fun in your life. You might also be spending more time with children in May (and getting a lot of joy out of finger painting and imagination games). Dinner dates might consume your calendar, and if you’re not literally on vacation, you’ll probably be in somewhat of a vacation mindset. Of course, this will probably be less the case if you’re on a family trip with the kids, but even the chaos of Disney World won’t harsh your vibe too much right now.

There are two especially fun days this month that stand out from the rest: on May 18, there’s a Jupiter-Sun and a Venus-Uranus conjunction coinciding in Taurus. You might pleasantly surprise yourself by taking your creative direction in an unexpected direction, or by enjoying something you didn’t think would be your cup of tea. On the 23rd, Venus and Jupiter conjoin, and there’s a full moon in Sagittarius. You might be in the mood to throw a party, but may also, at the very same time, be having lots of realizations around the kinds of secrets you keep from yourself. Do you struggle to hold the capacity for so much goodness in your life? Do you secretly crave more of this kind of thing, but feel you can’t acknowledge how important it is to give yourself things to look forward to?

Anyway, you’ll be more focused on work again pretty soon. If not work, then on making progress in your health journey, or on troubleshooting your life in some way. On the 25th, Jupiter enters Gemini for a year, sending you on a learning path of watching life hack TikToks, reading medical studies, branching out into different supplements and healing modalities, and getting extra busy at work—busy because you’re juggling a bunch of projects, or wearing a lot of hats. Remember that even if you’re oriented toward a result or a solution, the learning process is half the point.

Aquarius Rising

Maybe slowing your travel roll wasn’t your first choice, but if in the meantime, you’ve been able to pour more energy into making your home into a true sanctuary, was it really that bad of a jail sentence? For the last year or so, you’ve been on a mission to upgrade your living situation and/or build a cozier nest to serve as your home base. And this month, it looks like you’ll be enjoying the culmination of those efforts—maybe even popping the champagne at your housewarming party.

Alternatively, May could be a rewarding month for those of you who’ve been tunneling deeper into your heritage lately, or trying to improve your relationship with your family. It’s tempting to overlook your own roots when there are so many cultures and histories to learn about, but your various ancestral lineages are your personal tethers to great wells of abundance. Whether you’ve been working on mapping your family tree, schooling yourself in historical knowledge, learning the family recipes , or receiving other forms of knowledge transmission from your elders, this is the month for enjoying the garden you’ve cultivated—or maybe even taking a trip to an ancestral land.

Wherever you end up this month, it’s not unlikely that you’re going to be racking up some mileage on your car (or hitting those buses and trains with some amount of added intensity). Mars is pummeling toward the North Node, exact on the 19th, and for you, this could correspond to more time commuting, more short trips, and more steps pounding the pavement around town. There’s lots to do, and people you gotta see—or maybe just too many good day and weekend trips you don’t want to miss out on. Just try not to bicker with the sister or BFF you’re visiting.

The big news this month is Jupiter entering Gemini on the 25th, which plunges all of us into new year-long chapters of discovery. For you, this may take the form of increased opportunities to play and experiment, to create interesting works of multimedia expression, to dabble in even more hobbies than you already do, and to generally make more space for fun in your life. Not a hard sell, no?

Pisces Rising

Roll out the picnic blankets and put together those playlists meant for aimless strolls, because this May is set to be a walk in the park—literally. As a host of planets congregates in your third house of local space, mingling in both pleasant and unexpected ways, you’re on track to have a grand old time exploring the best of what your city has to offer in May (or even exercising your flâneur muscles in a place you’ve never been before). Paradise exists in what’s immediately accessible this month: think public green spaces , bustling streets, live music that reaches you at your spot beneath the cafe awning. If you do happen to be traveling, you’ll get a lot out of people watching, and simply soaking up the local ambiance. Music, art, and food will all pop with extra flavor.

This is also a great month to gather with the besties and round up the cousins for a mini family reunion . Potlucks, weddings, and stoop hangouts alike can fill your cup in the best ways. If you’re geographically scattered, FaceTiming with the old crew is more than called for. But yes, this is also the perfect time to all go in on a house together for an extended weekend.

You could also be celebrating some professional milestones during the Sagittarius Full Moon on the 23rd. You might be on a roll with some writing, content creation, or workshops you’ve been creating lately, and if you’re not actually publishing that material around this time, you might be hitting a high water mark with your creative process.

Even bigger news: your ruling planet, Jupiter, changes signs on the 25th. Landing in Gemini, your fourth house of roots, Jupiter will spend the next year complicating your relationship to home in order to ultimately help you understand it better. An upgrade to your living situation could also be in the works, but there’s a strong possibility you’ll try to have your cake and eat it, too, only to come up against your own limits in some way. Part of this may involve attempting to split your time between more than one home base. Is this the year you attempt to make your bicoastal dreams a reality? There’s a journey in attempting to have it all, but be prepared to have to make some concessions.

Enjoyed your May 2024 horoscope? Look back on April to see how things lined up.

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Condé Nast: 2016 Top Travel Specialist Peru

We’ve got some great news to share…

Aracari’s founder and CEO, Marisol Mosquera, has been named by Condé Nast Traveler as a  2016 Top Travel Specialist  Peru.

Condé Nast Traveler: the trusted voice of luxury travel

Condé Nast Traveler is the leading and most trusted voice on all things travel. Providing travel inspiration and vital intel, the global brand has built its reputation based on its extensive network of experts and influencers from all over the world. Each year they compile a list of the créme de la créme of travel experts from around the world, who they call ‘experience makers’, that can help make your trip spectacular and unforgettable.

Top Travel Specialist Peru: Marisol Mosquera

Marisol was at the forefront of experiential travel in Peru . She left behind an international career in the financial word to fulfil a personal dream of providing first class travel experiences for guests to her home of Peru. Since 1996, she has been designing unique tailormade itineraries to Peru , Bolivia and the Galapagos islands, offering discerning travelers privileged access to the regions she’s been exploring for over two decades.

If you’re interested in a tailormade luxury trip to Peru , Bolivia or the Galapagos , you can trust Marisol and her team to come up with a memorable trip that will surpass your expectations. Contact us or email [email protected] to start planning your adventure.

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Según la revista condé nast traveler, hay 30 países que todo viajero debería visitar al menos una vez en la vida, entre los que destacan 3 naciones de sudamérica..

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Viajar es una de las experiencias de mayor aprendizaje, ya que permite conocer lugares, culturas y distintas idiosincrasias. Además, representa una de las actividades económicas más importantes de algunos países. De hecho, según un estudio de International Tourism Highlights, los países que reciben a más turistas son Francia y España, que en 2023 ganaron 59 y 84 millones de euros, respectivamente.

El encanto de algunos de estos lugares, además de su diversidad, hace que algunos de estos destinos sean ideales e incluso obligatorios para todo amante de los viajes. En este sentido, la revista internacional especializada en viajes de lujo y estilo de vida, Condé Nast Traveler , reveló cuáles son los 30 países que todo viajero debería visitar al menos una vez en la vida, entre los que destacan 3 naciones de Sudamérica .

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Para elegir los destinos que se deben visitar al menos una vez en la vida, la revista Condé Nast Traveler aplicó criterios culturales, históricos, paisajísticos y artísticos. Aunque en el ranking de las 30 naciones hay lugares que son ampliamente reconocidos, también se incluyen sorpresas y motivos inesperados que podrían impulsar a considerar su visita.

Brasil, el quinto país más grande del mundo, es un destino turístico vibrante conocido por su diversidad cultural, natural y sus famosas festividades. Algunos de sus destinos más populares son Río de Janeiro, São Paulo, Salvador de Bahía, Foz do Iguaçu o el Amazonas, los cuales llevaron que en 2023, según datos de Embratur, el Ministerio de Turismo y la Policía Federal, recibiera 5.908.341 visitantes.

Río de Janeiro es uno de los destinos más icónicos de Brasil, donde la naturaleza se mezcla con la modernidad. Foto: Civitatis

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Entre las experiencias favoritas de los turistas que llegan a Brasil, se encuentran los carnavales, conocer sus playas, vivir de populares deportes como el fútbol, disfrutar de su naturaleza y ecoturismo.

Perú es cuna de una de las culturas más significativas del mundo antiguo, la civilización inca, que se distingue por haber mantenido su independencia durante el período de la conquista de América. Esta última gran civilización precolombina dejó un legado arquitectónico impresionante, con Machu Picchu como su exponente más emblemático. Esta maravilla ofrece una ventana única al pasado inca. Además, la gastronomía peruana, reconocida mundialmente como una de las mejores y más exportadas, brinda experiencias culinarias excepcionales, desde puestos callejeros hasta restaurantes galardonados.

Machu Picchu uno de los destinos favoritos en Perú. Foto: Andina

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Argentina, con su impresionante variedad de paisajes y rica cultura, es un destino turístico de clase mundial que ofrece experiencias únicas para todo tipo de viajeros. Desde la vibrante vida urbana de Buenos Aires hasta la majestuosidad natural de la Patagonia, tiene diferentes opciones para todo tipo de gustos y edades.

La ciudad de Buenos Aires está rodeada de cultura y naturaleza. Foto: ArchDaily

Algunas de las actividades ideales para disfrutar en Argentina son la degustación de vinos, realizar turismo de aventura en la Patagonia, observar su diversa fauna en Puerto Madryn o Punta Tombo y degustar de sus exquisitas carnes, empanadas o dulces.

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6 countries you can visit with an Australia visa

By Jahnavi Bhatt

A tourist visa for Australia may take between 8 to 25 days to process, as per the country’s visa processing time tool . Getting an Australia visa this summer may well be worth the wait, because after diving in the Great Barrier Reef and hitting up Bondi Beach, you can use your visa to gain entry into some other beautiful countries around the world. Whether it’s a quick trip to Singapore or a long adventure in Peru, here are 6 countries Indian passport holders can visit with a valid Australia visa.

Note: Visa rules are subject to change at any time. Make sure to contact your nearest embassy for the latest rules before you begin planning your trip.

With an Australia visa which is valid for a minimum of 6 months, Indian passport holders can explore the mystic charms of Machu Picchu and beyond in Peru. Even if you haven’t used the visa for travel to Australia yet, travellers can enter Peru for up to 180 calendar days, for a continuous stay or multiple shorter visits during the period of one year. More information here .

South Korea

Indian passport holders can visit South Korea for a period of 30 days with an Australia visa. The only caveat is that you must transit through the country either on your way to or back from Australia with a valid visa.

Other documents required: Confirmed onward flight ticket that departs within 30 days of reaching Korea, the visa sticker attached to the passport. More information here .

Whether you want to chase waterfalls in Martvili Canyon or lean into the city charms of Tbilisi, if you’ve got a valid Australia visa and a valid passport, you can stay in Georgia for up to 90 days, within any 180 day period. More information here .

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Montenegro allows holders of a valid Australia visa entry into the country for up to 30 days. While you’re there, hit the stunning beaches of Budva, or hike the rugged trails of Durmitor National Park.

It’s best to verify specific requirements with your nearest embassy or consulate. More information here .

Philippines

Indian travellers can travel through the Philippines for 14 days if they have a valid Australia visa.

Other documents required: An Indian passport valid for at least six months beyond the date of departure from the Philippines and a return or onward ticket to the next destination. More information here.

Singapore’s Visa Free Transit Facility allows Indian passport holders to transit through Singapore and spend 96 hours in the country if they hold an Australia visa that’s valid for at least a month at the time of travel.

Other documents required: An onward flight or ferry ticket that departs within 96 hours. More information here .