Visit Puno
- Handicraft
- Art & Culture
- Music
Puno: How to get there?
Seven hours from Cusco by bus
Puno: See when to go?
From April to November
Puno: For how long?
2 to 3 days
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Puno Holidays
Situated on the banks of Lake Titicaca, surrounded by the famous and magnificent Altiplano, Puno is often a stopping point during a stay in Peru; a base for visiting the lake and the surrounding area.
Puno: What to see nearby?
What our travellers think of their stay
Puno is a town in the south of Peru that is visited by numerous tourists wanting to visit the Lake Titicaca area. Puno is therefore an almost obligatory stop for all travellers passing through the south of Peru.
My suggestion
To visit Lake Titicaca and for those with little time available, choose to go from Copacabana in Bolivia rather than from Peru. Two nights at most in Puno are enough, I feel.
Puno is the principal port on the Peruvian side of Lake Titicaca. It serves as the point of departure for all the excursions that operate to the lake's islands.
My suggestion
You really must try to find the little ladies who sell alpaca meat kebabs! Look for them away from the centre, around the periphery of the central market. They are definitely my favourite memory from Puno.
Situated on the banks of Lake Titicaca, surrounded by the famous and magnificent Altiplano, Puno is often a stopping point during a stay in Peru; a base for visiting the lake and the surrounding area.
My suggestion
Be careful here, tourist traps work well here and it would be a shame to leave with a biased view of the place.
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