Category: puno
Located in the south eastern region of Peru, the city of Puno is supposed to be a beautiful locale. It is situated on the shores of the highest navigable lake in the world called Lake Titicaca. The lake is located three thousand eight hundred and sixty meters above the sea level. Puno Peru is also the largest city of the Puno region and is located in the Puno province.
A Brief History of Puno
Peru is located in South America and is known the world over for its historic sites, beautiful structures and scenic locales. Of the numerous cities in Peru, Lima-‘The City Of The Kings’, Machu Picchu Cuzco-‘The Lost City Of The Incas’, Arequipa-‘The White City’, Puno-‘The Folk Capital Of South America’ and Nazca-‘The Mysterious Lines’, are the most popular tourist destinations by far. Most of these sites have now been converted into World Heritage Sites.
Your Puno travel brings you to a quaint little tourist city, banked on the shores of the famous Lake Titicaca, Peru. Today Puno is quintessentially a tourist town, forming the gateway to the many islands of Lake Titicaca. But in the past, the town had seen more glorious days.