A sampling of destinations visited through Queens’ program in Peru

Your time in Peru will sample the South American country’s Incan and Spanish-colonial pasts and its many natural resources.

	Plaza de Armas The core of sprawling Lima, Peru’s capital, this Spanish-Style city square is a window onto the city’s yesterday and today.
	Cuzco Capital of the Inca Empire, its stone streets and walls date back five centuries.
	Sacsayhuaman A fortress sitting above the city of Cuzco. Legend holds that Cuzco was laid out to form the shape of a puma, a sacred Inca animal, with Sacsayhuanman representing the head.
	Pisac Peruvian village on the Urubamba River, known for its Inca ruins and artisan market.
	Arequipa The second largest city in Peru is known for its white volcanic-rock buildings from the Spanish colonial area.
	Lake Titicaca High up in the Andes Mountains — 12,500 feet —  this lake sits on the border of Peru and Bolivia.
	Machu Picchu Ruins of an Inca estate abandoned when the Spaniards invaded the Inca Empire. It sits so high up on a mountain that it still can’t be seen from below.