Exotic and Historic Travel

Puno Travel: Puno is a pretty tourist city on the shores of Lake Titicaca on the Altiplano of Peru. The city’s biggest attraction is its proximity to Lake Titicaca.

Puno’s importance to the vast Inca empire was reflected in a legendary connection. Inca tradition has it that Manco Capac, the first Inca, rose from the waters of Lake Titicaca, under the orders of the Sun God, to found the Inca Empire, which would be centered in the neighboring region and city of Cuzco.

This region of Peru is famous for its varied and colorful folk traditions, as it has some of the most dazzling and richest folklore ceremonies to be witnessed in this part of the continent.

PUNO
is a city in southeastern Peru, located on the shore of Lake Titicaca, the world’s highest navigable lake, at 3,860 m (12,421 ft) above sea level and the largest city of the Puno Region and the Puno Province.

This City is reflected by the importance on the connection with the Inca, in last times says that Manco Capac, the first Inca, who rose from the waters of Lake Titicaca, under the orders of the Sun God. Read the rest of this entry »