Juliaca is a city in the Peru Altiplano.
Get in
By plane
- Inca Manco Cápac International Airport (IATA: JUL), -15.4705°, -70.1564°. is the nearest airport to the western shores of Lago Titicaca at Capachica (40 km east) and Puno (42 km south) with the following airlines:
- LATAM Peru (Lima, Cusco)</br>
- Sky Airlines Perú (Lima).
By bus
The Terminal Terrestre 📍 is about a 20-minute walk (2 km) (or a much faster taxi ride) east from the Plaza de Armas. Daily buses depart to and from Cusco (6hrs); Arequipa (4 hrs); Puno (:50 min); Copacabana and Lima (18hr12m via Arequipa) with some of the following: - Cruz del Sur, +51 1 3115050. 2020-11-29 - Civa/ExcluCiva, +51 1 4181111. 2020-11-29 - Transzela, +51 51 330056. 2020-11-29
By car
Get around
See
- Lampa, 35 km northwest of Juliaca on Carr Lampa-Juliaca, has an impressive colonial church and catacombs with an exact replica of "La Pieta" of Michelangelo, and South American camelids.
Do
Buy
Eat
- La Fuente de la Salud, Jr. Jorge Chavez N° 215 (round the corner from Hotel Sakura). A very nice vegetarian restaurant. S/6 for a very complete menu. Clean and friendly staff. Definitely worth stopping by if you are in town.
Drink
Sleep
Travel to Puno for lodging.
- Hotel Sakura. Clean hotel, cable TV, wireless internet. Pretty decent accommodation. S/70 for a double.