Magic Puno
Turistical places to visit
 Lake titicaca: at ten blocks of the main place of puno and seven minutes approx. By foot is situated the highest navigable lake of the world at an altitude of 3810 meters and an approx. Surface of 8560 km2, a length of 194 km and a wide average of 65 km. In the zones where its depth exceeds 25 meters and their waters are of blue color and in less deep it has the green color that the aquatic plants give him.
 Uros island: at four km of puno and twenty minutes approx. In a motor boat. Their settlers descend from one of the oldest towns of america. Their houses of totora are based on the surface of lake titicaca. It is a town whose mysteries life habits have become a powerful touristical attraction. Uros counts with more than forty floating islands of totora, typical boats that maintain the authenticity of their existence.
 Taquile island: at thirty five km from the city of puno and four hours approx. By boat. Island of great cultural ethnic value and it still conserves the old cultural traditions standing out of the weave techniques. For tourists who wish to spend the night on the island, the families of the place offer lodging in its own houses. Taquile is an attractive tourist place and the most important of the lake titicaca because of their strategic location in the middle of the lake. In taquile it would be possible to visit his religious temples like the koanos and molusina who represents the governing father and mother of the religious life.
Amantani island: located at 37 km from the port of puno and four hours and thirty minutes by boat. It is populated by four thousand people distributed in communities dedicated to the agriculture and andeneries, this island is also important because of their cultural ethnic value. When we speak about ecological and mystical tourism we talk about amantani, place where the poblation lives harmoniously under the influence of his temples pukara, pachatata and pachamama. In amantani they have agriculture, crafts and also the production of medicinal plants.
 Sillustani: located at 34 km from the city of puno and thirty minutes approx. By car at the borders of the umayo lake. He’s archaeological monuments called "chullpas" who are constructions of stones in form of conical towers whose height varies from ten to thirteen meters. Also known like houses that belong the life after which we called death.
Pucara: at 101 km from the north of puno and one hour and forty five minutes approx. By car. He’s pottery has reached great reputation specially by its "toritos de pucara '".
Chucuito: at 18 km from the south of puno and twenty minutes approx. By car. It has a beautiful main place with the church of assumption from the year 1610. Is one of the oldest towns and with great resonance during the colony, in his outskirts is the portable altar of the inca uyo.
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