Must-see attractions in South America

  • Museo del Azulejo

    Colonia del Sacramento

    This dinky 17th-century stone house has a small sampling of French and Catalan tilework.

  • Güemes Monument

    Salta

    This monument at the foot of Cerro San Bernardo marks the start of the path up the hill.

  • Museo Perón

    Coastal Patagonia

    This newish multistory museum documents the life of ex-president Juan Domingo Perón.

  • Cathedral

    Loja

    Watch the devotees stepping inside for their daily devotions to the Virgen del Cisne.

  • House of the High Priest

    Machu Picchu

    Little is known about these mysterious ruins, located opposite the Principal Temple.

  • Cathedral

    Tena

    Tena's cathedral sits modestly on the main plaza on the west side of the Río Tena.

  • Camellón de Riohacha

    Riohacha

    Built in 1937, this impressive wooden pier is lovely for a stroll late in the day.

  • Iglesia del Hospicio

    Cochabamba

    This church, built in 1875, combines neoclassical, baroque and Byzantine elements.

  • Vulqano Park

    Quito

    This theme park on the flanks of Volcán Pichincha has rides for all the family.

  • Casarão dos Azulejos

    Brazil

    This beautifully blue-tiled old house sits in front of the Iglesia NS do Carmo.

  • Base Naval Ballivián

    Amazon Basin

    Local naval base set, strangely enough, several blocks away from the river.

  • Primera Casa

    Coastal Patagonia

    Primera Casa was Gaiman's first house, built in 1874 by David Roberts.

  • Tribunales

    La Serena

    Tribunales was built as a result of González Videla’s Plan Serena.

  • Playas de Thompson

    Along the Río Paraná

    Paraná's best beach is a kilometer east of the costanera.

  • Forte Santa Maria

    Salvador

    A 17th-century stone fortification that's administered by the Navy.

  • Iglesia de la Merced

    Cali & Southwest Colombia

    This church is noted for its elaborate wooden spiral staircase.

  • Municipalidad

    La Serena

    Pop your head inside to check out photos of the city's past.

  • Museo Coquesa

    Salar de Uyuni

    This museum has a collection of ceramics and mummies.

  • Church

    North Coast & Lowlands

    This Catholic Church frames Esmeraldas' main square.

  • Church

    Vilcabamba

    Small church on the south side of the Central Plaza.

  • Cathedral

    Puyo

    On the east side of Parque 12 de Mayo.

  • Museo de Oro del Perú

    Lima

    The now notorious Museo de Oro del Perú, a private museum, was a Lima must-see until 2001, when a study revealed that 85% of the museum’s metallurgical…

  • Museum Balcon de Huaura

    North Coast

    The town of Huaura, opposite Huacho, is where José de San Martín is said to have first proclaimed Peru’s independence a full six months before his famous…

  • Iglesia de San Ignacio

    Bogotá

    The Jesuits began this iconic church in 1610 and, although opened for worship in 1635, it was not completed until their expulsion in 1767. It was the…

  • Casa de Oquendo

    Lima

    The cornflower-blue Casa de Oquendo is a ramshackle turn-of-the-19th-century house (in its time, the tallest in Lima) with a creaky lookout tower that, on…

  • Flora and Fauna Itaipú Binacional

    Paraguay

    In the creation of the Itaipú Dam, the dam company was obliged to set up a series of eight private reserves that now protect the last remnants of the Alto…

  • Palacio Arzobispal

    Lima

    This landmark building is the residence of the Archbishop of Lima, and the administrative headquarters of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Lima. No…

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