Nazca offers like destination a unique place in the world, full of mystery and mysticism, wonderful lines of immense figures and lines, of spectacular perfection, works of a very old Peruvian civilization, the lines of Nazca.

Location
Central Coast, 1,929 feet (588 m.) above se level

Distances
460 km (286 miles) from Lima
135 km (84 miles) from Ica
205 km (127.4 miles) from Paracas

Population
19,661 inhabitants   

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The town of Nazca was founded in 1591 by the Spaniards, on the valley of Nazca, close to towns inhabited by old civilizations that had been dominated by the Inca.

Nazca, is a gentle town, slowly developing; in which its main economic activity is based on the agriculture and the trade.

Tourism to this area is related directly with the lines of Nazca, and the city has comfortable hotels and an aerodrome.

Tourist Attractions

Lines of Nazca: Declared World Heritage Site by UNESCO.

"Paredones" (walls)
Archaeological Inca center, located at 2 km (1.24 miles) East of Nazca. Constructions of plazas, deposits, fortresses, ceremonial center.

Cahuachi
Archaeological center of the Nazca culture, main cultural urban center, built with great urban sense. The citadel is built in adobe, ceremonial pyramids. Attached to this town were also discovered (1980) a group of lines traced on the floor in form of trapezes and serpentines that embrace 1 square km. It is located at 27 km (16.77 miles) of Nazca.

Chauchilla
Pre-Inca cemetery, in which the profanation of tombs by the huaqueros, have left open some tombs in which you can appreciate the old inhabitants' remains. It is located at 28 km (17.4 miles) to the S of Nazca.

Estaquería
Archaeological complex of the Nazca culture, solar observatory, on platforms made of adobes and columns of "huarangos" trunks (variety of tree).

Aqueducts of Nazca
Archaeological remains of the Nazca culture, it shows the high development reached in hydraulic engineering, complex of underground aqueducts and reservoirs.

Sacaco
Located at 100 km (62 miles) to the S of Nazca, it is a rich location of fossil remains, especially of whales and primitive sharks of the Tertiary Era. Small paleontological museum. To arrive to this area, you should take the Pan-American South Highway until kilometer 539 and take a detour of 1.5 km to the museum site.