Hotels in Nazca

I was only there for 2 days but wished I could hav stayed a few more. The whole I did have there I started my day with the nazca line at 8am & paid $75 & 25 airport tax best time to go because of the heat. Picked up again by the owner & back to the hotel where breakfast was waiting, had a shower pop around town then back to hotel for 2 as I was on the buggy tour with sandboarding which was amazing as it was a first for me :) & the whole thing took about 4-5 hrs all I booked at hotel as it was a lot cheap than most people paid! Over all one of the nicest & helpful places I've staying in Peru :)

My husband and I didn't expect much from Nazca apart from a flight over the Nazca lines. However, we loved the place! The town was great and interesting, lots of places to shop and eat. The flight over the lines was fantastic (we went with Great Nazca Tours) and also did a last-minute sand dunes tour with sandboarding (book in town with Edunas). Definitely spend two days in Nazca.

We took a 30 minute flight over the Lines which I highly recommend. We also took a tour to the Cemetery at Chauchilla which was also very interesting as well as a stop by the 1500 year old aquaducts at Cantallocs. It would have been nice to have a few extra hours to stop by the Cahuachi Pyramids but we ran out of time. We were only there for one full day and 2 nights, and another half day would have been perfect but we had a long bus ride back up to Lima so we had to leave.

The mysterious Nazca Lines spark many conversations and the little town of Nazca has capitilized on the interest. It's a small town big on character. The Plaza de Armas and surrounding blocks is a bustling hub of activity as the day turns to night. Families, children (young and old), vendors, and tourist all converge to give the park a carnival atmosphere. I travelled by bus (between 8-9 hours from Lima) and stayed one night. In hindsight a second night would have allowed me to enjoy Nazca just a bit more but I believe a third night would have been unnecessary. I stayed in the La Maison de Lydia which sits on the edge of town. I walked into town and back and felt perfectly safe but, for 5 CLP you can take a taxi into town. The DM Hoteles Nasca has a small planetarium on their property and they do a presentation about the Nazca Lines and constellation allignment. There are presentations in different languages so inquire at the hotel. One tip, if it is a cloudy night it is best to pass as a large part of the presentation is outdoors looking at the night sky. Cost 20 CLP. This was one of my oldest bucket list items and I enjoyed every minute of my stay in Nazca. The ariel tours, of which there are many, have it down to a science. My hotel booked me with AeroNazca and they were awesome. Enjoy!

It’s a great little stop that breaks down our trip well. There are a few quite interesting attractions around nazca apart from the Nazca Lines. The only downside is that you have to take a taxi to most of these places of interest (the aqueducts on Cantalloc, the mummy cemetery in Chauchilla, the pyramids of Cahuachi, etc) and there’s an entrance fee to be paid to all these attractions on top of the taxi trip. Worth visiting though if you’ve got a bit of time and are not on a tight budget.

Nazca is a tiny town and tourists go there for visiting the Nazca lines (by taking a small plane), there's a museum Antonini which has pre-columbian art, there is a desert nearby which is beautiful to go to for watching the sunset and there are some other attractions. One could spent one to two days in Nazca. The city itself has nothing much to offer. There are many touristic restaurants, however, dare to try out some local restaurant, which serves local food, as the prices are very low (around 3 euros for a full meal with drink included!)