Piura
Piura is a city in northwestern Peru, located north of the Sechura Desert along the Piura River.
Piura is a city in northwestern Peru, located north of the Sechura Desert along the Piura River. It is the capital of the Piura Region and the Piura Province. Its population was 484,475 as of 2017 and it is the 7th most populous city in Peru. The city is located in the central eastern part of the Piura Region, 981 kilometers from the country's capital, Lima and is near to the border with Ecuador.
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Worth seeing in and around Piura
3 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01University of Piura
The University of Piura is a private university in Peru. It has two campuses, the main one is in Piura, while a more recently built one is located in the Miraflores District of Lima.
2.6 km · private university in Peru · Wikipedia - 02Estadio Miguel Grau
Estadio Miguel Grau is a multi-use stadium in Piura, Peru, built in 1958. It is currently used by football team Atlético Grau.
2 km · Multi-use stadium in Piura, Peru · Wikipedia - 03Piura Cathedral
The St. Michael the Archangel Cathedral, also called Piura Cathedral, is a religious building affiliated to the Catholic Church that is located in the city of Piura, Peru.
800 m · Catholic Cathedral of Piura · Wikipedia
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What Wikivoyage says to see
Some wonderful colonial architecture, gorgeous plazas and parks, a large market, and a museum are found in Piura.
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Where to eat
The city of Piura is among the best places to eat in Perú. Try ceviche; fish and other types of seafood are always fresh. Another options are leche de tigre (tiger's milk, obviously is not made of a tiger), seco de chabelo, jalea, etc. Food is not particularly spicy in the Mexican sense, though there is a good deal of hot onion and citrus juice in ceviche.
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Getting to Piura
- Airports
- Capitán FAP José A. Quiñones González (CIX), 198 km
- Stations
- Cap. FAP Guillermo Concha Iberico International Airport, 2 km
- Chiclayo → Piura198 km · quickest by road, 3h 39m · S/36–48
- Trujillo → Piura372 km · quickest by road, 7h 48m · S/70–95
- Pucallpa → Piura762 km · quickest by road, 26h 1m · S/240–320
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Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Piura
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Piura. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Go nextTo access Colán, one must get off at where the main highway intersects the road into the city and catch a moto or colectivo into town.
- Go nextTo see the forest, which hosts over 140 species of birds in a mere 600 hectares, it is best to employ a guide for S/12 per day from the village of Yacupampa, about 5 minutes from Ayabaca in mototaxi.
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