Ica, Peru Hotels, Vacations, Tourism

An attractive old but busy city with around 170,000 inhabitants, ICA is famous throughout Peru for its wine and pisco production. Its very foundation (in 1563) went hand in hand with the introduction of grapevines to South America, and for most Peruvian visitors it is the bodegas or wineries that are the town’s biggest draw. A further attraction is the Museo Regional , whose superb collections of pre-Colombian ceramics and Paracas, Ica and Nazca culture artefacts would alone make the city worth an excursion. Ica’s streets and plazas are crowded with hundreds of little tico taxis, all beeping their … more »