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View from a hill of Copacabana, Bolivia with Lake Titicaca in the background

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Overview

Everything 鈥� and everyone 鈥� that sits beside this impressive body of water, from the traditional Aymar谩 villages to the glacier-capped peaks of the Cordillera Real, seems to fall into the background in contrast with the shimmering opal jewel set into the spare altiplano earth. It is not hard to see how Inca legends came to credit Lake Titicaca with the birth of their civilization.

Attractions

Must-see attractions

Cathedral

Lake Titicaca

The sparkling white mud茅jar (Moorish鈥搒tyle) cathedral, with its domes and colorful azulejos (blue Portuguese-style ceramic tiles), dominates the town鈥�

Sampaya

Lake Titicaca

This is a beautifully preserved village where the homes are built with flat stones joined in an earthen mortar. There is a stone church on the hilltop鈥�

Chincana Ruins

Isla del Sol

Isla del Sol's most spectacular ruins lie near the island鈥檚 northern tip. Its main feature is the Palacio del Inca, a maze of stone walls and tiny鈥�

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Isla del Sol

This agreeable little village stretches along a magnificent sandy beach that could be straight out of a holiday brochure for the Greek islands. The鈥�

Marka Pampa

Isla del Sol

At low tide an innocuous-looking column of rock peeps just a few centimeters above Lake Titicaca鈥檚 surface, north of Isla del Sol. Most locals dismiss it鈥�

Yumani

Isla del Sol

Yumani is the main village at the south end of the island. Most boats drop you at the village鈥檚 dock, about 200m downhill from the town proper. The small鈥�

Horca del Inca

Lake Titicaca

This hillside gate (named 'the Incan Gallows' by the Spaniards) is a fascinating pre-Incan astronomical observatory, surrounded by pierced rocks that鈥�

Mesa Cerem贸nica

Isla del Sol

About 150m southeast of the Chincana ruins is the Mesa Cerem贸nica. It鈥檚 thought to have been the site of human and animal sacrifices and makes for a鈥�

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