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The great thing about having a month in Peru is that you don’t have to limit yourself to big hitters like Machu Picchu and Lake Titicaca, but can explore the country’s three main regions: the coast, the Andes, and the Amazon. From national parks like Huascarán and Manu, to breathtaking sights like Colca Canyon and the Nazca Lines, to lesser-known towns like Máncora and Trujillo, there are endless places to discover if you are lucky enough to have one month in Peru.

The Plaza de Armas in the Peruvian city of Trujillo is lined with brightly painted colonial buildings with dark wood Spanish balconies. The balconies were built so proper Spanish ladies could look out on the plaza without being seen. Today, locals still walk, sit, and chat in the plaza. The photographer in the photo used his old fashioned camera as a display, but took my photo with the point and shoot digital he’s holding in his hand.

Not your average suburban sighting, Huaca del Dragón—also known as Huaca Arco Iris—is among the best-preserved Chimu ruins, and it’s just five kilometers (three miles) outside of central Trujillo. A thick wall encloses the 12th-century site, where you’ll come across a temple with a repeating rainbow motif—as well as bins that were discovered to contain infants’ bones. You’ll also find a museum on the premises.

Visit the ruins of Huaca del Sol and Huaca de la Luna, 15 minutes from Trujillo. Predating the Inca, the Mochica began to flourish in this area around 100 C.E., and these sister sites, both built around 450 C.E., are considered two of the civilization’s greatest archaeological legacies. Though Huaca del Sol is the larger of the two, Huaca de la Luna is better preserved—and filled with famed friezes depicting the culture’s rites and mythology.

The area in and around Trujillo’s Parque Central offers a lovely, leafy stroll through the colonial portion of town. You’ll find the 19th-century Catedral de San Juan Bautista, a few other Spanish (and French) colonial-era buildings and, most notably, the Fortaleza Santa Bárbara. This bay-surveying fort-cum-museum is where, among other things, the aspiring but failed U.S. conqueror of Central America—William Walker—was sentenced to death by firing squad.