Puno is a city in southeastern Peru, located at the edge of Lake Titicaca, the world's highest navigable lake

Peru Travel Puno is a touristic place thanks to the nearby Titicaca Lake and Sullistani. The city itself isn't very interesting and looks poor. Most of the buildings are made of adobe and covered with metal roofs. The center is small. The Jirón Lima is a car free street with restaurants and pubs. This street is the center of nightlife and many tourists and locals come together in this place.

Peñas with life music create a pleasant atmosphere. One end of this street is the Plaza de Armas with the Catedrál built in 1747 by Simón de Asta. In the Avenida la Torre is the railway station situated and a market of vegetables and fruits. In the small tiny streets of Puno a lot of bicycles are used for transportation.

As these are also used as taxi, they bring visitors to the harbor at the end of Avenida el Puerto and Avenida Titicaca. Boat trips are offered with a guide to the floating islands of the Urus and to the islands of Taquile and Amantaní. A busy market street Puno is the city of folclore, music and dance.

In no other place in Peru so many different dances are practised as in Puno. In "la Fiesta de la Virgin de Candelaria" in the first week of February 70 local groups show their dances. She became the guardian angel of the city because of a miracle happened in the 16th century. The rebellious Kollavino Indians attacted the city and a army of Spanish soldiers showed up out of nothing. The Indians surrendered and scared away. The apotheosis of the festival is the 12th of Febrary when hundreds of groups pay their respect to dance in a long procession through the city, accompanied by the typical music of the Andes. In and around Puno more than 300 dances stood the test of time and are still practised.

Puno is a city in southeastern Peru, located at the edge of Lake Titicaca, the world's highest navigable lake, at 3,860 m (12,421 ft) above sea level. It is also the capital and largest city of the Puno Region and the Puno Province. Puno's importance to the vast Inca empire was reflected in a legendary connection. Inca tradition has it that Manco Capac, the first Inca, rose from the waters of Lake Titicaca, under the orders of the Sun God, to found the Inca Empire, which would be centered in the neighboring region and city of Cuzco.

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