Isla Taquile Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels
island in Peru
About Isla Taquile
The island of Taquile is governed by a council of elders whose members are elected. One of the unique features of the island is that there areno big hotels or restaurants. Groups that go to the island and want to have lunch ask at the tourist office in which family's backyard they'll eat that day. Same applies for finding a bed, one has to ask at the tourist office which family's turn it is to take a paying guest. Crime is non-existentand was only introduced for a short period of time by corrupt policemen when the Peruvian government set up a police station. The island's people kicked the police out again, so today there is no police station. Because it is a very popular destination for tours fromPuno, on any given day the island is full of tourists. If one wants to experience the real isl
Isla Taquile Travel Guide Sections
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