Hospedaje el Telar

Forty-eight hours is all most visitors give Nazca, but Hospedaje el Telar's 9.5 rating across 468 reviews suggests guests stay longer than planned. The guesthouse occupies the desert town that anchors the Nazca Lines, the geoglyphs etched into the surrounding pampa plateau.

Rooms are simply furnished, and the name — el Telar, the loom — nods to the region's pre-Inca weaving traditions preserved at the nearby Cahuachi ceremonial site and in local textile markets.

Small-plane overflights of the Lines depart from the local airstrip a short ride from the plaza. The Antonini Museum, which holds original Nasca ceramics and excavated stratigraphic displays, is a ten-minute walk from the town centre.