Regional Museum of Ica and Stone Museum
The Regional Museum, which displays numerous and interesting artifacts from the various cultural periods of regional history.

Dr. Cabrera Museum
This museum holds a valuable series of engraved stones depicting primitive life scenes. This collection makes a good summary of the origin of the Peruvian civilization before the Inca Empire. Here are found pottery, textiles and evidence of medical practices by the Paracas and Nasca cultures.

Julio C. Tello Museum
Located 5 km (3 ml) from Paracas beach, This museum houses ceramics and textiles depicting daily life scenes, pieces that show the evolution of the Paracas culture. At a short distance, the necropolis of the Cabezas Largas is found.

Tambo Colorado Fortress
Inca architectural complex, presumably used as a control station of the Andean migration towards this area.

Paredones
Archeological site located 2 km east of Nasca, with a large square, deposits, ceremonial areas, barracks, niches, trapezoidal windows and other buildings.

Cantayoc Aqueducts
These remains are located 4 km from Nasca. A complex system of underground aqueducts that allowed taking advantage of the underground water is an evidence of this culture's technological development in the exploitation of the land.

Cahuachi
17 km from Nasca, Cahuachi is an archaeological area comprising a series of adobe pyramids with open spaces or squares between them. In the early stages of the Nasca culture, it served as a ceremonial center.

Chauchilla Inka Cemetery
8 km from Nasca, there are tombs desecrated by "huaqueros" (temple and tomb diggers) who have left skeletons, skulls and other remains out in the open.

Nazca Lines and Figures Mysterious markings drawn on the sand spreading over an area of 350 km2  (135 sq. miles). These lines feature several animals and plants such as a spider, a monkey, a dog, a hummingbird among others, in dimensions ranging from 15 to 300 meters each, with a depth of around 30 cm.  These huge drawings are best appreciated from air.

Sacaco
100 km. south Nasca, are the fossilized remains of whales from primitive times. The first paleontological museum in Peru, the Fossil Museum of Sacaco, with general information about the local geology and images of the animal's life in that area, can be visited here.

Most Important Archaeological Sites in Peru:

Amazonas
Ancash
Cajamarca
Cusco
Ica
Lambayeque
Lima
La Libertad
Puno