Pisco is a medium sized town on the Southern Coast of Peru just south of Lima. This fisher town itself has little to offer to tourists and is best used only as a starting point for a trip to the Ballestas Islands and possibly the nearby salt desert and national reserve, Paracas. Pisco was the tourist hub of the area prior to the earthquake in 2007 but has not completely bounced back from that. Most businesses moved to Paracas, but enough remained to still provide a comfortable stay.