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DAY 1: CITY
TOUR (Half Day )
ANCESTRAL LIMA
At the Huaca Pucllana, an archaeological precinct build in the IV
century A.C., we will have a panoramic view of this magnificent
ceremonial and administrative centre which was considered by the
Incas a holy village. We will learn about the life and rituals of
its ancient inhabitants and admire its typical pyramidal building,
very characteristic of sacred Pre-Hispanic edifications which were
adored in the coast of Peru.
COLONIAL LIMA
The Peruvian Viceroyalty was the most important one in the Spanish
Empire and Lima was its capital. The highlights of its historical
centre are its architecture and the urban design of the city, found
in the old streets filled with colonial houses adorned with Moorish-style
balconies. Our trip includes the Paseo de la Republica (Promenade of
the Republic), Plaza San Martin(San Martin Square) and the Plaza
Mayor (Main Square), with their different buildings: Palacio de
Gobierno (Government Palace), Palacio Arzobispal the (Archbishop’s
Palace), the Basilica Catedral (Cathedral Basilica) and the Palacio
Municipal (Municipal Palace).
In its historic centre we shall visit one of its most beautiful
buildings, the Museum of the Banco Central de Reserva, where we can
admire Peru's treasures: a fine selection of objects made in gold,
ceramics and textiles of its different Pre-Columbian cultures,
ranging since their origins to Inca times (*).We will enter the
monumental Convento de San Francisco (Convent of Saint Francis),
which displays the biggest collection of religious art in America.
We can admire the Choir Room and the Monks’ Library, the Sacristy,
with its collection of Zurbaran and Rivera paintings. The Big Patio
of the Main Cloister, decorated with Sevillan tiles from the XVI
century, it’s beautiful Moorish arches and its subterranean crypts
known as The Catacombs, where you will feel the presence of Lima's
colonial past.
CONTEMPORARY LIMA
Visit to the most traditional residential areas in the capital: The
Olive Grove of San Isidro, Miraflores and Larco Mar, distinctive
tourist centre of contemporary Lima where you can see the ocean.
(*) Museum of Banco Central de Reserva, closed to the public on
Saturdays and Sundays afternoon and Monday all day
END OF OUR SERVICES
INCLUDES:
All scheduled transportation. All transfers. All scheduled
excursions with English-speaking guide services. All entrance fees.
Meals
as specified in the itinerary. CB= Continental Breakfast; B=Breakfast;
L=Lunch, D=Dinner.
NOT INCLUDED IN THE FEE
International and domestic airfares, accommodations, alcoholic and
non-alcoholic beverages or bottled water, snacks, insurance of any
kind, phone calls, radio calls or messages, reconfirmation of
flights and items of personal nature.
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