If you want to modify this program in any way for your greater satisfaction, stay more days somewhere in the course of the trip or visit other destinations, do not hesitate to contact us and ask for our advice.
Upon arrival, our staff will be waiting for you at the airport to transfer you to the selected hotel.
At 14:00 hrs., we will begin a guided tour of the main tourist attractions of the city, where we will visit the Monastery of cloistered nuns of Santa Catalina, built in the 16th century and opened to the public since 1970. Santa Catalina is one of the most notable and beautiful buildings in the city, and behind its walls is more than 400 years of history. The city of Arequipa has various Spanish-type buildings and old churches built based on ashlar (white volcanic stone), among which the Cathedral and the church of the Company of Jesus stand out.
Breakfast at the hotel. At the agreed time, we will pick you up from your hotel to begin the guided tour around the city going through the typical neighborhood of Paucarpata, where we can observe pre-Inca terraces, and the typical Arequipa countryside. We will visit the famous Sabandía Mill from the 17th century, an architectural jewel that was for centuries the supplier of flour which was the main food for the Arequipa population, and the Mansion where the founder of Arequipa, García Manuel de Carvajal, one of the most prominent examples of Arequipa civil architecture from the 16th century. Arequipa, like the other cities in Peru, will surprise you with its flavours and colours. (B. L.)
Breakfast at the hotel. At the indicated time we will pick you up from your hotel and transfer you to the airport or bus terminal to continue with your itinerary. (B.)
If you want to modify this program in any way for your greater satisfaction, stay more days somewhere in the course of the trip or visit other destinations, do not hesitate to contact us and ask for our advice.