City Tour

The best excursion to get to know Lima and its history.

Daily Tour:

Mornings:9:30 (aprox).

Afternoons: 2:30 (aprox).

Duration: 4:00 (aprox).

ANCESTRAL LIMA.

At the Huaca Pucllana, an archeologial precint build in the IV century A.C, we will have a panoramic view of his 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 piramidal building, very harecteristic of sacred pre-hispanic edifications which were adred 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 ighlights of its historical centre are its architecture and the urban desing 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 (Archibishop’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 building, We will enter the monumental Convento de San Francisco (Convent of Saint Francis), which displays the biggest colletion of religious art in America. We can admired the Choir Room and the Monks Library, the Sacristy, with its collection of Zurbaran and Rivera aintings. The Big Patio of the Main Cloister, decorated with sevillan tyles from the XVI century, its 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 i the capital: The Olive Grove of San Isidro, Miraflores and Larco ar, distintive tourist centre of contemporary Lima, and visit of a magnificent exhibition of jewellery and handicrafts from the different regions of millenary Peru. Live and enjoy the feeling of cosmopolitan Lima.

INCLUDED:

Proffesional Guide.

Transportation by tourism bus.

Entrance fee.

Transfer in/out.