Lima
Traditional tour 3d/2n
Ancient Foot Print
Day 01 Lima
Reception at Jorge Chavez International airport and transfer to your select hotel.
Overnight in the selected hotel
Day 02 City Tour
Breakfast.
Our tour gives you the best combination of attractions in Lima from pre-Hispanic, Colonial and Modern times.
This excursion offers the best combination of the different attractions in Lima and its three historical periods: pre-hispanic, colonial and contemporary.
ANCESTRAL LIMA
At the Huaca Pucllana, an archeological 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 República (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 (1).
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.
MODERN 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, and visit of a magnificent exhibition of jewelry and handicrafts from the different regions of millenary Peru. Live and enjoy the feeling of cosmopolitan Lima.
(1) Museum of Banco Central de Reserva, closed to the public on Saturdays and Sundays afternoon.
Day 03 Lima
After breakfast. Transfer to the local airport or bus station.
[+] Info about Colca Canyon – Info about Titicaca Lake