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Peru Tourist Guide
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CENTRAL PERU:
Lima, the Capital:
Colonial Lima
Pachacamac
Miraflores
Gold Museum
Barranco
Shopping
Colonial Lima
The best tour to become familiar with Lima and its history
This excursion offers the best combination of the differents attractions in Lima and
its three historical periods: pre-hispanic, colonial and contemporary.In Lima, there
were several different pre-columbian cultures which are dated thousands of years back.
Lima was part of the Inca Empire until was founded by the spaniard Francisco Pizarro on
the 18th. of January, 1535. During our guided tour we will travel along its millenary
history.
ANCESTRAL LIMA
At the Huaca Pucllana, an archaeological precint 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 piramidal
building, very characteristic of sacred pre-hispanic edifications which were adored in
the coast of Perú.
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 thold 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 beaautiful buildings, the Museum
of the Banco Central de Reserva, where we can admire Perú'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. 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 in the capital: The Olive Grove of San
Isidro, Miraflores and Larco Mar, distinctive tourist centre of contemporary Lima.
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