- DAILY DEPARTURES: From Hotels in Miraflores or San Isidro.
- SHARED SERVICE (passengers will be collected in the following tables):
- By the morning 9:15
- By the afternoon 14:45 pm
(*) The exact time of the transfer of passengers will be confirmed at the time of reservations.
This excursion offers the best combination of the different attractions in Lima and its three historical periods: pre-Hispanic, colonial and contemporary. Lima, there were several pre-Columbian cultures dating back thousands of years ago. Lima was part of the Inca Empire until it was founded by the Spanish conqueror Francisco Pizarro the 18tth of January 1535. During our guided tour we will travel to its ancient history.
ANCESTRAL LIMA
In the Huaca Pucllana, archaeological recint build in the IV century AD have a panoramic view of this magnificent ceremonial and administrative center which was considered by the Incas a holy village. We will learn about the life and rituals of its ancient inhabitants and its typical pyramidal building, very characteristic of sacred pre-Hispanic buildings were adored in the coast of Peru.
COLONIAL LIMA
The Viceroyalty of Peru was the most important of the Spanish Empire and Lima was its capital. The highlights of its historical center are its architecture and urban design of the city, located on the subject streets filled with colonial houses adorned with Moorish balconies. Our tour includes the Paseo de la República, Plaza San Martin (San Martin square) and the Plaza Mayor (Main Square), with their different buildings: Government Palace (Presidential Palace), the Archbishop’s Palace, the Cathedral (Cathedral Basilica) and the Palacio Municipal (City Hall).
In its historic center we visited 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 different pre-Columbian cultures, from its origins to Inca times (1). We will enter the monumental Convento de San Francisco (Convent of Saint Francis), which displays the largest collection of religious art in America. We can admire the Choir Room and monks of the Library, the Sacristy, with its collection of Zurbaran and Rivera. The Big Patio of the Main Cloister, decorated with Seville tiles of XVI century, its beautiful Moorish arches and its subterranean crypts known as The Catacombs, where you feel the presence of Lima’s colonial past.
CONTEMPORARY LIMA
Visit the residential areas with the highest tradition of the capital: The Olive Grove of San Isidro, Miraflores and Larco Mar, distinctive tourist center of contemporary Lima.
* (1) Museo del Banco Central de Reserva, closed to the public on Saturday and Sunday afternoons.
* Promotions and the visit of this booklet can change or finalize without notice.
