Day 1: Arrival to Lima
PM. Assistance on your arrival in Lima and transfer to the
selected hotel.
Day 2: Lima
9.00 in the morning, city tour of the "City of Kings".
The tour includes visitsto the Huaca Pucllana,, and considered
by the Incas as ñaupallaqta, a "sacred village".
We will show you the Historical Center: Paseo de la República,
San Martín Square, Main Square, Government Palace,
Basilica Cathedral, the Archbishop's Palace, City Hall Palace,
the old streets with colonial mansions and Moorish-style balconies.
We will visit the Convent and Church of San Francisco, the
greatest monumental assembly of colonial art in America. The
monks' Choir and Library; the Vestry, with paintings by Zurbaran
and Rivera; Main Cloister decorated with Sevillian tiles from
the 16th century; Moorish arches, and The Catacombs, underground
crypts from the colonial times.
The tour continues through the more traditional Residential
Areas: El Olivar in San Isidro, Miraflores' Central Park,
and Larco Mar which has become a distinctive symbol of modern
Lima.
Free time for lunch.
Early in the afternoon, enjoy an overview of Peru's pre-Columbian
history while visiting the Museum of Anthropology and Archaeology,
the largest collection of pre-Hispanic artifacts, such as
Chavin stone sculptures, textiles from Paracas, Nazca and
Mochica ceramics and Chimu metalwork; as well as paintings,
documents and objects relating to prominent people of Peru's
Conquest, Viceroyalty and Republic times.
Return to your selected hotel for overnight.
Day 3: Lima
In the morning, after breakfast, transfer and assistance in
your departure from Lima. End of services. |
