Assistance on your arrival in Lima and transfer to your
selected hotel. Free time to rest and prepare for
starting your trip around this unusual City and magical
country.
Meals Included: None
DAY 02: Lima - Larco Herrera Museum
In the morning, guided sightseeing tour to the most
attractive and important sites in Lima, the "City of
Kings". The tour includes Lima's Historical Centre,
passing by Plaza San Martin, Plaza Mayor, the Government
Palace, the City Hall, the Cathedral and its Religious
Art Museum, the Church of Santo Domingo, with the tombs
of Santa Rosa and San Martin de Porras, and Lima's
Colonial Balconies. We will visit the Convent and Church
of San Francisco, the greatest monumental complex of
Colonial Art in America and Cultural Heritage of
Humanity. The tour includes a visit to the Basilica of
21 altars, Convent of Cloisters, Capitulary and
Clementine Rooms, Chorus and Library of the monks, a
Museum showing 11 paintings of the Rubens School, the
Sacristy with paintings of Surbaran and Ribera, its
great patio decorated with Seville tiles of the XVIth
Century, Moorish arches and underground Catacombs.
Then we visit Larco Herrera Museum, for an excellent
overview of Peru's ancient past as it holds the best
private collection of pre-Columbian art in the country.
The museum has many fine examples of textile works, one
example of which has a record breaking 398 threads per
inch; materials and tools used by ancient Peruvians to
produce their work in ceramics and metal; and Pre-Inca
and Inca period pottery, gold and silver pieces with
semiprecious stones.
And finally we will go to the residential Districts of
San Isidro and Miraflores, passing by the Huaca Pucllana,
a Ceremonial and Administrative Centre of the Lima
Culture built in the II Century A.C. that the Incas
considered as "Ñaupallaqta" or Sacred Town. We will also
visit El Olivar Park with olive trees brought from Spain
in the XVth Century, the Central Park of Miraflores and
Larcomar, a symbol of modern Lima and a tourist and
entertainment centre as well as a privileged site to
enjoy an amazing view of the Pacific Ocean.
Meals Included: Breakfast
DAY 03: Pachacamac
After breakfast, we take a 45-minute drive to the
ancient pre-Columbian Pachacamac Pilgrimage Centre
overlooking the fertile Valley of Lurin and the Pacific
Ocean. Built around 700 AD, as a temple for worshipping
the Sun God, the complex is mostly constructed from mud
bricks or adobe. The Temple housed an oracle and is
considered as one of the Main Ceremonial Centres of
pre-Hispanic Peru. Pilgrims flocked here from far and
wide to worship Pachacamac, believed to be the Creator
of the World and all of its creatures. The best
preserved area is the Inca-built section (1440-1533).
The Archaeological site includes palaces, plazas and
temples, that have been recently restored, and an
on-site Museum housing interesting pre-Hispanic relics.
Free time for lunch near Pachacamac ruins. Afternoon,
return to your selected hotel for overnight.
Meals Included: Breakfast
DAY 04: Lima
In the morning, after breakfast, transfer and
assistance on your departure from Lima.
Meals Included:
Breakfast
Tour Inclusions
INCLUDED:
3 Nights accommodation in Lima
Bilingual guided tours (english / spanish)
Meals as indicated in the itinerary
In and out transfers
Entrance fees
Applicable Taxes
NOT INCLUDED:
Airport taxes ($30.25 for international flights and
$6.05 for domestic flights)
