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- Pick up at the hotel (Miraflores, San Isidro
& Lima Downtown).
ANCESTRAL LIMA.
At the Huaca Pucllana, an archaeological precint built
in the IV century BC, 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 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 Govierno (government Palace), Palacio
Arzobispal (Archbishop´s Palace), the Basilica
Catedral (Cathedral Basilica) and the Palacio
Municipal (City Hall)
In its historical centre we
shall visit one of its most beautiful buildings, the
Museum of the Banco Ventral 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.
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 Monk´s
Library, the Sacristy, with its collection of Zurbaran
and Rivera paintings. The Big Patio of the Main
Cloister, decorated with Seville tiles from the XVI
century, its beautiful Moorish arches and its
subterranean crypts known as The Catacombs, where you
will feel the precense of Lima´s colonial past.
CONTEMPORARY LIMA.
Visit to the most tradicional residential areas in the
capital: The Olive Grove of San Isidro, Miraflores and
Larco Mar, distinctive tourist centre of contemporary
Lima.
- Transfer to the hotel
(Miraflores, San Isidro & Lima Downtown).
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