AREQUIPA CITY TOUR (half day) AFTERNOON

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AREQUIPA CITY

In this tour our staff pick you up from your hotel and take you to the downtown of Arequipa, first, we will visit the most attractive viewpoints of the city, called "Carmen Alto" from this place we will appreciate the three volcanoes that surround the city of Arequipa, pre-Inca terraces and the traditional agriculture of “The White City”.

Then we moved to the district of Yanahuara to appreciate portals viewpoint, continuing our City Tour in Arequipa, we headed Incalpaca TXP; a prestigious company that produces clothes using alpaca and vicuna fur, after Sachaca Square, where you will see the whole City of Arequipa and the three volcanoes, Arequipa beautiful countryside, Goyeneche palace, was the residence of Goyeneche Bishop hired the famous architect Luca Poblete to outline the cathedral.

Finally, we will visit the Founder Mansion; a beautiful countryside, is one of the more important and traditional mansion of the region of virreynal construction from the XVIII Century.

(Optional visit) Santa Catalina's Monastery; It is the most important and impressive monument religious construction of Perú. Characterized by its narrow streets, gardens and squares have Spanish names and remind the old neighbourhood of Granada and Sevilla.

TIMETABLE	ACTIVITIES
01:45 p.m.	Pick up from your downtown hotel in Arequipa.
02:00 p.m.	Visit to the Main Square and Bus depart to Carmen alto.
03:00 p.m.	Visit to Yanahuara and around.
03:30 p.m.	Visit to the most important places lake; Outlet Icalpaca, Goyeneche Palace, Arequipa Fouder Masion And Paucarpata Inca Terraces. (optional visit) Santa Catalina's Monastery.
17:00 p.m.	Ends of the City tour and transfer to your hotel in Arequipa.

This tour include:

Advice one day before the tour.
Guide Spanish / English.
Tourist transportation.

This tour NOT include:

Others not mentioned in the program.
Lunch.
tickets to visit at Santa Catalina Monastery.

You maye take this:

A bottle of water (a liter).
Snacks, chocolate or energy candies.
Glasses, hat and sunscreen.
Lightweight and warm clothing.

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VIEWPOINT OF CARMEN ALTO

Is a traditional place located in Cayma town, it is at the side Chili River, 4kms away from the Arequipa Main Square. It has beautiful well-conserved terraces narrowed by stones; these terraces are used for cultivation by the locals and there were built since Pre-Inca times by the “Yarabayas” also; there are the ancient pathways that are still in use nowadays.

From Carmen Alto you can see beautiful landscape of the three volcanoes lake: Chachani, Misti and Pichupichu.

SACHACA SQUARE

Is located over a rock hard hill, 5 kms southwest from Arequipa downtown, their houses look like there are creeping the hill. Sachaca church was built on 1807 and it has a beautiful white bell house. and the viewpoint was built on 1990, from where you and see the whole City of Arequipa, the three volcanoes, Arequipa beautiful countryside, Goyeneche palace, Tiabaya town, Hunter district and Gloria Milk factory.

This the perfect place to notice the development of the kind of buildings and materials used for their construction, first the buildings made with adobe (mud and stone mix), then, with sillar (white volcanic stone) actually, reinforced concrete.

FOUNDER MANSION

Is located 9 km from Arequipa downtown (20 min by car), placed in a beautiful countryside, where the river Socabaya, Paucarpata and postrero water an important land.

One of the more important and traditional mansion of the region of virreynal construction from the XVIII Century, according to the history, the founder of Arequipa Garci Manuel de Carbajal, ordered to build it for his son.

SANTA CATALINA'S MONASTERY

; It is the most important and impressive monument religious construction of Perú. Founded on September 1579, for Santa Catalina de Siena vocation, it was close until 1970. It characterized by its narrow streets, gardens and squares have Spanish names and remind the old neighbourhood of Granada and Sevilla, there are museums with important artists pieces like porcelain, religious ornaments , sculptures, pictures of different colleges.