This excursion provides a perfect combination (pre-hispanic era, colonial period and modern Lima),
and enables the visitor to get acquainted with Lima's complete history.
We will visit the Huaca Pucllana, a magnificent ceremonial and administrative center
of Lima culture, built in the 4th century A.D. and considered by the Incas as Naupallaqta,
a "Sacred Village".
We will show you the "Historical Center". Paseo de la republica, San Martin Square, Main
Square, Goverment Palace, Basilica Cathedral, The Archbishop's Palace, City Hall Palace, The
Old Streets with colonial mansions and moorish-style balconies.
We will also visit "the convent of San Francisco de Asis" the greatest monumental
assembly of colonial art in America. The monk's choir and library; the vestry,
with painting by zurbaran and Rivera; main cloister decorated with sevillian tiles
from the 16th century; Moorish arches, and the famous "Catacombs", underground crypts
from the colonial times.
The tour continues through the more traditional residential areas; El Olivar in San Isidro,
with olive trees brought from spain in the 17th century; Miraflores' Central Park, and "Larco Mar",
a spot of international thematic attractions which offers a spectacular panoramic view of the
Pacific Ocean - Larco Mar has became a distinctive symbol of modern Lima.
This tour takes 3 1/2 approx.
MUSEUMS OF LIMA
Among the principals are:
The Archaeological and Anthropological Museum.
The Museum of the Nation.
Both museums, tell us about the whole history of Perú, since the first culture to the present time.
Through the Inca empire, the spanish conquest and the republic.
The Museum of Gold.
This museum is located at a residential area of Lima, and has a collection of arms (about the world history), and also has golden objects of the peruvian cultures.
PACHACAMAC
This fascinating temple is placed 30.00 km far from Miraflores. This is a sacred and
ceremonial center of the beginning of the christian era, to which thousands of pilgrims
came to present offerings, and consults, the oracle of Pachacamac was able to see into
the past and into the future to predict destiny.
Our guided tour to Pachacamac includes a visit to the pyramidal temples: the temples of
the sun, and of the virgins of the sun which are parts of the archaeological complex.
It also includes a museum on site where the idol of the god Pachacamac is kept.
This tour takes 3 hrs. approx.
These 3 kinds of tours can be combined such as city tour + one museum o Pachacamac + golden museum, etc.
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