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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. |
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Day 3: Pachacamac
After breakfast, we will take you to the ancient pre-Columbian Pachacamac Pilgrimage Center overlooking the fertile valley of Lurin and the Pacific Ocean. The temple, built around 700 AD, as a temple for worshipping the Sun God, is largely of adobe mud bricks, housed an oracle and is considered one of the main ceremonial centers in pre-Hispanic Peru. Pilgrims flocked here from far away to worship Pachacamac, believed to be world and its creatures creator. 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. |
