DAY 01: AREQUIPA IN – CITY TOUR + SANTA CATALINA MONASTERY
Reception and transfer to the chosen hotel. At the appropriate time, pick up from the hotel to carry out the activity.
14:00 hrs Start of the tour of the White City of Arequipa, visiting the Plaza de Armas, which features a beautiful three-plate bronze fountain crowned with the figure of a 16th century soldier. Here, we appreciate the Cathedral and the Cloisters of the Company of Jesus. Then, we will visit the Monastery of Santa Catalina, which was a cloistered center closed to the public for centuries. Today, harmoniously restored and open, it allows us to appreciate what the city of Arequipa was like in the 17th century. We will see its streets, gardens, cloisters, rustic stone wash houses, ashlar walls and its art gallery, then we will move to the beautiful and green countryside of Carmen Alto and the Yanahuara Viewpoint where you will have a privileged view of the city and volcanoes such as Misti, Pichu Pichu and Chachani.
Accommodation in Arequipa.
DAY 02: COUNTRYSIDE TOUR
Breakfast. At the appropriate time, pick up from the hotel to carry out the activity.
09:00 hrs Start of the tour, we will visit Paucarpata located 7 km from Arequipa, where you will appreciate pre-Inca terraces, the Molino de Sabandía (construction dating from the 16th century) and the Founder's mansion (colonial house that preserves ornaments of colonial and republican origin), the artificial lakes of Tingo, Sachaca (Viewpoint of the city and countryside of Arequipa). Lunch in Campiña (*optional).
Return to the city and then to the hotel.
Accommodation in Arequipa.
DAY 03: AREQUIPA OUT
Breakfast. At the appropriate time, transfer to the station/airport to return to the city of origin or continue with the trip.
