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The best excursion to get to know Lima and its history.
Daily tours:
Mornings: 9.30 (aprox).
Afternoons: 2.30 (aprox).
Duration: 4.00 (aprox).
Price: $45 dollars Americans
 This
excursion offers the best combination of the differents
attractions in Lima and its three historical periods: pre-hispanic,
colonial and contemporary.
In Lima, there were several different pre-columbian cultures
which are dated thousands of years back. Lima was part of
the Inca Empire until was founded by the spaniard Francisco
Pizarro on the 18th. of January, 1535. During our guided
tour we will travel along its millenary history.
ANCESTRAL LIMA.
At the Huaca Pucllana, an archeological precint build in the
IV century A.C., 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 piramidal building, very characteristic of
sacred pre-hispanic edifications which were adored in the
coast of Perú.
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 the old 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 Gobierno(Government Palace), Palacio Arzobispal the (Archibishop's
Palace), the Basilica Catedral (Cathedral Basilica) and the
Palacio Municipal (Municipal Palace).
In its historic centre we shall visit one of its most
beaautiful buildings, the Museum of the Banco Central de
Reserva, where we can admire Perú'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 (1).
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 Monks’ Library, the Sacristy, with its collection of
Zurbaran and Rivera paintings. The Big Patio of the Main
Cloister, decorated with sevillan tyles from the XVI century,
its beautiful moorish arches and its subterranean crypts
known as The Catacombs, where you will feel the presence of
Lima's colonial past.
CONTEMPORARY LIMA:
Visit to the most traditional residential areas in the
capital: The Olive Grove of San Isidro,
Miraflores and Larco Mar, distinctive tourist centre of
contemporary Lima, and visit of
a magnificent exhibition of jewelry and handicrafts from the
different regions of
millenary Peru. Live and enjoy the feeling of cosmopolitan
Lima.
(1) Museum of Banco Central de Reserva, closed to the public
on Saturdays and Sundays afternoon.
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