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Lima
We will be welcomed and transferred from
Jorge Chavez airport to the hotel.
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Lima
Breakfast at the hotel. We will get to know
the Colonial Lima, reminiscent of the viceroyalty
times. We will start our tour visiting Plaza
Mayor, which is located exactly where Francisco
Pizarro founded the city of Lima in 1535.
We will also get to know its Cathedral,
the Government Palace (the change of guard
is an attractive ceremony that takes place
every day at 11:45am).
We cannot miss San Francisco Convent
with its beautiful cloister, its office
and catacombs, which served as cemetery
during the Colonial period, and the pyramid-shape
Huaca Huallamarca from the pre-Inca times,
entirely built on sun-dried brick.
After going around the historic center,
we will head for the modern neighborhoods
such as San Isidro and Miraflores with
their charming beaches and the busy commercial
and night life. We will end our tour in
the romantic Love Park, which has a magnificent
sculpture that represents the Andean Lovers
with view to the Pacific Ocean which we
cannot miss.
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Lima - Cuzco
Breakfast at the hotel. Transfer from Lima
airport to fly to Cuzco. Morning off. In
the afternoon, we will visit the Imperial
City of the Incas: Cuzco. We will stop at
the Temple of the Sun (Qorikancha) that
is Santo Domingo Church nowadays.
Cuzco stands out because of its typical
streets and its picturesque small squares.
Also we will go to see the ruins surrounding
the city: Sacsayhuaman Fortress, Q’
engo, Puca-Pucara and Tambomachay. We
could not miss the Renaissance Cathedral
in Cuzco, especially its facade and the
inside, where we can appreciate cedar
wood carvings in the choir and the pulpit,
Cuzco school paintings and embossed silverware,
making this Cathedral an unforgettable
place.
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Cusco - Machu Picchu
Breakfast at the hotel.
We will go into Machu Picchu Archeological
Complex. Such complex is located in the
sub-tropical region of Cuzco at 2,350 meters
above sea level. We will go to the train
station where we will start our visit.
We will be dazzled by the stunning and
marvelous Machu Picchu Complex, where
we will visit its squares, temples, platforms,
ceremonial sites and its royal palace,
apart from seeing the famous Inti Watana,
or the Solar Clock and an incredible series
of rock natural spring fountains. We will
have lunch at midday and, after our Machu
Picchu adventure, we will return to the
Imperial City of the Incas.
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Cusco - Puno
Breakfast at the hotel. We will head for
the bus station to go to Puno. Once there,
we will go to the hotel.
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Puno - La Paz
Breakfast at the hotel. We will head for
the city of La Paz. Along the way, we will
visit traditional towns such as July, Pomata,
Yunguyo-Casani and also Copacabana, where
we will visit the Cathedral and main square.
Later we will sail the Lake Titikaka
in Catamaran, and visit Sun Island strolling
around the garden and the flight of steps
of the Inca period. On board this catamaran,
we will go along the Strait of Tiquina
and disembark at Chua, where we will take
a bus to La Paz.
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La Paz
Breakfast at the hotel. We will stroll
around the city of La Paz and visit its
traditional craft market, San Francisco
Church, the shaman market, Murillo Square
–where is the Government Palace,
the Cathedral and the National Congress–
Jaen Street with its diverse museums,
and the open-air museum from Tiwanaku
culture.
We will also visit the residential neighborhoods
of Obrajes, Calocoto and La Florida. Finally,
we will set out for Valley of the Moon.
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La Paz
Breakfast at the hotel. We will visit the
ruins of Tiwanaku, which was the capital
city of a civilization that was created
around the year 700 A.C. near La Paz.
Some archeological research was conducted
on these pre-Inca ruins in order to determine
its real age. In one of the latest C14
analyses it was concluded that these ruins
dated back to 1580 years B.C.
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La Paz
Breakfast at the hotel. Transfer from the
hotel to the airport for national or international
departures. |
