Contemporary Lima

View of the most traditional residential areas of the capital: El Olivar de San Isidro, Miraflores and Larco Mar, a distinctive tourist center of current Lima and a privileged point to appreciate a spectacular view of the Pacific Ocean.

Peru`s Golden Room Exhibition

Ancient Peruvians were master metalworkers. The “cire perdue” or lost wax process, known across the Orient and lost in the West until the Renaissance was the most frequent technique used by master ancient Peruvian gold and silversmiths.

On our tour of Peru's Golden room exhibition, visitors will appreciate a dazzling collection of gold artefacts from various pre-Colombian civilizations, some more than 3,000 years old.
Metal pieces and jewellery of incalculable value in gold, silver and precious stones used by the Incas—the children of the Sun God and monarchs of the vast Inca Empire—are shown in this collection. Five hundred years ago, the gold of Peru attracted many European adventurers who conquered the Inca and founded the Vice-Royalty of Peru under the Spanish Crown.

Included:

• Tourist bus.
  
• Professional English speaking guide.
  
• Entrance fee.
  

Colonial and Modern Lima + Golden Room Exhibition

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, Government 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. It includes: Tourist transport. Professional guide. Entry. Departures: from Monday to Sunday Hours: 9:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. Duration: 04 ½ hours.

Ancient Lime

In the Huaca Pucllana, an archaeological site built in the 4th century AD. We will have a panoramic view of this magnificent ceremonial and administrative center considered by the Incas as a sacred town. We will get to know the way of life and the rituals of its ancestral inhabitants and the typical pyramidal construction characteristic of the sacred and revered pre-Hispanic constructions of the coast of Peru. It includes: Tourist transport. Professional guide. Entry. Departures: from Monday to Sunday Hours: 9:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. Duration: 04 ½ hours.

Colonial Lima

The Viceroyalty of Peru was the most important of the Spanish Empire and Lima was its capital. In its Historic Center, the architecture and urban layout of that period stand out, in old streets with colonial mansions with Moorish-style balconies. Our tour includes the Paseo de la República, Plaza San Martín and the Plaza Mayor, with its distinctive buildings: the Government Palace, the Archbishop's Palace, the Cathedral Basilica and the Municipal Palace.

In the historic center we visit one of its most beautiful buildings, the Museum of the Central Reserve Bank, where the Treasures of Peru can be seen: a select exhibition of gold objects, ceramics and textiles from various cultures pre-Columbian, from its origins to the Incas, which captivates and impresses our visitors.

We enter the monumental Convent of San Francisco, which is the largest sample of colonial religious art in America. The Choral Room and the Library of the Monks, the Sacristy, with its collection of canvases by Zurbarán and Rivera can be appreciated. The Great Courtyard of the Main Cloister, finely decorated with Sevillian tiles from the 16th century, its beautiful Moorish arches and the Underground Crypts, known as the Catacombs, where you will feel the presence of the colonial past. It includes: Tourist transport. Professional guide. Entry. Departures: from Monday to Sunday Hours: 9:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. Duration: 04 ½ hours.