4 days tours in 'Lima city of the kings' with culture and gastronomy

4 days tours in 'Lima city of the kings' with culture and gastronomy

Your sightseeing tour explores the modern districts of Lima and its historic center, declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1988. As you wander the main plaza and Plaza San Martin it is hard not to wonder about its diverse architecture. Your guide will introduce you to the city’s architectural heritage. You then proceed to Santo Domingo Monastery boasting fine carved choir stalls, the oldest of Lima. It was here that San Marcos University, the first in South America, was founded in 1551. Your next stop is at the Larco Herrera Museum. The collection allows the understanding of 3,000 years of the Peruvian pre-Columbian history in an intuitive way. Its masterpieces are considered worldwide icons of pre-Inca art and have been displayed in the world's most renowned museums.

Itinerary

Day 1: Welcome

Stop At: Lima, Lima, Lima Region
Welcome to Lima, the 'City of Kings'. Upon arrival you will be met at the airport and privately escorted to your hotel.
Duration: 1 hour

No meals included on this day.
No accommodation included on this day.

Day 2: Lima "The City of Kings"

Stop At: Plaza San Martin, Lima Peru
Is one of the most representative public spaces of the city of Lima, Peru. It is located at the ninth block of Colmena avenue, within the Historic Centre of Lima which was declared a World Heritage Site in 1988 by UNESCO. It is located near the Plaza Mayor of Lima and is connected to it by the Jiron de la Union. Its central monument gives homage to Peru's liberator, José de San Martín.
Duration: 1 hour

Stop At: Basilica y Monasterio de Santo Domingo, Jiron Camana 170, Lima 15001 Peru
The Minor Basilica and Maximus Convent of Nuestra Senora del Rosario, popularly known as that of Santo Domingo, located in the city of Lima, Lima Region, capital of Peru, it's an architectural set of religious buildings under the invocation to Our Lady of the Rosary and is located at the intersection of the first block of the Jirón Camaná (Calle Pescante) with the second block of Jirón Conde de Superunda (Calle Veracruz), in the historic center of Lima. The historic chapter house of the Basilica of Santo Domingo was the place where the University of San Marcos, officially the first Peruvian university and the oldest university in the Americas, began to function in the 16th century.
Duration: 1 hour

Stop At: Museo Larco, Avenida Bolivar 1515 Pueblo Libre, Lima Lima 21 Peru
The Museo Larco (English: Larco Museum) is a privately owned museum of pre-Columbian art, located in the Pueblo Libre District of Lima, Peru. The museum is housed in an 18th-century vice-royal building. It showcases chronological galleries that provide a thorough overview of 5,000 years of Peruvian pre-Columbian history. It is well known for its gallery of pre-Columbian erotic pottery.
Duration: 1 hour

No meals included on this day.
No accommodation included on this day.

Day 3: Pachacamac - Inca's Temple

Stop At: Pachacamac, Autopista Antigua Panamericana Sur km 31 Close to Lurin, Lima 16 Peru
Visit to the ancient adobe ruins of Pachacamac located about 40 km (25 miles) SE of Lima. The pre-Inca temple dating from AD 100 was a place of pilgrimage, once covering 10 km2 (4 sq miles). Built centuries before the Incas, Pachacamac is noted for its great pyramidal temples and for the remains of frescoes adorning its adobe walls. Following the expansion of the Inca Empire, Pachacamac became an important Inca administrative center, while maintaining its status as a religious shrine. The site also includes an on-site museum with an interesting collection of pre-Hispanic relics.
Duration: 4 hours

No meals included on this day.
No accommodation included on this day.

Day 4: Farewell Lima

Stop At: Lima, Lima, Lima Region
At proper time, you will be picked up from your hotel and privately escorted to the airport for your flight back home. (Only with Spanish speaking driver)
Duration: 1 hour

No meals included on this day.
No accommodation included on this day.