Private Tour to The Sillar Route and Historical Center of Arequipa
Private Tour to The Sillar Route and Historical Center of Arequipa
Private Tour to The Sillar Route and Historical Center of Arequipa
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This tour is unique because you can get to know the center of the city, you will be informed of its creation, the guide will give details of its foundation and how is the beginning of the city in relation to the ashlar, this stone originating from volcanic tufo. After that we will have an excursion to the same quarries where they extract by hand and there are some carvings so they can have the photos of the memory. After that we will visit the shingles canyon, of pink ashlar, virgin ashlar cannon where many good photos can also be taken.
The duration is 4 hours and you can really know the importance of Sillar in Arequipa and how it has marked the history of the city of Arequipa.
Itinerary
Plaza de Armas
10 minsAdmission Ticket FreeWe can briefly know with the guide the history of the Arequipa Foundation, the construction of the cathedral and its facade.Iglesia de la Compania de Jesus
10 minsAdmission Ticket FreeWe will know the cloisters of the Company, Sillar-based constructions with artistic headdresses of the time.Tristan del Pozo (Continental Bank Exhibition Gallery)
10 minsAdmission Ticket FreeWe will know another of the Sillar constructions printed with colonial art from the city of Arequipa.Canteras de sillar Añashuayco
45 minsAdmission Ticket Not IncludedThe quarries of Añashuayco, one of the 17 quarries in the city of Arequipa where the ashlar is still extracted, we will learn from the ancient techniques in addition to some carvings made for the benefit of the same stonecutters and workers of the ashlar. Here the income is paid 5 soles.Uchumayo
30 minsAdmission Ticket FreeHere we can see a canyon formed of virgin pink ashlar, tracing the origin as the first quarries of ashlar emerged before being worked. A wonderful road called Culebrillas road due to the snake shape.
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VIAJES POR PERU
GBP 45.34
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