Private Tour to The Sillar Route and Historical Center of Arequipa

By VIAJES POR PERU

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Free cancellation available
4h
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Selective hotel pickup
Multiple languages

Overview

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.

Activity location

Plaza de Armas
- Plaza de Armas,
- Arequipa, Peru

Meeting/Redemption Point

Plaza de Armas Arequipa
- 04001, Arequipa, Arequipa, Peru

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Private Tour to The Sillar Route and Historical Center of Arequipa

4h
English

Pickup included

Travellers

Languages available

Starting time

Price details

RM 270.14 x 1 AdultRM 270.14

Total

What's included, what's not

Private Transport
PROFESSIONAL GUIDE
Ticket entrance to the place 10 soles or 4 dollars
Optional tips to Sillar workers and the guide

Know before you book

Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
Not recommended for pregnant travelers
Suitable for all physical fitness levels

Activity itinerary

Plaza de Armas

10m

We 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

10m

We will know the cloisters of the Company, Sillar-based constructions with artistic headdresses of the time.

Tristan del Pozo (Continental Bank Exhibition Gallery)

10m

We will know another of the Sillar constructions printed with colonial art from the city of Arequipa.

Canteras de sillar Añashuayco

45m
Admission ticket not included

The 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

30m

Here 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.

Location

Activity location

Plaza de Armas
- Plaza de Armas,
- Arequipa, Peru

Meeting/Redemption Point

Plaza de Armas Arequipa
- 04001, Arequipa, Arequipa, Peru

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