After picking you up from the hotel located in
the city of Lima (optional) or meeting you up at the starting point located at
the Hotel Gran Bolivar, this fantastic walking tour will take
you to admire the historic center of Lima with a professional
tour guide.
The walking tour of Lima starts at Plaza
San Martin, a beautiful square declared as a UNESCO World Heritage
Site in 1988. The central monument is a tribute to Don Jose de
San Martin, the liberator of the Peru’s independence.
This square opened on July 27th 1921
and it is surrounded by incredible historic buildings such as the National
Club, the Gran Bolivar Hotel, Theatre Colon and Giacoletti, the
latter destroyed by fired in 2018.
The tour continues walking along the Street Jirón
de la Union founded in 1535 by the Spanish conqueror Francisco
Pizarro. It was a busy street for years, with coffee shops and restaurants
attended by distinguished characters and high society such as writers and
politics. Along this street, you will admire commercial buildings, as well as
traditional wooden balconies, and churches.
You will arrive at the Plaza de Armas,
the main point of the old town of Lima. The Government Palace is located here,
where the Peruvian president lives. The construction of the Cathedral
of Lima began in 1535 and ended in 1649 and it has a beautiful
Renaissance and neoclassical style front.
Also, you will admire important buildings such
as the City Hall, the De la Unión Club, the Sagrario Church, the
Archbishop’s Palace and wooden balconies around the amazing Plaza de
Armas. Take the best picture of this historical place and have amazing
panoramic pictures.
During our Lima city walking tour, you will
taste a delicious and traditional Peruvian sweet known as Churros,
fried flour sticks filled with dulce de leche or manjarblanco.
You are going to visit the Church of
San Francisco to explore the Convent of San Francisco and the
catacombs. These underground creeps are the largest and best preserved in
South America. This mysterious place was the main cemetery of the city until
1810 and during the tour you will see large pools with the bone remains of more
than 25 thousand people.
Many historical buildings went through
different renovations, as they suffered damage from strong earthquakes in the
capital of Peru.
The tour ends at this point, however, the
order of the visits could change, depending on the start time of the tour.
Then, the transportation will drop you off at your hotel (optional).