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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
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 Centre of Arequipa

By VIAJES POR PERU
6 out of 10
Free cancellation available
Price is AU$93 per adult
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Features
  • Free cancellation available
  • 4h
  • Mobile voucher
  • Instant confirmation
  • Selective hotel pickup
  • Multiple languages
Overview

This tour is unique because you can get to know the centre 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 Centre of Arequipa
  • Activity duration is 4 hours4h4h
  • English

Pickup included

Price details
AU$92.79 x 1 AdultAU$92.79
Total
Price is AU$92.79

What's included, what's not

  • What's includedWhat's includedPrivate Transport
  • What's includedWhat's includedPROFESSIONAL GUIDE
  • What's excludedWhat's excludedTicket entrance to the place 10 soles or 4 dollars
  • What's excludedWhat's excludedOptional 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 travellers
  • 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

  • LOB_ACTIVITIESLOB_ACTIVITIESPlaza de Armas
    • Plaza de Armas,
    • Arequipa, Peru

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • PEOPLEPEOPLEPlaza de Armas Arequipa
    • 04001, Arequipa, Arequipa, Peru

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