COMPLETE LIMA 2013
4 DAYS & 3 NIGHTS
DETAILED PROGRAM
Day 1: Lima
Arrival at Lima. Reception and transport to the hotel. Briefing reunion. If arrival is in the
morning, free afternoon. Optional tour recommended.
Day 2: Lima – City tour and Peru´s Gold Museum
Breakfast at the hotel. City tour around ancient and modern Lima. At the historical center, visit
to San Martín Square, Main Square, Presidential Palace, Basilica Cathedral, Archbishop Palace,
Municipal Palace, colonial mansions and Moorish balconies. Guided tour to the convent and
church of San Francisco, the largest in America. Tour to the most traditional residential places
like El Olivar park of San Isidro (with olive trees brought from Spain in the XV century), the
central park of Miraflores, the park of love (with a privileged viewpoint of the Pacific ocean).
Included Lunch at Ocean view restaurant. Continue to the Peru 's Gold Museum. here visitors
will appreciate a dazzling collection of gold artefacts from various pre-Colombian civilizations,
some more than 3,000 years old.
Metal pieces and jewellery of incalculable value in gold, silver and precious stones used by the
Incas-the children of the Sun God and monarchs of the vast Inca Empire-are shown in this
collection
Five hundred years ago, the gold of Peru attracted many European adventurers who
conquered the Inca and founded the Vice-Royalty of Peru under the Spanish Crown.
Peru 's Gold Museum also houses a valuable collection of old and modern weapons that ranks
among the best in the world. The halls in this section show the Arms of the World Collection of
armour, uniforms and various ancient war artifacts and weapons from various time periods
around the world, some dating back to as long ago as 1300 B.C.
Day 3: Lima – Pachacamac Ruins with Villa Marshlands and Barranco
Breakfast. A visit to Barranco, a neighborhood both traditional and bohemian, and its wellknown Bridge of Sighs , we will tour the beaches along the Green Coast and the Friar's Leap
ledge over the ocean, the Ecological Reserve at the Villa Marshlands, with spectacular views of
the Pacific Ocean along the South Pan-American Highway Until Pachacamac ruins
Here we will do a guided tour of the splendid and vast archaeological citadel of Pachacamac,
the temple of the deity, Pachacamac, believed to be the creator of the universe and a divinity
adored by old Andean civilizations. A sacred and ceremonial site dating back to the beginnings
of Christianity where thousands of pilgrims converged to pay tribute and consult the
Pachacamac oracle, who they believed could see the past, the future and people's fate.
The site comprises pyramidal temples and enclosures built by successive pre-Colombian
civilizations and finally the Incas. Highlights include the Temple of Pachacamac , the Sun God
shrine, and the Palace of the Chosen Women or Virgins of the Sun.
At the site museum there is an idol of the deity, Pachacamac, which couldn't be seen by the
profane, and was reserved for the high priests who kept, revered and interpreted the divine
oracle in the old times. A sacred site, the temple was considered to be part of the planet's
mystical axis
Day 4: Lima – Country of origin
Breakfast. Transport to airport. Flight back to country of origin. Or continue to other Peruvian
site