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Lima Historic Center Walking Tour & San Francisco Catacombs
Lima, Peru
$70.00
This is an experience gift voucher. The recipient will book the experience after
they redeem the gift voucher.
Overview
Explore Lima’s Historic Center through its most important squares, streets, and landmarks, while discovering the stories, legends, and key events that shaped the city from colonial times to the republican era. This small-group experience also includes a visit to the famous San Francisco Catacombs, making it a memorable and enriching way to understand Lima’s history.
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The experience offers several options. This price includes:
Meeting Point -Historic Center
Meeting Point: Hotel Bolívar: Please go to Gran Hotel Bolívar in Lima Historic Center. No pickup or drop-off included.
Duration: 2 hours: The tour with meeting point lasts approximately 2 hours and 15 minutes.
Starting point:
Gran Hotel Bolivar Lima, Jirón de la Unión 958, Lima 15001, Peru
Meeting Point: Hotel Bolívar: Please go to Gran Hotel Bolívar in Lima Historic Center. No pickup or drop-off included.
Duration: 2 hours: The tour with meeting point lasts approximately 2 hours and 15 minutes.
Starting point:
Gran Hotel Bolivar Lima, Jirón de la Unión 958, Lima 15001, Peru
Tour guide
Language: English
Human tour guide
Duration: 3 hours 30 minutes
The experience offers several options, check yours above
- Air-conditioned vehicle
- Small-group experience
- Bilingual tour guide (English and Spanish)
- Pickup and drop-off according to the selected option
- Entrance ticket to the San Francisco Catacombs
- Bottled water
- Personal expenses
- Lunch
- Tips
Meeting point
This is our Miraflores pickup point. Please meet us at the main entrance of Palacio Municipal de Miraflores, Av. José Larco 400, Miraflores, 10 minutes before departure.
Please meet us in front of Gran Hotel Bolívar, across from Plaza San Martín in Lima Historic Center. Please arrive 10 minutes before departure and look for our guide wearing an Apullay t-shirt.
Return details
This is our Miraflores pickup point. Please meet us at the main entrance of Palacio Municipal de Miraflores, Av. José Larco 400, Miraflores, 10 minutes before departure.
Please meet us in front of Gran Hotel Bolívar, across from Plaza San Martín in Lima Historic Center. Please arrive 10 minutes before departure and look for our guide wearing an Apullay t-shirt.
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Plaza San MartinAfter picking you up, we will have a quick 20 minutes ride towards the first stop "The Plaza San Martín" which is surrounded by magnificent structures such as the Gran Hotel Bolívar, The Colón Theater, unique Art Nouveau Style Buildings, and so on. This beautiful square was built in 1921 to honour the first centenary of Peruvian independence, for many art historians is one the largest and most beautiful squares in Lima. Besides, for many locals, this plaza is important because is dedicated to General Jose de San Martin, a key leader for the struggle of independence in Southern America.
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Jiron de La UnionWe will travel through time by walking along the renowned Jiron de la Union a famous pedestrianized street, considered since the colonial times as the most important street in Lima where aristocrats and famous people congregated. In addition, along the way we will observe magnificent constructions of different centuries as well as impresive colonial churches. Your tour guide will love to tell you misterios and enterteining curiousties that each building, hides and is witing to be discover.
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Plaza de Armas (Plaza Mayor)We will visit our impressive Main Square, which is surrounded by important buildings such as the Government Palace, the Cathedral, the Archbishop's Palace, the City Hall, the Union Club, etc. We will have a smooth sightseeing explanations of all this important buildings. Ofcourse, we will not miss the oportunity to know the story about the ocupancy of this place by native peruvians before the arrival of the spaniers.
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For many arquitects and art historians "CHURCH LA MERCED" has one of the best example of baroque style facade in the whole historical center, so it is impossible not to admire its beauty and take stunning photos. The original church was a small wooden construction and built already before the foundation of Lima. However, the church we see nowadeys has gone through different restaurations but is still beautifull. Only If it is opened we may have the chance to visit inside the curch, you will love it.
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Museo Convento San Francisco y CatacumbasWe will visit one of the most impressive and visited churches called "Saint Francis of Lima Church", in this museum we can find the oldest library in latin amaerica with more than 25,000 original books; the elvated choir room, which is surrounded by an incredible hand carved chairs, the incomparable main cloister and charry of the cake is the impressive and misterious Catacombs located under ground the church, this misterious place was a public cemetery of the colonial times for catholic people. Along the las centuries, many stories have been told about this place, I am sure you will love to hear it.
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Lima Historic Center Walking Tour & San Francisco Catacombs
Lima, Peru
$70.00
This is an experience gift voucher. The recipient will book the experience after
they redeem the gift voucher.
How it works?
01
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You choose from 10,000+ experience gifts
02
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We deliver the eVoucher or the Physical box to the recipient
03
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Recipient books the experience and creates unforgettable memories!