Private Tour to The Sillar Route and Historical Center of Arequipa

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.

Itinerary
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Stop At: Plaza de Armas, Arequipa Peru

We can briefly know with the guide the history of the Arequipa Foundation, the construction of the cathedral and its facade.

Duration: 10 minutes

Stop At: Iglesia de la Compania de Jesus, Plaza de Armas, Arequipa Peru

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

Duration: 10 minutes

Stop At: Tristan del Pozo (Continental Bank Exhibition Gallery), Calle San Francisco 108, Arequipa Peru

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

Duration: 10 minutes

Stop At: Canteras de sillar Añashuayco, Cerro Colorado District 04017, Peru

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.

Duration: 45 minutes

Stop At: Uchumayo District, Peru

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.

Duration: 30 minutes