Arequipa Historic Center Self-Guided Audio Walk: Plaza de Armas, Cathedral and Carved Sillar Churches

About this experience

Arequipa is built of sillar, a white volcanic stone soft enough to carve and strong enough to vault. Earthquakes struck in 1582, 1784, 1868 and 2001, and each time the city rebuilt in the same stone, in the same place. Start in the Plaza de Armas, whose arcades are younger than they look, then read the cathedral's two towers, rebuilt two different ways after 2001. Touch bare sillar in the lane behind it and see a theater carved in the old manner in 1940. Then the great carved doors: Santo Domingo's, which outlived its church; La Compañía's front of 1698, a tapestry of cactus, grapes and masks; and San Agustín's, which stood through 1868. Pass the Casa Goyeneche and the museum that keeps Juanita, an Inca offering found on a volcano. Eleven stops, about 1.9 km and 85 minutes, in English and Spanish, at your own pace. Mostly level. Museum entries are not included.

What's included

A loop from the Plaza de Armas round the sillar cathedral, out to the carved church doors of Santo Domingo and La Compañía, past the Casa Goyeneche and Juanita's museum, to San Agustín.

Good to know

Operated by Roamer and sold by AGORA. Your voucher and booking reference arrive by email straight after payment.