Arequipa Self-Guided Audio Walk: Santa Catalina Monastery Inside and Out, Casa del Moral and San Francisco

About this experience

In 1579 a wealthy widow founded a convent in Arequipa, and it grew into a walled town of nuns that turned a blank stone wall to the street for almost four centuries. All its famous red and blue is inside. Start at the Casa del Moral, whose carved doorway puts a crown and puma heads on the street, then follow the convent's quiet walls, learn where its colors come from, and cross to a Franciscan square that was once a cemetery. Then go in: the novices' cloister, the indigo Cloister of the Orange Trees, lanes named for Spanish cities, the laundry of halved wine jars, a little square where the nuns held a Sunday market, and the great cloister. Thirteen stops at your own pace, in English or Spanish: six outside, about 0.9 km and 40 minutes, then seven inside, allowing one and a half to two hours. The outside walk works on its own. Entry to the monastery is not included.

What's included

Walk round Arequipa's Santa Catalina Monastery, from the carved Casa del Moral past its bare walls to San Francisco, then go in for seven stops among red and blue lanes. The outside walk works on its own.

Good to know

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