City Tour Arequipa half day tour: White City and the Monastery of Santa Catalina

Arequipa

After being picked up from your hotel in Arequipa, set out to explore what is known as the Ciudad Blanca (White City) aboard an air-conditioned coach. Stop first in the San Lázaro neighborhood, where Arequipa was founded. Walk along beautiful streets filled with flowers and historic houses. At the Carmen Alto viewpoint, stop to enjoy the views and take photographs.

Centro histórico de Arequipa La Ciudad Blanca

Opens its doors in a tour that begins at the Carmen Alto viewpoint from where we can admire the beautiful landscape of the agricultural terraces and the three guardian volcanoes that surround the city: Misti, Chachani and Picchu-Picchu.

Plaza de Armas

We will then continue to the colonial district of Yanahuara, famous for its church built in Andalusian style, and its viewpoint with magnificent architecture surrounded by ashlar stone arches. We will then visit the Monastery of Santa Catalina, an impressive religious monument that had been closed to the public for almost 400 years; its narrow streets, squares and gardens remind us of the old quarters of Seville or Granada.

Monastery of Santa Catalina

Finally, we will head to the Plaza de Armas, where we can see the Cathedral and the arches that surround the square, and then we will visit the Church of the Company of Jesus founded in the 17th century by the Jesuits, which stands out for its cloisters and the famous Dome of San Ignacio.