Peru 11 Days
Lima, Arequipa, Cusco and Lake Titicaca
classic circuit

An interesting way to discover unique landscapes, mythical and enigmatic archaeological sites and beautiful colonial cities.
Meet the towns full of history as Lima, Arequipa, Puno, Cuzco and Flashes. Through spectacular scenery as the singular Lake Titicaca and its unique artificial islands or appreciated and fertile Sacred Valley. Also included are visits to impressive archaeological sites, full of mystery and legends, present throughout the country, and the lost city of Machu Picchu its peak.

PRICE PER PERSON: € 1,921

Full itinerary

Day 1: PORTUGAL - LIMA - Accommodation
At the time indicated, presentation at the airport of origin forthematch in regular airline flight, bound for Peru. Arrival at the international airport in Lima. Procedures of arrival and customs. Assistance by our representatives inthePortuguese language, whichwillprovide youwithuseful information and advice to the itinerary. Transfer to the hotel, distribution of rooms and accommodation.

Day 2: LIMA - Bed & Breakfast
Full day to visit this city, enjoy its gastronomy, visit some of the interesting museums and wander through the main streets to get to know a bit the capital. Founded by Francisco Pizarro under the name Ciudad de Los Reyes, its location due to strategic reasons, since it was necessary a city with exit to the sea. Lima relegated to a second place the city of Cuzco, which had been the mighty Inca empire capital. The new capital was raised in the middle of an arid coastal desert in a valley irrigated by engineering works of the ancient inhabitants.
At its port, Callao, broke the Potosí silver and other minerals at the same time was the port of entry for products coming from Europe, to be distributed throughout the regions of South America. in the seventeenth century the capital lived a great splendor stage, altered by some pirate attacks. The visit is initiated by the Parque del Amor in Miraflores, shopping center where you can enjoy a spectacular view of the Pacific Ocean, then visit the archaeological traces of Huaca Pucllana, ceremonial center of the Lima culture. Originally composed of a group of pyramids, plazas, patios and walkways, built the adobe base and full of boulders, with a particular construction technique that involved placing the adobes in vertical position, thereby obtaining a peculiar aspect. The walls can reach eight meters tall at its upper part and were covered by layers of painted fine yellow clay.Wewill continue then to San Isidro, residential and financial center of cities to visit Huaca Huallamarca, a sanctuary or pre-Inca religious temple. The visit continues towards the Plaza de Armas, the colonial city center, which concentrate the main buildings like the Government Palace and the Municipal Palace. Visit to the Cathedral that, despite being a rather austere building, its facade is possibletoobserve the Renaissance style detail with platerescos loud inside are also visible distinct styles, late Gothic and Renaissance to the Baroque and Plateresque. The visit continues with a walk to the Convent of Santo Domingo, whose tours were carried by San Martin de Porres,and St. Rose of Lima in the seventeenth century.

Day 3: LIMA - AREQUIPA - Bed & Breakfast
Transfer to the airport for departure bound for Arequipa. Arrival, assistance and transfer to the hotel. Free day to visit the city. Situated at an altitude of 2,300 meters above sea level, in an environment sheltered by three volcanoes bars, it was an area populated by distinct and successive crops over the past millennia, beginningwiththe Huari culture, the Incas, later to be laying a population colonial. The lack of resistance of the first buildings against earthquakes forced its inhabitants to a more solid construction, using white volcanic rocks in the area. Little by little the city was changing color and is currently known as White City. Its streets retain much of the colonial buildings of the seventeenth and eighteenth century, its time of splendor, since at that time was a compulsory passage point mineral transported from Potosí mines to the coast. In the afternoonwe willbegin the journey to know this city, startingwiththe beautiful colonial district of San Lázaro, the oldest district of the city, in the historical center, now considered Cultural Heritage, to walk from here for its picturesque adorned streets of geraniums and direct us to the viewpoint of Carmen Alto, which offers a beautiful landscape and you can observe Inca terracing, land adaptation works to make the most of orographic adversity, turning the mountain slopes in crop fields. From this viewpoint it is also possible with the three tutelary volcanoes surrounding the city: Misti, Chachani and Pichu Picchu.Wewill continue to the colonial district of Yanahuara, in the metropolitan area of the city. It is of a traditional district of the city, which has in its historical part with decorated streets and old houses, but it is also one of the trendiest areas of the country. Famous for its church, built with an Andalusian and mestizo style, with beautiful architecture with a barrel facade and a simple interior surrounded by arches. It also has a strategic location with an excellent viewpoint from where you can look all the landscapes of the Yanahuara neighborhood. Later, visit the Monastery of Santa Catalina, impressive convent of cloistered, an authentic maze of colored buildings tile and pastel blue, arranged along several streets with streets, squares and gardens, remembering in a way, the old quarters of Seville or Granada. The visit continues until you reach the Plaza de Armas, one of the country'slargest sporting arches built with granite and neo-Renaissance style that surround it. Here you can also enjoy the Cathedral largely rebuilt since the old original building was destroyed several times by earthquakes and ravaged by fire. Still in the square we can visit the Company Church of Jesus, founded in the seventeenth century and resisted better than other buildings to the different earthquakes that affected the city. This is one of the most beautiful churchesinthe country, in which we highlight the cloisters and its façade, detachable due to its rich ornamentation, as well as their altarpieces covered in gold leaf, which are inside, not forgetting the famous Summit of St. Ignatius.

Day 4: AREQUIPA - PUNO - Bed & Breakfast
Transfer to the bus station, to go to the city of Puno, lakeside port located on the shores of Lake Titicaca, the highest navigable lakeinthe world considered a mythical place and legendary cradle of the pre-Hispanic civilizations. The beauty of the city is a mixture of typical Andean buildings, with churches and colonial mansions, located at the foot of a hill and on the lake shore. Near the city, you can also find interesting archaeological complex of different cultures, as well as other colonial cities thatarehometoarchitectural gems ofthetime. Puno is also considered as the folkloric capital of the country for the richness of its artistic and cultural expressions through their dances and dresses. Assistance on arrival and accommodation in Puno.

Day 5: PUNO - TITICACA LAKE - PUNO - Lunch and Breakfast
Breakfast and departure to dedicate this day to know the Titicaca Lake, a large inland sea of sweet and bright blue waters, coming from about two dozen rivers. As a sea, presents the typical tides, dawn with a completely smooth surface and the mid-afternoon with the break of the waves cradling the typical totora reed rafts. This is also a mythical and legendary place, coupled with the rise of the Incas. Navigation starts with the visit to the community of Uros, an ancient people that dwell long on their artificial islands of totora reeds, keeping their customs and rituals without major changes with the passage of time and where you know the traditions and ways to view this peculiar community. Currently, they practice old traditions with greater influence Aymara. Fishing, hunting and recollecting eggs are the basic livelihood of Uros, complementing its economy with the craft. Finalized the visit. Return to Puno. Afternoon free to relax or visit some of the attractions of this city, walking through its streets, as sights to the lake, restaurants and craft shops or to meet some other interesting places that are around you.

Day 6: PUNO - CUSCO - Breakfast and Lunch
Breakfast. In the morning, departure in tourist bus bound for Cuzco, located 390 km. A route where you can enjoy a beautiful landscape, where we can also find places of great interest. During this way will be made several stops to visit and know the attractions of this interesting journey. The first stop will be held at Pucara Site Museum. This is the oldest ceremonial center of the altiplano, Tiahuanaco origin, characterized by a series of stepped platforms. In his museum are displayed traces of Pukara culture, recovered in place and includes monoliths, steles and zoomorphic sculptures, and ceramics of various shapes and sizes in good condition. This is also a good opportunity to get one of touritos classic locality. The following stops will be for lunch (included) and to enjoy the beautiful views in La Raya, the natural border between Puno and Cuzco, also being the mid-point of the route and the highest, situated at 4335 meters over sea level and from where you can enjoy the varied types of Andean camelids such as llama, alpacas and guanacos in their natural habitat. Continued towards Racchi, an Inca archaeological site, also known as the Temple of God Wiracocha. The complex is composed of separate areas, each intended for a function. A center in which we highlight the huge walls, columns and grounds passes. Continuing our journey, before arriving in Cuzco visit the famous chapel of Andahuaylillas known as the Sistine Chapel of America due to its interior murals as they are one of the most beautiful examples of the Andean popular religious art. The daywillend with the arrival in Cuzco, known as the "Navel of the World", and, together with its surroundings, a place with many attractions to suit all visitors. Assistance, transfer and hotel accommodation.

Day 7: CUZCO - Bed & Breakfast
Free disposal day to visit this magical city and the outskirts of the ancient capital of the Inca Empire, now called Cuzco or Cusco. In the city it highlights the Plaza de San Cristóbal where you can enjoy a panoramic beautiful city, to continue to the Mercado de San Pedro, where you can feel the atmosphere and local flavor, closer to knowing the everyday products in this market virtually It has everything, supplying a complete city. Continue the visit to reach the Koricancha Temple with all its magnificence ( "Golden Pen" would be the translation of Quechua) and pageantry that still feels present in the walls that were once entirely covered with gold. Visit also the Santo Domingo church, built, like other colonial buildings on the walls of the ancient Inca buildings. Here you can see the overlap of the straight walls of the colonial building on the sloping walls of the Inca palace. From San Blas neighborhood of artisans, will descend walking down the street Hatun Rumiyoc to find one of the most famous stonesinthe world, the twelve angles, known as well as these are the corners that features the inlaid rock in the wall of what was the palace of Inca Roca, today Archbishop Palace. Then we will get to the Plaza de Armas, raised on what was once the main square of the Incas,thenerve center of his great empire. Here is the cathedral with its three naves, supported by fourteen columns, housing inside colonial works of incalculable value. Nearby is detachable the impressive citadel of Sacsayhuaman, full of colossal constructions and surrounded by beautiful scenery, fused at its special surroundings. With a triple wall built with huge rocks, which to this day itisimpossible to imagine how it was possibletohandle, cut, carry and place these huge stone blocks especially if we consider that at that time the Incas had no metal to cut, did not know the iron, they had no oxen, which makes the construction even more mysterious. Apparently, inside the enclosure had three towers, two square and circular, of which currently only remains the foundation. The circular states that had the walls lined in gold and that this was the place where they retired kings. There was also a fountain with water and two square towers that thinks that served to the soldiers guarding the fortress. However, still unawareofthe purpose of this magnificent building. It is not known whether it was a refuge, a monument or a ritual center. The route continues towards the center of Inca Qengo, another of the complex surrounding the imperial city of Cuzco. It is of a sanctuary located on the Relief hill, but as with other centers, ignores the real purpose of this cyclopean masonry that could be used asacourt, an amphitheater orthegrave of an Inca character. Although it intuit that the center was used as astronomical observatory, which has a particular interest their stands semicircular shape and its labyrinthine underground galleries, marked with zigzag channels, as well as its altar embedded inside of a rock formation, worked with a technique exceptional. This also is the watchtower of Puca Pucara, a military construction composed of large walls, terraces and staircases, forming part of the defensive set of Cuzco. An excellent military architecture sample that had also functions as an administrative center, which invites to go their driveways and walkways where transited mythical characters of the Inca empire. Near Puca Pucara we find Tambomachay, monument of remarkable architectural excellence, one of the pillars of the Andean worldview. The building has been completely built in carved stone and is formed by four walls or terraces staggered in the hill, with a stone building blocks perfectly assembled.

Day 8: CUZCO - SACRED VALLEY - CUSCO - Breakfast and Lunch
Breakfast in the hotel departure towards the Sacred Valley of the Incas. It greatly appreciated by the Incas, thanks to its special climatic qualities and fertility of their land, one of the main points of agricultural production. Irrigated by the rivers that descend through the broken and small valleys, it has numerous archaeological monuments and indigenous villages. Even today you can appreciate the ancient Inca terraces for agriculture built on the slopes instead of Spanish colonial buildings, built by the river. The visit will begin at Awanacancha complex, a place where you can meet and feed some of the Andean camelids such as llamas or alpacas and where the locals show their textile and dyed traditional techniques. We proceed towards Pisac so we can walk peacefully by the colonial town, discovering authentic places, with some wood ovens in which to prepare a typical pies, craft shops selling clothes handmade production of alpaca wool, as well as other parts . Free time for shopping inthecraft market and lunch (included) buffet in the restaurant. In the afternoon continuation towards Ollantaytambo,apicturesque village continuously inhabited since Inca times, where you can visit the temple of the same name, used asafortress during the Inca resistance and where we can get collection of images. At the appointed time, transfer back to Cuzco hotel.

Day 9: CUSCO - MACHU PICCHU - CUSCO - Breakfast and Lunch
Departure by train to meet one of the New 7 Wonders of the World, arriving at Aguas station Calientes, where we will have assistance to board the train ascends the intricate path, from which one sees the spectacular scenery of the Urubamba River, forming the famous valley and ascend to the Inca citadel of Machu Picchu. A place full of mystery, both for its special location, such as the lackofknowledge that you have of your past. Although the construction does not achieve perfection and the fineness of the polished walls of other Inca cities, it is impressive by the place in which it is built, lost among the tall green mountains, where access remains difficult. This is the jewel of the treasures of Ancient Peru, Inca maximum work and one of the most famous archaeological sitesinthe world. The citadel was surrounded by a great wall of 5 meters high, with granite stone buildings, with doors and wooden beams and thatched ceilings. It was not known by the Spanish conquistadors to be hidden among the vegetation. It was discovered only in 1911.
We access to the citadel to continue for an Inca driveway and ascend through which possibly is the agricultural zone, with stunning terraces, until you reach the Intipunku or Sun Gate, the entrancetothe Inca Trail to Machu Picchu where you can breathe the energy and feel the mystique surrounding this sacred place. At the appointed time will start the visit was lost City of the Incas traversing its streets and stairs in order to know the main venues. Ceremonial and religious centers such as the Temple of the Sun, with the characteristic circular walls or the Sacred Square, surrounded by temples and of greater height or the room ornaments that have possibly served to store ritual objects. Buildings for royalty, as the King's Palace that with a large central courtyard, giving access to different rooms. We will also have opportunity to walk the sidewalks and urban stairways, such as the sources Steps, in which the water falls in parallel, or the Bairro Alto, formed by a series of buildings and streets parallel staggered following the slope of the terrain. After the guided tour,we willgrant free time to continue to visit the citadel, to go through the corners of this enigmatic and beautiful place. Lunch (included) in some of the area's restaurants. At the appointed time, train back to Cuzco. Arrival and transfer to the hotel. Accommodation.

Day 10: CUSCO - PORTUGAL - Bed & Breakfast
Breakfast in the hotel. At the agreed time transfer to airport for flight regular company back to Portugal. Procedures check-in and boarding. Night on board.

Day 11: PORTUGAL
Arrival at the airport of origin, end of the trip and our services.

List of Services

Services included in the trip

Flight round trip.
2 nights in Lima, 1 night in Arequipa, 2 nights in Puno and 4 nights in Cuzco.
Assistance in Portuguese on arrival and transfers in and out of the airport to the hotel and vice versa.
Transport in minibus or bus with air conditioning.
Transfers, tours and excursions mentioned in shared service with local guides in Spanish and English.
regular flight, tourist class Lima-Arequipa.
9 night stay in selected hotels (or similar) according to the selected category, with bed and breakfast.
3 lunches on route (drinks not included) on days 6, 8 and 9, as indicated in the itinerary.
Half-day tour, the floating islands of the Uros.
Full day excursion with lunch to the Sacred Valley.
Full day tour with lunch at Machu Picchu.
Itinerary in tourist bus Puno-Cuzco, including visits and lunch.
Train Expedition or Inca Rail to Machu Picchu.
Local guides in Spanish and English during visits.
continued assistance from our representative agent in the destination.
service 24 hours, by our own service center.
Basic travel insurance.


Services NOT
Airport taxes. International Flights: 31 USD per person. Domestic flights: 8.72 USD per person (values ​​subject to change without notice).
Early check-in, late check-out drinks during meals as indicated, extras in hotels, personal expenses not mentioned in detail services.
Any service not mentioned as included in the previous chapter.