May 1st - Arequipa

5hr Bus ride from Puno to Arequipa

Hotel : La Casa Del Abuela 3star rating. Highly recommended.









front entrance.....
....steps leading up to breakfast garden patio


Arequipa town:

- It has a population of about 800,000 and is 2nd most populous city in the country. Lies in the Andes mountains at an altitude of 2380masl and overseen by the snow capped volcano "El Misti".

- The city has many colonial-era Spanish buildings built of "sillar", a pearly white volcanic rock.

- Founded as a colonial city, Arequipa is influenced by both Andalusian and Spanish colonial ideas and architecture.


doesnt it look familiar ?




..same designer as Madonna's wardrobe?

The popular tourist sites : 16Century Santa Catalina Monastery, Goyaneche Palace & Casa del Moral...



Arequipa has many valuable archaelogical & tourist resources including COLCA CANYON, which is one of the deepest in the world and ideal for observing the magnificent Andean CONDOR !