MAIN SQUARE OF LIMA

Setting of the Spanish foundation of Lima and some of the most important events of the history of Peru. Originally it was surrounded by small stores and commerce. Also it was used as bullring and like place of execution of them condemned by the Court of the Holy Investigation. Years later was placed in its central part the source of water (1651) that adorns it until today. It was here where was proclaimed, the independence of Peru in 1821. Around they are located the Palace of Government (to the north), the Cathedral and the Archiepiscopal Palace (to the east) and the city Hall of Lima (to the west).

CHURCH AND CONVENT OF SAN FRANCISCO

Beautiful colonial architectural complex formed by the Church and the Convent of San Francisco. It was built in the 17th century, their cloisters they excel and patios decorated with Sevillian tiles and their spectacular library. Is headquarters of the Museum of Religious Art and of the Room Zurbarán. The basilica is built on a network of subterranean galleries or catacombs that served as cemetery during the colonial epoch and that at present they can be visited for the public.

THE CENTRAL BANK OF RESERVE

In the historic center we visit one of its more beautiful buildings, the Museum of the Central Bank of Reserve, where the Treasures of Peru are appreciated: a select gold objects exposition, ceramics and textiles of diverse cultures pre-of Columbus, since its origins to the Inca, that captive and impresses to ours visiting

PERUVIAN GOLD MUSEUM
The old Peruvians worked the metals in magisterial form.The procedure of the wax loss.They known in East and disappeared person in West to the epoch of the Renaissance, was the most employed one by these magnificent Peruvian goldsmiths. Our excursion Peruvian Gold Museum it permits to appreciate a dazzling gold pieces collection of diverse pre-colombian cultures, some with more than 3.000 years of antiquity. Objects they are exhibited and jewels of goldsmithing of incalculable value, worked in gold, silver and precious stones, emphasizing the ornaments and objects that in their epoch of splendor utilized the Inca, children of the God Sun and monarchs of the vast Inca Empire. The fame of the gold of Peru attracted numerous European adventurers 500 years ago and was cause of the end of the empire of the Inca, causing the Viceroyalty of Peru, of the Spanish Crown.The Peruvian Gold Museum exhibits besides a valuable collection of modern and old weapons that are considered one of the better of their kind in the world. In these rooms armors are shown, uniform and objects of diverse times and places, even some they date from 1.300 years B.C. To this exhibition it is known like Museum Arm of the World.

ROUTE OF THE TOUR

In the Morning
- Parque del Amor- The Love Park.
- Huaca Pucllana.
- The Olive Grove.
- Av. Arequipa.
- Art.Museum.
- Park of the exposición.
- Miguel Grau Square.
- San Martín Square.
- Museum of The Central Bank Of Reserve.
- Palace Goverment.
- The Cathedral of Lima
- Church and Convent of San Francisco

In the afternoon
- Surco district.
- The Famous Peruvian Gold Museum. 

PROGRAM INCLUDES