Architecture Tours in Peru

Peruvian architecture is an interesting mixture of Incan, indigenous, colonial, and modern influences. These tours will explore various buildings and monuments in Peru, most of them in cities. Guides point out important features and help travelers understand how and why the structures were built. As such, these tours are a good introduction not only to the aesthetics of Peru, but also to its history and culture.

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Cajamarca City Tour

Cajamarca City Tour

The charming city of Cajamarca is set within the Andes in northern Peru. During this tour you’ll explore the city and see some of its most notable sites.
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The Incan Baths

The Incan Baths

The Incan Baths are one of Cajamarca’s foremost attractions. These hot thermal pools have been around since Incan times and are a wonderful place to take a dip and relax.
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Full Day Tour to Chavin de Huantar Archaelogical Complex

Full Day Tour to Chavin de Huantar Archaelogical Complex

This all-day tour brings you to the Chavín Archeological Monument, which is one of the oldest sites in the Americas — construction began around 1500 BC. People came to this center to consult the oracle and to make offerings to the gods. The exterior walls are decorated with a series of zoomorphic (part animal) faces. Other highlights of the complex include the Tello Pyramid, the Circular Plaza, the Rectangular Plaza, the New Temple, and the Old Temple. In the village of Chavín de Huantar, just a few minutes from the complex, the museum exhibits archaeological artifacts found in the complex.
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Santiago 5 Day, 4 night Santiago, Chile

Santiago 5 Day, 4 night Santiago, Chile

Santiago is home to the main administrative buildings and government of Chile. It has 37 communes, 26 of which are located in the metropolitan area. In these communes we find entertaining neighborhoods with vibrant nightlife, restaurants, designer shops and art galleries.
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Lake Titicaca Full Day Tour

Lake Titicaca Full Day Tour

Lake Titicaca is one of the prides of Peru. During this tour you’ll explore the lake’s floating Uro Islands and encounter an indigenous Quechua-speaking group on Taquile Island.
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Lunch at Skylodge with Via Ferrata and zipline

Lunch at Skylodge with Via Ferrata and zipline

Take a tour to combine the very best of Peruvian food and adventure. Your dining experience will take place in a transparent dome, suspended 1,312 feet (400 m) in the air, securely fastened to a cliff that looks out over the Sacred Valley. This dining experience is open to a maximum of 12 people, so you and your fellow guests will have enough room to take in the incredible view.
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Lunch at Skylodge with Via Ferrata and Zipline

Lunch at Skylodge with Via Ferrata and Zipline

Take a tour to combine the very best of Peruvian food and adventure. Your dining experience will take place in a transparent dome, suspended 1,312 feet (400 m) in the air, securely fastened to a cliff that looks out over the Sacred Valley. This dining experience is open to a maximum of 12 people, so you and your fellow guests will have enough room to take in the incredible view.
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Hiram Bingham Deluxe Train Cusco to Machu Picchu

Hiram Bingham Deluxe Train Cusco to Machu Picchu

Your service will start out with a brunch. A little while later the service continues with lunch. Your meals include non-premium beverages, including a tempting wine list — you might start your trip with a refreshing glass of orange juice and a glass of sparkling wine.
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Tasting Peru with Pedro Miguel Schaffino Tour

Tasting Peru with Pedro Miguel Schaffino Tour

This tour of Peruvian culinary excellence will introduce you to a new dimension of sustainable cuisine. On this culinary tasting tour Chef Pedro Miguel Schiaffino will show you how he makes award-winning dishes with ingredients from the Peruvian Amazon.
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Cultural tour to Machu Picchu

Cultural tour to Machu Picchu

This tour introduces you to local history and some truly stunning views. On this educational tour, your guide will point out the agricultural, residential, and religious buildings. Because we have so few written records left behind by the Inca, historians have had to make educated guesses about what purpose some of the structures served and much of the site remains shrouded in mystery.
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Hiram Bingham Deluxe Train from Machu Picchu to Cusco

Hiram Bingham Deluxe Train from Machu Picchu to Cusco

The Belmond Hiram Bingham train not only makes this possible, it turns a magical journey into an unforgettable experience, with personalized service that takes care of every last detail on your trip. Travel on the exclusive and luxurious Belmond Hiram Bingham train and enjoy the elegant dining car, the bar car, and the observatory*, where you can take in the unmatched scenery in the open air while sipping on a traditional Peruvian cocktail and listening to live local music.
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Astrid y Gaston: N° 7 Best Restaurant Latin America

Astrid y Gaston: N° 7 Best Restaurant Latin America

N° 7 as Best Latin Americas's 50 Best Restaurants in 2017. The story began in 1994. Upon finishing their culinary studies in Paris, Gastón Acurio and Astrid Gutsche founded their eponymous restaurant in a small house in the district of Miraflores. At first, the restaurant was quite French, as it was dictated by the global trend. Over time, it became decidedly Peruvian. As Gaston has described "we embraced our culture and flavors, experimenting with local ingredients and recipes with one goal in mind, to promote our cuisine around the world."
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Sun and Moon Huacas and Huacas de Moche Museum Tour

Sun and Moon Huacas and Huacas de Moche Museum Tour

Explore the latest discoveries in Peruvian archeology on this tour. You’ll visit the Sun and Moon Huacas and the Huacas de Moche Museum.
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City Tour La Paz and Moon Valley Half Day or Full Day

City Tour La Paz and Moon Valley Half Day or Full Day

Double your adventure when you depart from the border city of Puno, Peru to explore La Paz, Bolivia. This tour will take you to colonial structures, museums, ancient replicas, intriguing city shops, and more. With a half day and full day option, you can decide how much Bolivian excitement you can handle in one day!
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Chicha Restaurant by Gaston Acurio

Chicha Restaurant by Gaston Acurio

Gaston Acurio is widely credited with putting Peruvian food on the map. His cooking style elevates Andean cooking styles to haute cuisine. He opened his first restaurant in Lima in 1994, and since then has opened restaurants all over the world and has published several books on Peruvian cooking.
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Chez Wong Restaurant - The King of Ceviche

Chez Wong Restaurant - The King of Ceviche

Javier Wong is a master in preparing sole ceviche (cebiche) and considered by many people as the best chef in cebiches. He is self-taught, temperamental and whose cuisine is considered cult. It is recommendable only to foodies. His restaurant has been visited by politicians, mayors, presidents and personalities mainly from Peru. Javier Wong is considered a chef, master of the sole and the octopus and with his creativity in chopping and mixing ingredients achieves the most delicious dishes.
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MIL Centro Restaurant at Moray

MIL Centro Restaurant at Moray

There’s dining in a high-rise, then there’s dining on top of the world. MIL Centro Restaurant lets you touch the sky in Peru. Sample delicious dishes crafted from ingredients that were practically grown in Heaven…or at least really high up. Head 11,706 feet (3,568 m) above sea level where mountains, clouds, and fine cuisine collide.
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Huayna Picchu Hiking Tour

Huayna Picchu Hiking Tour

This 2-hour hiking tour is a breathtaking complement to a visit to the Machu Picchu ruins. You will leave for Huayna Picchu mountain from Aguas Calientes, the small town that is nearest Machu Picchu. Huayna Picchu’s peak towers over Machu Picchu – at the summit of Huayna Picchu, hikers will be 1,180 feet (360 m) higher than ruins of Machu Picchu, at 8,920 feet (2,720 meters) above sea level.
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Central Restaurant

Central Restaurant

Central is an unmissable part of the itinerary, with its tasting menu travelling from 25 metres below to 4,200 metres above sea level. Central made its debut on The World’s 50 Best Restaurants list in 2013 at No.50 and has since rocketed to No.4. Chef Virgílio Martínez’s star has been rising rapidly for the last few years, coinciding with Lima’s ascent to become one of the world’s leading foodie destinations.
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Nikkei Experience Maido Restaurant

Nikkei Experience Maido Restaurant

Visit Maido for the multi-course Nikkei Experience. Maido has made lots of lists of top restaurants in the world and chef Mitsuharu Tsumura is often credited with putting Nikkei, Peruvian-Japanese fusion, on the map.
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