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Santa Catalina  (Aug 01 '06)
Near the city's central plaza stands el Monasterio de Santa Catalina. The former cloistered convent has been one of Arequipa's dominating features since shortly after the Spanish conquistadors ...
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Santa Catalina  (May 07 '07)
A main attraction in Arequipa, it is expensive to visit but well worth it. The covent is made up of numerous courtyards and streets full of dwellings for the nuns. Each nun would have perhaps 4 ...
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2 Day trip to Colca Canyon  (Apr 17 '07)
A 2 day trip to Colca Canyon taking in the scenery along the way. Unfortunately didn't see that many condors but what we did see was amazing. Very good tour and at US$25 excellent value.
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Museo Editora Peru  (May 08 '07)
This museum was free and included a guide who refused to take a tip at the end (never experienced that before). There were a few rooms dedicated to the history of the press in Arequipa but because the ...
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Casa del Moral  (May 07 '07)
This house was real gem to find. It cost around US $1.50 to get in. We had a guide who was very knowledgeable and fluent in english. The house had been heavily damaged in the 1868 earthquake. In 1948 ...
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Convento de la Recoleta  (May 08 '07)
This monastery was amazing to visit. We took a taxi from the centre of Arequipa but you could walk it in half an hour uphill. It cost US $1.50. You can walk around the monastery by yourself. You can ...
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Museo Santuarios Andinos  (May 07 '07)
This museum the most important museum of Arequipa. When we arrived we found we had to take a guide. Very knowledgeable but talks like a robot. It seems like he has done it a thousand times already. It ...
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Volcan Misti  (Jan  '04)
If you can find the right route up the mountain where there is an actual trail, not that we were able to, the hike is supposed to be fairly easy. You can book the trip through a ...
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Museo Historico Municipal  (May 07 '07)
It is housed in a very building on the plaza but the museum itself we found a bit boring. It had lots of military stuff like weapons and paintings. Give it a miss.
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All the usual stuff in the this museum. A university museum, it is an extensive collection and quite interesting. You just need to give a donation on the way out.
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