One of the first impressions that foreign visitors have of Arequipa is how white the walls of their most important and ancient buildings are, which is why it is known as the “White City”. The first impression is that the religious buildings are constructed from marble and the houses of limestone, but later we learn the ...[+]

The great ruins of Batán Grande are located 18 miles (30 km) west of Ferreñafe in the Lambayeque region. The Peruvian people known as the Lambayeque who reigned over the region during the “Sicán Medio” period between the years 900 to 1100 C.E built the ruins to house the culture’s great elders of the ...[+]

Thousands of years ago in the Nazca desert, the ancient Peruvians left the world one of the most surprising testaments to their civilization: Nazca’s lines — the Peruvian desert’s geoglyphs.  Legend goes that the motifs designed into the desert’s land was meant to be admired by the gods in the heavens and only gods.  Today, ...[+]

As the capital of Peru, the city of Lima has gathered a special mix of attractions, which together help it to express its uniqueness and diversity. Lima is made up of various districts, one of them being Miraflores. This area is considered one of the districts with most historical value and architectural significance, not only ...[+]

In addition to being one of Peru’s capital city and country’s most urban zone, Lima has historical monuments which where built centuries ago since the beginning of the region’s civilization. Without a doubt the most mystical and spiritual site left behind by the ancient inhabitants of the land has been and continues to be ...[+]

Known as “The City of Eternal Spring” because of its climate, sun time, and the local’s chipper attitude, the city of Trujillo is the capitla of the northern La Libertad region. Centuries ago, the region was under the reign of one of Peru’s most important pre-Inca societies: the Mochica. Among the principal monuments, ...[+]

The great plains of the Nazca (which there are four in total: Palpa, Ingenio, Nazca, and Socos) are located in the province of Ica at 460 km south of Lima. There, the modern people of today can appreciate the gigantic anthropomorphic figures and lines drawn into the plains by the Nazca people in the ...[+]