| |||||||
| Peru Experience the festivals of Peru all year round. Take a walking route on the Inca Trail , which leads to Machu Picchu, a town sitting at 7,000 feet above sea level with great Inca monuments. Visit the town of Cusco and get a taste of pre-Columbian cultures or see the artifacts at one of the many Peru Museums. |
|
You are here as a guest. Sign up and get fewer ads, post your travel questions, and reply to other users. Sign up here. |
 |
| | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | Display Modes |
10-19-2006, 09:40 AM
| #1 (permalink) |
| Moderator Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 12
|  Peru - Arequipa Arequipa , the 'white city', is a peaceful colonial city, situated at 2.325 m. altitude and surrounded by volcanoes of which the most famous and highest is ' El Misti ( 5.822 meters ). Interesting to visit is the beautiful monastery of Santa Catalina. For 400 years, nuns have lived here in total isolation. It was not until 1970 that the monastery was opened to the public. In the ' La Cata' University , you can visit 'Juanita', an extremely well kept Inca mummy. The Incas sacrificed this little Inca girl to a volcano in order to please the gods.
__________________ B. Anthony Burroughs CMO |
|     |
|
Destination360 Travel Guides feature destinations throughout the globe. | ||
|
10-09-2007, 08:43 AM
| #2 (permalink) |
| Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2007
Posts: 15
| La Cato The "Museo Santuarios Andinos" Andean Sanctuaries Museum of the Catholic University of Santa Maria has as its exclusive attraction in the Lady of the Ampato, the best preserved pre Hispanic mummy in the world. Kindly known by the people as Juanita, the mummy was found in September of 1995 on the summit of the Ampato Volcano at 6288 meters above sea level |
|
| |
| Sponsored Links |
|
| Thread Tools | Search this Thread |
| Display Modes | |
Linear Mode
|
|
Similar Threads | ||||
| Thread | Thread Starter | Forum | Replies | Last Post |
| Best time to visit Peru | Pete | Peru | 4 | 03-04-2008 01:04 AM |
| Peru: We Are Waiting For You, Visit Us! | titan | Peru | 4 | 01-10-2008 12:21 PM |
| Peru Flights | Gigi | Peru | 6 | 12-07-2007 05:03 PM |
| Retirement in Peru... | pdxnate45 | Peru | 4 | 12-07-2007 11:18 AM |
| Travel Peru from Arequipa | bfahrion | Peru | 4 | 03-04-2007 04:48 PM |
All times are GMT -8. The time now is 05:46 AM.