Description

Stroll through the beautiful historic centre of Lima, a UNESCO World Heritage Site Enjoy Casa Aliaga and learn about its history Discover a valuable collection of old books from the San Francisco Church Explore the Larco Museum with its vast collection of gold and silver artefacts Have an enjoyable time in an 18th-century vice-royal building at Museo Larco WHAT TO EXPECT Your tour will start in downtown Lima, where you'll visit the Aliaga House, a viceregal construction delivered by Francisco Pizarro to one of his captains (Jerónimo de Aliaga) when he founded the city. Then you'll go to Saint Francis' Church, which has an enviable collection of old books and an authentic network of catacombs open to the public. Next, you'll head to the Pueblo Libre district to visit the Larco Museum, founded by Rafael Larco Hoyle in 1926. The museum, located inside a viceregal mansion built on a pre-Columbian pyramid of the 7th century, houses the most complete pre-Hispanic collection of gold and silver artefacts as well as pieces of erotic art.