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Hotel Meliana Arequipa

Av M. Ugarteche 309 Arequipa, 28225, Peru

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Happy New Year In Peru

A travel blog entry by annabelk

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... house on the home page - all very odd.

We instantly liked Arequipa. The light stone makes it a lovely bright place. It is easy and safe to get around and people are really friendly (apart from those who try to overcharge you for bottles of water). After booking our trip to the Colca Canyon we visited the Monastery Santa Catalina which is like a city in a city. Wealthy families would send their second daughter to the monastery at ...

A-re-quipa, quipa, quipa, quipa, quipa, QUIPA!

A travel blog entry by sam_and_jacqui

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... to be traveling for tourism they were sat in groups surrounded by massive piles of stuff. All kinds of things from clothes to toys to TVs, Jacqui thought they had been Christmas shopping but I wasn’t so sure, I think they were stocking up on things for their shops. Then there were the different bus companies who were all vying for everyone’s business, calling out the names of the destinations of the different busses. However they all seemed to be going to ...

Due South

A travel blog entry by petemacleod

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... its kind in the world but has just been pipped by a nearby site. Anyway, I had a look at it online and read some guides. Virtually everyone passing through Arequipa visits it but it just didnt look terribly exciting. I decided then that I would only visit things that Iīm really looking forward to- its very easy to feel under pressure to visit things just because they are nearby. Anyway, no-one who went to Colca came back raving about it so I donīt think I missed out.
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Arequipa & Canyon Country

A travel blog entry by benpotter

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Sunday morning was spent recovering before we went for a really nice lunch on the terrace overlooking the main square, the Plaza de Armas. The views were amazing! We also went to look at the Monasterio de Santa Catalina, which was one of the most incredible buildings/mini cities I've ever seen……well worth the S30 entry price.

Monday was a fairly quiet day although we did manage to drag ourselves out of the hostel for a bit of museum hopping. By far ...

Finding the Real Arequipa

A travel blog entry by atlpilot36

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... guilty for never feeding our minds with anything cultural other than the local fermented grains, and how often are we in Arequipa after all.

The monastary was founded in 1579 and has been expanded over the centuries using the white volcanic rock surrounding Arequipa. Actually most buildings in the city center are of the same stone, and the nickname "white city" stuck. After a couple of hours walking around Santa Catalina's ...

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