Colonial House Inn Arequipa
Puente Grau 114 Arequipa, Peru
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TravelPod Member ReviewsColonial House Inn Arequipa
“brilliant cheap option ”
roseyd 10 contributions
Mighty Leeds, United Kingdom
Dec 28, 2010
Not the fanciest of places, but very friendly and comfy. Very cheap!
This review is the subjective opinion of a TravelPod member and not of TravelPod.com.
Travel Blogs by Travelers Who Stayed at this InnColonial House Inn Arequipa
Arequipa
After two busy/crazy last days in Cusco I left for Arequipa. The last two days consisted of packing and running errands, saying goodbye to people and one last day of volunteering at the orphanage...maybe one of the best...Friday´s are laundry day at the orphanage so when I arrived at 3:00 I found all 35 of the girls, from age 5-16 up to the elbows …
Volunteering in Arequipa
Took another arduous 16 hour overnight bus from Lima down to Arequipa in the south of Peru ... being cramped right in the back of the bus wasn´t too much fun ... but glad I´m here as Arequipa is a very nice city and I now plan to stay for about a month to do some volunteering here. The volunteering work is with local kids who attend a "Community …
La Ciudad Blanca
Greetings from Peru´s Ciudad Blanca....Arequipa, the white city!
I woke up over an hour before my alarm was set to go off. I was freezing and discovered much later that the window was open. Duh! With so much time to kill I padded around my room, tried to understand the morning news on the TV, started to repack my backpack, and then heard …
The White City
We arrived in Arequipa at 8am after our first night bus. We were feeling quite exhausted.
Arequipa is located 2335 metres above sea level with El Misti, the dormant 5821 metre volcano overlooking the city. Many of the country´s finest colonial churches and mansions are constructed from white volcanic rock called Sillar.
Our …
More Arequipa
After breakfast, we visited the Monasterio de Santa Catalina, a convent which housed almost 200 secluded nuns and 300 servants from the late 16th century until it opened its doors to the public in 1970. There are still 30 nuns who live there but they are restricted to certain areas while the convent is open to the public during the day. It is a …



