Casa Andina Arequipa

... has limited the earthquake damage to the buildings within the city. After arriving we checked into our wonderful hotel, the Casa Andina Private Collection. Taking a walk around town gave us the idea that we had stepped back into colonial times in South ...

... highest at 15,000 feet. Our guide, Julessia will be with us for the first three days.  We are staying at the Casa Andina Private Collection, the city's former coin mint and national historic monument!  We feel like a king and queen with all the ...

... decided to skip the dinner organised by the tour group complete with a folk dance and instead headed to the observatory at the Casa Andina hotel which our guide books had recommended. The next day involved some gruelling bus rides along dirt roads to get ...

... town because the buildings use a lot of white volcanic stones. Far away, El Misti the volcano can be seen. Arequipa is a colonial town built by the conquistadors which is clearly reflected in its architecture. It´s historic centre was named a ...

... easy to joke around hehehehe.. if anything was done too seriously, it would become so boring. A lot of building in Arequipa is made from sillar ( a very strong rock from the volcanoes). The monastery is built with sillar and painted red with clay ...

Saímos de Nazca às 7:30 rumo a Arequipa, visitamos o cemitério chauchilla, e seguimos viajem, a carretera panamericana está muito boa, mas ainda bem que tinhamos nos previnido com algumas bolachinhas e muita água, porque só existem pequenos povoados ...

... to the Colca Canyon.  The drive to the canyon would take us along a route at which the highest point was 4872m.  Arequipa is Peru´s second largest city and is best known for its mining of copper, gold and silver.     Luis our ...

... which stopped at Juliaca first - the closest airport to Puno - and so we got our first glimpse of Lake Titicaca. The descent into Arequipa is spectacular as you come in between two sets of volcanoes and seem to go so close to them. Why was my camera in ...

... be hydradated so we brought lots of water as well. At the terminal we were met by our tour guide who took us to our hotel - casa andina, which is the chain of hotels we´re staying at throughout our trip - and told us that she´d come to pick us up at ...

... and walk home in twilight, with the southern cross guiding us home.   NOTES FOR THE TRAVELLER: - Hotel:  Casa Andina (45 Soles, double including Cable TV, private bath, including breakfast) - Restaurant:  El Turko, authentic ...

... make several stops to pickup random locals on the side of the road. Once we arrived in Chivay, we took a cab to our hotel, Casa Andina. It is the cutest little hotel! It looks like little cottages in the middle of the mountains. We checked in our room ...

After a nice flight of 1hour and half we landed in an amazing surroundings with the desert all around and, in the back, important mountains with snow and a volcano We do a rapid check in at the hotel, which is much lower quality than Radisson Lima!!!! ...

... na areia, as vacas holandesas dão leita para a fábrica do leite Glória. A água de irrigação vem do Rio Colca. Arequipa é mesmo cidade branca, construida de pedra pome, que aqui se chama sillar. O Monasterio de Sta. Catalina funciona até hoje, foi ...

... stopover hotel. A few hours sleep and we were on our way back back to the airport for yet another flight, this time to Arequipa. We arrived in plenty of time and enjoyed a leisurely journey eastwards over the Andes. As we approached the mountain top city, ...

... night still, but I was better but not great.  Juli slept alot the first day, but has done fine since.  We are back in Arequipa now, about 5000 feet lower.  Went to Colca Canyon and saw condors, so that was cool, but it was a long trip back ...

... glasses. It doesn't do anything to my vision. dang!!! ok.. I guess maybe I'll be fine in the morning after a night rest at the hotel in arequipa. Nope still there. thank goodness I got a travel insurance, so hopefully it covers this stupid vision of ...

... Aqui também se tem o costume de domesticar águias. São lindas também (foto).  Ficamos aqui por 3 noites e 2 dias. O Hotel Casa Andina praticamente tornou-se a nossa casa. Desde que os descobrimos só não nos hospedamos se não havia no lugar. O ...