Convents

... many church establishments in Italy via monesterystays.com. The Catholic Church owns much prime real estate and nowadays monasteries and convents are not filled with priest and nuns, so they converted some to accommodate tourists. The cost is less than ...

... Pichu.The main square Plaza Des Armas is dominated by a huge cathedral and all around town there are lots of colonial churches, convents and mansions. There are narrow little cobbled streets too which gives the place some character. We spent a lot of our ...

Whilst perched precariously on the edge of the sheer drop of the world´s deepest canyon, I begin wondering whether my mule had taken ints depression medication.  Being perched precariously on the edge of a 3km sheer drop on a mule does that.  ...

Seems that the Spaniards went a bit overboard with the whole religious building thing during the colonial times. Here in Sucre just about all the largest colonial buildings are either a church, monastery or convent. Seems that every block one of these ...

Our next stop was in Arequipa, Peru's second-largest city, but described as its most beautiful.  Indeed, it is gorgeous, being built almost entirely out of a white volcanic rock, and thankfully chock full of great restaurants and shops.  Don't ...

Arriving early in Arequipa we grabbed a taxi which to our shock was the same as the locals' price to the town centre, that`s a first for us!!! It struck us immediately that this was a stunning city, the center is full of fine ...

We left Cuzco and caught our overnight bus to Peru´s second biggest city - Arequipa. The city sits in a valley in the shadow of the huge volcano El Misti. Many of the city´s buildings have been constructed from the volcanic rock sillar and the city ...

After the trip to the Colca Canyon, I spent a couple of days seeing the sights in Arequipa and resting my weary legs. The two major tourist attractions in town are the Monasterio de Santa Catalina, and the Museo Santury.  Both are definitely well ...

I am now traveling with Canadian Alice, see photos from Aguas Calientes. She decided that she liked the sound of my itinerary and booked herself a ticket to Arequipa from Cusco. I was glad of this for many reasons, not least of all was the availability ...

Ever since we first mooted the possibility of a "Boote Big Trip", the marvel of Machu Picchu was on the list of “must” sees. To this end, we made our merry way to the nearby city of Cusco – the undisputed capital of the Inca Empire ...

Every time we board the truck to somewhere new Alvaro (Alvy, tour guide) gives us a “cheat sheet” on the town and places to see and eat. The first thing I saw when I glanced at my sheet was Ice Cream Palace. Sold. Arequipa, you and I are ...

We left Nasca at 9 30 on tuesday night, all set for a 10 hour bus journey to Arequipa. The bus was much nicer than expected, sort of like a long distance flight! Still, not much sleep and looked an absolute mess the next morning! Arequipa is the ...