Itinerary:

Pickup from your accommodation in Arequipa to start this interesting tour known as Arequipa Panoramic Mirabus ,  we start with visit the architectural monuments and beautiful natural viewpoints surrounding the white city. Then we will go to the outskirts of the city where first visit the beautiful viewpoint Sachaca, which will offer a beautiful natural landscape of Arequipa and volcanoes.

Then we drive our car to the Mission of the Founder, beautiful colonial building where the founder of the city of Arequipa Garcia Manuel de Carvajal lived in the fifteenth century.

Finally we travel through spectacular Andean scenery and reach the mill Sabandia, an impressive construction based on volcanic rock known as sillar, where you can see an old stone mill that was built in the year 1785. End of the tour at Arequipa main square.

Places to visit:

Plaza de Armas – Plaza Mayor of the City. This consists of three covers double row built in stone are complemented by the Cathedral Basilica located in the northern part. It is decorated in the center by a beautiful fountain built in 1730, crowned by the Tuturutu representing a former soldier playing trumpet.

Carmen Alto: Traditional village of Cayma located on the right side of the river Chili and 4 km. from the main square with its Streets and traditional people, you have beautiful terraces of good conservation with stone walls and surrounded by old little paths which are still used today. Where the River Chili divides Arequipainto two parts.

Mirador la Rinconada: With a beautiful setting accompanied by the views of the Chachani, Misti and PichuPichu volcanoes. The pleasant climate that makes it perfect for nurseries grown by typical fruits of Arequipa and Arequipa papaya.

Yanahuara: Traditional and elegant neighborhood, located 2 km. away from downtown and about 8 minutes by car from beautiful narrow streets stale in the top is the main square where the famous church (1750) San Juan de Yanahuara is located; It has a single nave, baroque facade and sober interior. Viewpoint which was built in the nineteenth century, decorated with ashlar arches inscribed with poetic fragments of famous Arequipa. It has a privileged view of the city and the Misti volcano.

Factory Incalpaca: Prestigious production company for fiber camelids such as alpaca and vicuna, it is INCALPACA TPX, also belonging to the International Vicuña Consortium, an organization that covers all producers of vicuna in the world, INCALPACA markets its products through its store 111.

Founder Mansion: The most important houses or mansions and traditional in the region of Virreynal construction made in ashlar on the edge of a cliff, dating from the eighteenth century. According, the founder of Arequipa Don Garci Manuel de Carbajal, had it built for his son. After going through several owners; in 1585 it is sold to the Jesuits, who settled in Huasacache, improving and expanding the environments of the house, who dedicated to rest and as Retreat House, built the church, where the image of the missionary outstanding is Jesuit, San Francisco Javier. In 1785, Don Juan Chrysostom.

Mill Sabandia: In a beautiful countryside dominated by volcanoes Chachani and Mistithere is Sabandía, picturesque farming village with many Inca terraces, where the springs that rise to the surface in spurts abound.Place to enjoy the fresh air, good weather and glorious sunshine and admire its famous Mill, built in 1621, which still starts up for our admiration, the techniques used to process wheat shown using stone mills, being the wheat flour industry one of the most important in the district until today. They are characteristic their solid buttresses and rustic balconies, which is a historical monument that brings ancient times the memory and ingenuity and work arequipeña people.

What’s included:

• Pick up from your hotel in Arequipa.
• Tourist transport
• Entrance to Founder Museum
• Entrance to Sabandia Mill
• Professional guide in English or Spanish
• Drop off at Arequipa main square

Not included:

• Meals not specified in the itinerary
• Accommodation in Arequipa

Recommended list:

• Snacks
• walking shoes or sneakers
• Hat or cap
• Sunglasses
• Sunscreen
• Toiletries
• Water Bottle