Arequipa Map, Peru
If you feel like you need some help to find your way in your destination city, you are in the right place. This Arequipa Map will certainly help you to seek out the best restaurants, clubs and sights in town. You want to know what is the best place for a walk? Or what you should be watching out for during your visit? Learn more about the best things to do in the city reading our travel tips and then get around in Arequipa with Travelgrove's map. While searching for places, you can also check some cheap flights or deals or you can take a look at our user's galleries about the city. We hope you will find our city map of Arequipa useful. Enjoy your trip and come back to share your travel experience about Arequipa!
Arequipa Nightlife
If you are done with sightseeing in Arequipa, don’t think your trip is over. The party has just begun! A taxi would take five minutes from the city center to take you to the Dolores Avenue that has very nice pubs and discotheques. The bars and clubs of Arequipa are known to the local party crowd and they’re not even very expensive to spend the night. read moreArequipa Travel Guide
The city was once occupied by Aymara Indians. Modern Arequipa was founded in 1540 by Spanish conquistador Francisco Pizarro. Juan de la Torre y Díaz Chacón was one of the founders of Arequipa and the first mayor of the city. read moreArequipa History
On 15 august 1540, Garci Manuel de Carbajal founded the modern city of Arequipa. He was an emissary of a Spanish explorer, Francisco Pizzaro. D Juan de la Torry y Diaz Chacon became the first mayor of Arequipa. Arequipa got the rank of a city by King Charles V of Spain after about a year. King Charles also gave it the coat of arms that the city still bears. The city has a number of relic and colonial architectures that... read moreArequipa Sightseeing
Arequipa Cathedral - Constructed in 1656, it is a very dominating structure and stretches along the northern end of Plaza de Armas. It was rebuilt twice; once after it was gutted in fire in the year 1844 and once after its destruction brought by an earthquake in 1868. In the year 2001 too, one of its towers toppled and the other was damaged, however what stands today is a completely repaired structure. read moreThings about Arequipa you may be interested in
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