Description

• LOCATION, EXTENSION AND POPULATION:
  It is located in the south-eastern Peru, with an area of 63.528 km2 at an altitude of 2.335 m and its population is around one million inhabitants.
• WHEATER: Dry weather is varied intense summer heat and low temperatures in winter. With an average of 18 ° C and with abundant sunshine throughout the year
  
• HISTORICAL OVERVIEW:
  It is estimated that the first inhabitants are from 6 thousand to 8 thousand years before Christ, during the Paleolithic Period. The evidence of its existence is near the region of Yarabamba in Pampa Colorada and Sumbay behind the Misti.
  On August 15, 1540, under the command of Captain Manuel García Carbajal, the Spanish founded the Villa Hermosa de Arequipa. It's Called "White City" by the beautiful architecture of its buildings built of white ashlar (petrified volcanic ash from the Chachani volcano).
  
• MAIN  ATTRACTIONS TOURIST
  Monasterio de Santa Catalina the most important and impressive religious monument in Peru, Plaza de Armas, the Cathedral, Town Hall, Church of the Company, Church and Convent of Mercy. Colonial architectural San Francisco, dating from the sixteenth century. Franciscan Monastery of La Recoleta. Among the ancient and colonial mansions include the Casa Moral, La Casa de Tristán del Pozo, iBerry House, La Casa del Pastor and La Casa Goyeneche.
  
• THE COUNTRYSIDE: Yanahuara. Cayma, Sabandía, Mansion of the Founder, Yura Thermal Baths and other natural beauty.