Arequipa has an exquisite and varied cuisine, it is equipped with an excellent tourist infrastructure, which has allowed it, on occasion, to host the most important national and international events.
Arequipa, in Quechua Ari-quepay (if you stay), has a wide range of tourist attractions, from its architectural monuments such as temples, monasteries, and mansions built with the sillar stone. For its part, the Arequipeño landscape has an extraordinary beauty that captivates and attracts its own and strangers. The beauty of its countryside adds to the beauty of its volcanic mountains (Misti, Chachani, Pichupichu), forming part of the Volcanic Mountain Range. Among its main attractions are the cathedral of Arequipa, the temple and convent of the company of Jesus, Monastery of Santa Catalina (“a small city within a city”), old houses such as, the house of La Moral and the Goyeneche house, and the impressive canyons of Colca and Cotahuasi.
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