Arequipa, Peru Hotels, Vacations, Tourism

An active city, some 2400m above sea level, and with a relatively wealthy population of over three-quarters of a million, AREQUIPA maintains a rather aloof attitude toward the rest of Peru. Most Arequipans feel themselves distinct, if not culturally superior, and resent the idea of the nation revolving around Lima, and with El Misti , the 5821-metre dormant volcano poised above, the place does have a rather legendary sort of appearance. But besides its widespread image as the country’s second biggest and arguably, after Cusco, most attractive city, Arequipa has some very specific historical … more »