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PERU GOURMET

LIMA, CUZCO, SACRED VALLEY, MACHU PICCHU - 6 days / 5 nights
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Detailed Itinerary

DAY 1

Lima

- Arrival at Lima’s Airport where you will be welcomed by our english speaking guide.
-  In the afternoon you will explore the city on a sightseeing tour through the old and the new Lima. The Plaza de Armas with the beautiful buildings of the government Palace, the town hall, the Palace of the archbishop and the cathedral is still the most important place in town. The tour will continue to the San Francisco convent that was renovated after several earthquakes, the Santo Domingo convent and to the most popular place Plaza San Martín.
-  After that you will visit the most traditional residential areas in the capital: The Olive Grove of San Isidro, Mifaflores and Larco Mar, distinctive tourist centre of contemporary Lima.
-  Transfer to the selected hotel and spend the rest of the day at leisure.
 
DAY 2
Lima


-  Buffet Breakfast.
Today you will enjoy the incomparable experience of a unique Gourmet Tour.
-  The tour starts with a demonstration of the different fishes, vegetables and fruits of Perú. After that, we will go to one of the best local seafood restaurants where we will have the masterly presentation of Ceviche.
Next on your itinerary is a visit to one boutique where you can buy Peruvian cookbooks and souvenirs.
-  To finalize this splendid tour, you will have lunch in a typical Peruvian food restaurant. The buffet lunch includes the best and most traditional dishes of our Peruvian cuisine. Also you will have the chance to taste our famous national drink, the Pisco Sour.
-  Return to your hotel

DAY 3
Lima – Cusco

-  Buffet Breakfast.
Transfer to the airport to take your flight to Cusco. Upon arrival and transfer to your comfortable hotel where you are advised to rest for a while to acclimatize.
-  In the afternoon the half-day city tour begins. You will be shown the exact centre of the Inca Empire, the Plaza de Armas. There one can find the cathedral built on the ruins of the Inca Palace. The cathedral borders on other churches on both sides. Next stop will be the old town with its magnificent renovated colonial buildings. You will also visit the nearby ruins such as Tampu Machay, the bath of the Inca, Kenko, the giant rock whose niches and gaps were carved in a strange way, and Puca Pucara, the ruin of a small fort.
-  On the way back to Cuzco, we will visit the Sacsayhuaman fortress located north of the city of Cusco, with spectacular views of the city.
-  Return to Cusco where you can relax, enjoy the local food and exciting nightlife.

DAY 4
Cusco – Pisac – Ollantaytambo – Cusco


-  Buffet breakfast.

-  After breakfast, you will discover the Sacred Valley of the Incas; there, you will have the opportunity to purchase local handcrafts at the special and traditional Pisac Indian market performed every Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday. This market exhibits and sells wide variety of fine crafts of various kind: Woven goods, sweaters,

DAY 5
Cusco – Machu Picchu – Cusco

-  Buffet Breakfast.
-  At morning, pick up from your hotel and transfer by bus to the train station where the tour starts in a train that climbs the mountain in zigzag slopes and then rattles down into the fertile plain of the Urubamba valley, passes Ollantaytambo and goes on to Aguas Calientes. From here small busses drive up the steep mountain to the ruin town Machu Picchu called the Lost City of the Incas. You will be amazed of how the Incas were able to build this city on a mist-shrouded mountaintop.
-  Lunch is included at Sanctuary Lodge restaurant.
In the afternoon, you will return by train to Cusco. Upon arrival and transfer to your hotel.
-  At night, farewell dinner: enjoy a marvelous dinner while see our professional Peruvian dancers and musicians amuse you with traditional Andean music and dancing.

DAY 6
Cusco – Lima

-  You will be transferred to the airport for your flight out, or you may extend your trip to other destinations.






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ABOUT PERU GOURMET



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Peruvian cuisine is usually considered one of the most diverse in the world and is on par with French, Chinese and Indian cuisine. In January 2004, The economist said that "Peru can lay claim to one of the world's dozen or so great cuisines", while at the Fourth International Summit of Gastronomy Madrid Fusión 2006, regarded as the world's most important gastronomic forum, held in Spain between January 17th and 19th, Lima was declared the “Gastronomic Capital of the Americas".
Thanks to its pre-Inca and Inca heritage and to Spanish, Basque, African, Sino-Cantonese, Japanese and finally Italian immigration (mainly throughout the 19th century), Peruvian cuisine combines the flavors of four continents. With the eclectic variety of traditional dishes, the Peruvian culinary arts are in constant evolution, and impossible to list in their entirety. Suffice it to mention that along the Peruvian coast alone there are more than two thousand different types of soups, and that there are more than 250 traditional desserts.


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