Peru Culinary Tours
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Though Cusco was the capital of the Inca Empire, Lima is the capital of Peruvian cuisine, which has become world-renowned. Several of Lima's restaurants are always included in the influential World's 50 Best Restaurants Guide and Cusco's restaurants are cutting edge too.
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Gastronomic LimaDAY 1 | ARRIVAL LIMA
You will be picked up from the airport at the scheduled time to transfer you to your hotel in Lima. At night, transfer from your hotel to the restaurant to savor a delicious dinner. The restaurant is located in an incomparable setting, inside the complex of an adobe pyramid built by the original inhabitants of Lima more than 1,500 years ago. The restaurant is beautifully designed in a rustic colonial style. You can choose to dine inside or out, but the best place is undoubtedly the covered terrace. The menu is creative, with spicy touches of the classic Peruvian creole cuisine. After dinner, return to your hotel.
DAY 2 | LIMA – GASTRONOMIC TOUR AND LIMA CITY TOUR You will be picked up from your hotel to go to the district of San Isidro where you can visit the local market. This is a classic Lima market offering a wide variety of fruits, vegetables, meat cuts and fish. A real visual and olfactory experience. After the tour, you will arrive at the restaurant and you can participate in a cocktail demonstration class to learn how to prepare the famous pisco sour. You will also have a cooking demonstration class where you will learn how to prepare a delicious typical Peruvian dish. After both classes, you will enjoy a tasty lunch and then return to your hotel. In the afternoon, get ready to explore Lima's old town, a Unesco World Heritage Site, which is packed with fascinating historic buildings. Start the tour with the Casa Aliaga, a colonial mansion granted in 1535 by the conquistador Francisco Pizarro to one of his captains, Jeronimo de Aliaga. This is the only house of the period that still belongs to the same family. Continue with a scenic tour of the colonial centre. Visit the Plaza de Armas, where you can appreciate the grandiose architecture of the Spanish Empire. There you will find its magnificent Cathedral, built in the 16th century. The tour ends at the Larco Museum, located in the district of Pueblo Libre. The Larco Museum has been considered one of the 25 best museums in the world by TripAdvisor users and contains an impressive collection of pre-Columbian pieces of gold, silver, looms and erotic art. After this visit, you will return to your hotel.
DAY 3 | LIMA: HALF-DAY TOUR IN BARRANCO PARK DISCOVERING THE STREET FOOD IN LIMA Drive to Barranco and stroll around this quaint and traditional district,considered to be the city's most romantic and bohemian, being the home and working place of many of Peru's leading artists, musicians, designers and photographers. Stop at the Park of Barranco to degustate the exquisite traditional Peruvian anticuchos, made with beef heart and seasoned with garlic, vinegar, cumin, and aji panca, a mild red chile pepper with a smoky flavor. Have a taste also of the typical picarones, a fabulous dessert of sweet flavor, crispy and warm, dripping with syrup. Return to your Hotel.
DAY 4 | DEPARTURE LIMA You will be transferred to the airport to take your departure flight.
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Gastronomic CuscoDAY 1 | ARRIVAL CUSCO
Transfer from the Cusco airport to your hotel. In the evening, enjoy dinner at a restaurant that offers typical Cusco food in a traditional and rustic atmosphere in the legendary San Blas neighborhood.
DAY 2 | CUSCO – CHOCOMUSEUM & PISCO MUSEUM Join a gastronomic tour that includes a visit to the Chocomuseo and the Pisco Museum; two ideal places in which to learn about the production process of each of these staples, from raw ingredient to end product. To make things even more enticing, in each one of them you will get to enjoy a taste! At the end of the tour, return to your hotel.
DAY 3 |CUSCO - MARAS & MORAY Depart after breakfast at the hotel, heading along the Sacred Valley towards the archaeological site of Maras, where the salt ponds create a dazzling scene. The thousands of small ponds give work to and help feed many local families. During Inca times, the salt deposits were an important economic centre and of great value to the imperial economy. Continue to Moray, approximately an hour and a half away. As with many Inca ruins, its exact function remains a mystery though the design of ever-wider concentric circular terraces means each level had a different microclimate. After the tour, enjoy lunch in a restaurant in the Sacred Valley and relax at your hotel.
DAY 4 | SACRED VALLEY – PISAC MARKET & OLLANTAYTAMBO Your journey will begin towards the market of Pisac, which consists of dozens of stalls that display and sell products worked by the inhabitants of the area. You can find textiles, carvings and replicas of old Inca pieces. Then you will go to the restaurant agreed The town of Ollantaytambo is a typical example of urban planning of the Incas still inhabited as in the past. Pachacútec (1438 - 1471) conquered the town of Ollantaytambo Town, destroyed it and built a new one by absorbing it as part of its empire considered today as one of the most remarkable archaeological complexes of the Incanate. Today’s lunch is a thousand-year-old ritual of the Andes: Pachamanca. It consists of preparing elements such as potatoes, sweet potatoes, meat, vegetables and more under the earth, cooking them with hot stones. Finally, witness the unearthing of the Pachamanca and enjoy the food. At the end of your tour you will be transferred to the Sacred Valley.
DAY 5 | SACRED VALLEY - MACHU PICCHU - CUSCO You will be picked up and transferred to the Ollantaytambo Station to board the train to Aguas Calientes, the nearest town to Machu Picchu. Take the train to Aguas Calientes, travel observing the Andean landscapes during a journey of an hour and a half. Our guide will be waiting for you and will accompany you until the departure point of the bus. Afterwards, take a bus for the 25-minute journey up to Machu Picchu for a guided tour. It is believed that this archaeological site was built in 1450 by the Inca Pachacutec as his holiday home. However, a century later, the city was abandoned after the Spanish conquest, escaping the destruction that azotó other Incas settlements. Along with the guided tour, you will have the opportunity to learn about the origins of this impressive city and explore its most outstanding monuments. After completing the tour, you will take the bus to Aguas Calientes, where you will enjoy lunch at your selected restaurant. After lunch, you can explore the charming village and, when you're ready, board the train back. The trip by train will take an hour and a half and it will take you back to Ollantaytambo, where our transportation will accompany you back to your hotel in Cusco. *Lunch time could vary depending on the entrance to the citadel **Due to the citadel’s limited capacity we recommend that you confirm your booking as soon as possible to proceed with the tickets purchase. Tickets are subject to availability.
DAY 6 | DEPARTURE CUSCO You will be transferred to the Cusco airport to take your departure flight.
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CANCELLATION POLICY
cancellation fees will be charged as follows: 1 to 9 people from 15 to 1 day prior to start = 100% The entrance to Machu Picchu or any other ticket purchase outside this time range, is not considered within these cancellation fees. Once it is issued, a 100% cost of the ticket will be charged.
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