SAINT DOMINIC MONASTERY MUSEUM AND VIEWER TOWER OF THE CITY

Saint Dominic Monastery Museum and the viewer tower of the City

Duration: 2 hours

Service Includes:

- Pick up from the hotel in Lima

- Private Tourist Transport

- Tickets to Saint Dominic Monastery Museum and the viewer tower of the City

- Tour Guide

Itinerary:

Histhoric Center of Lima

The Church and Convent of Saint Dominic, date 16th century. It is the Lima oldest convent, with its wonderful pink tower, the viewer tower of the City. In this church, there are rests of famous saints, like Santa Rosa de Lima, Juan Masias and San Martin de Porres. The Moorish heritage from Spain is manifested and the cloister enclosing a pleasant freshness thanks to large plants is decorated with tiles and stone arcades. An attractive mural made of tiles represents Saint Dominic life.

Saint Dominic Monastery and Tower

The church is famous in Lima for being the only one with a "real" steeple, which in consequence of the construction over several stages has a very peculiar style. Inside the church are the oldest choir stalls of Lima, the famous statue of the Virgen del Rosario and the silver urns that contain the relicts of Santa Rosa (the patron saint of Lima) and San Martín de Porres.

Tasting chocolate and Pisco Sour.

Contact:

Miriam Edelmira López Aguilar
Celular number: (+51) 979658210
Email: miriamedelmira@yahoo.com