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TourSillar Route Tour
Tour details
Duration
6 hours
Type
Regular tour
Languages
Espanhol / Inglês
Face-to-face guide
Available
Category
- Arte, História e Cultura
Activity description
The Sillar Route is a tour full of history, living culture and adventure. We will discover why Arequipa is also known as "The White City", since when Sillar was used as a building material for houses, churches and mansions.
We will learn how this stone called Ignimbrite is extracted, how the ashlars are formed and we will meet one of the stonemasons who work hard every day and carry on a tradition that is passed down from generation to generation.
We will start at 8am heading to the Cerro Colorado district to see the most famous white sillar quarry. There we will see firsthand the ancient process of making and extracting sillar blocks and their carving carried out by the masons using simple tools such as a bar, a skipping rope and a chisel.
Next, we will take a 20-minute walk through the enigmatic Quebrada de Culebrillas, an imposing virgin quarry on a narrow path formed by the erosion of water and wind over time. At the end of the tour, we will return to the city of Arequipa.
What includes and does not include
- Guia Turístico Oficial Bilíngue
- Transporte turístico equipado
- Pick up do hotel ou praça
- Extras
- Entradas para as Pedreiras de Añashuayco e o Desfiladeiro Culebrillas
Meeting point
À Combinar
What to take
- Calçados confortáveis
- Chapéu de sol
- Câmera
- Passaporte ou carteira de identidade
- Protetor solar
- Roupa confortável
- Água
- Óculos de sol
General Rules
Daily departures at 8am.
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