The document summarizes tourist attractions in northern Peru, including the cities of Trujillo, Chiclayo, and Piura. In Trujillo, visitors can see archaeological sites from the Chimu kingdom like Chan Chan and Huaca del Sol y de la Luna. Chiclayo is known for the Mochica culture sites of Tucume and Sipan, where a 1700 year old nobleman was discovered. Piura offers beaches like Colan, Vichayito and Lobitos, as well as crafts in Chulucanas and Catacaos. The region offers a mix of history, nature, and local culture.
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Peru: Northern Circuit
The document summarizes tourist attractions in northern Peru, including the cities of Trujillo, Chiclayo, and Piura. In Trujillo, visitors can see archaeological sites from the Chimu kingdom like Chan Chan and Huaca del Sol y de la Luna. Chiclayo is known for the Mochica culture sites of Tucume and Sipan, where a 1700 year old nobleman was discovered. Piura offers beaches like Colan, Vichayito and Lobitos, as well as crafts in Chulucanas and Catacaos. The region offers a mix of history, nature, and local culture.
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PERU: NORTHERN CIRCUIT.
Magic, history, nature, culture. four elements that Peru offers.
A magical place in South America for group travel. And these are the places in the north that can be discovered. We started the tourist circuit in Trujillo, located 561 km. from Lima, land of eternal spring and majestic hispanic architecture. We can visit CHANCHAN, was the capital of the Chimu kingdom and considered of the world is largest adobe city. El Brujo, Huaca RAINBOW, the Huaca of the Sun and Moon; are some other archaeological monuments to visit. You can visit its beaches of HUANCHACO and "PACASMAYO" and ancestral boats known as "horses of totora". In trujillo you can enjoy dance of marinera, and enjoy the elegant and famous: PERUVIAN PASO HORSES. Then we can travel 203 km to the north. The second tour stop is "CHICLAYO". Land where lived the Mochica culture. Here, you can enjoy "TUCUME" known as the "Valley of the Pyramids", there are also other significant archaeological sites to explore, such as Sicn and Chotuna. In 1987, the world was dazzled by the discovery of the "Lord of Sipan" a Mochica nobleman buried 1700 years ago. You can know your legacy and visiting the museums "Royal Tombs" and "Bunning". In Chiclayo you can also enjoy the balconies and colonial homes of Lambayeque; and in Zaa you can enjoy the ruins of colonial Church. Lambayeque also has beaches, like the balneario of Pimentel, and nature its ecological diversity., in the form of the Pmac forest and the Chaparr reserve, and an excellent gastronomic tradition that is embedded in the DNA of its people. Finally we traveled 215 km to the north, The third tourist stop is Piura, with its beautiful beaches COLAN, VICHAYITO and LOBITOS. In "Chulucanas", you can enjoy ceramic, and buy souvenirs of ceramic and wood.
You can also enjoy the craft of "CATACAOS" works on cotton, straw, gold and silver. If you visit Piura, you should eat the delicious "chifles" and drinking "chicha" ancient drink. Angel Chiroque Lozano