Travel to Trujillo 6 Days

The noble and cultured city of Trujillo, beautiful not only holds securities Capital of the Sailor and the Spring Festival. Our visit to the colonial civil and religious monuments. It will start appreciating the Wall of Trujillo Baluarte Herrera, who protected in the seventeenth century to the city from attacks by buccaneers and privateers, then continue to the Plazuela El Recreo surrounded by lush and mature Ficus in which we can observe a pool of marble, formerly located in the Plaza de Armas, also is the former Caja de Agua (water distribution system in colonial times). Continuing the visit to the palace ITURREGUI, one of the finest in the north, it has two plants, whose neoclassical influence shows large patios and galleries, Emancipation House, neoclassical architecture, has wall paintings rococo Church Merced, Casa del Mariscal de Orbegoso, Plaza Mayor and the monument of Freedom House Calonge Urquiaga neoclassical ornate furniture and objects, continue to the Plazuela Santo Domingo, we will appreciate the Casa del Mayorazgo Facal, mansion of considerable historical tradition I shelter the preparation of the first national flag used in Trujillo in the first declaration of independence from Spanish rule on 29 December 1820. it culminates with a visit to the archaeological Museum, where archaeological remains linked are exposed to different pre-Hispanic cultures they were developed in the region La Libertad. The museum is in the house Risco, famous for its patios decorated with murals.   include pottery, jewelry, textiles and feather art. Return to hotel

Visit the Temple of the Rainbow or the Dragon of the Chimu culture (S. XI to XV D.C.) whose quadrangular began, is surrounded by a trapezoidal wall of 6 meters high. Tour of the Museum of Chan Chan site where models and models of architecture Moche and Chimu are exhibited, as well as a light and sound presentation. Then we visit the impressive archaeological complex of Chan Chan, whose length is approximately 18 km2. The Tschudi Palace, located in the southwestern part of Chan Chan, is one of the nine best preserved; its walls are decorated with stylized friezes in high relief with zoomorphic and geometric figures. We tour their seats ceremonial worship, barns reservoirs, the Chamber of the Council of Elders, cemeteries, etc. Visit to ancestral HUANCHACO Fishing cove where we see the old hotel . Boats back.

Located in the Moche. Between the countryside and wilderness, they are located the temples of the Sun, built with over 100 million adobe bricks and currently has a height of 45 mts., And Huaca de la Luna, a beautiful building consisting of 6 buildings, one above the other. Between them, the city Moche, probably buried by effects of a major "El Niño". Today, thanks to the patient work of archaeologists have already discovered some houses and streets that are changing the criteria for the urban concept of this culture.

Recently it opened modern Museum of Moche Temples.

Visit the Castle of Tomabal ceremonial temple began 300 B.C. and completed by the Moche adobe pyramid is forming a large building with a height of 36 meters have been used stone foundations in its construction.

Continuing Tomabal village in the same valley of Viru, are the ruins of Queneto settled in the foothills of the same name considered a sanctuary made of stone constructions are two squares and around large number of fragments have been pottery of different types, and hundreds of stones etched with pictographs humans beheaded, snakes, condors and other birds, rudimentary star man in various positions, then we will go to one of the villages Viru very virreynal tradition where customs and cuisine is notable dishes are prepared on the basis of cañanes, its flesh is white and has a very pleasant taste another typical dish is "wedding" and their chichas. Lunch.

Afternoon visit the Plaza de Armas with its traditional center and the rest of the afternoon resting roundabout. Return to hotel.

Departure in the north Panamericana highway to the Chicama Valley where you can see the extensive sugar cane crops. In this valley as much sugar produced in the country, with factories Cartavio and Casa Grande. Before reaching Chocope, we take the road west to "El Brujo" which consists of 3 huacas the archaeological complex sits: Cao, Partida and Prieta. In the latter Junnius Bird researcher he found evidence of human occupation 5,000 years B.C. In Huaca Cao polychrome paintings have been discovered at different levels representing prisoners, dancers, fishing scenes, war and things of Moche mythology. Mummy belonging to a ruler of the Mochica culture, discovered by a team of archaeologists, the discovery is compared with that of the Lord of Sipan, before this visit is also new and recently opened Museum in honor of the Ms. Cao discovery, it was thought that only men exercised officials in ancient Peru. Return to hotel.

Located at the intersection of the road to Huanchaco and Trujillo North Panamerican highway, is exactly an invaluable archaeological treasure: the "Cassinelli Museum."

While remaining ten minutes or more touring the museum, any amount of time will be enough to feel hopelessly wrapped in a sense of great joy to have met the museum, you are extremely happy to see that in Trujillo an exhibition of archaeological pieces it is mounted consistent in figurines and other Inca and pre-Inca pieces very beautiful and unique in its kind, able to curl his astonishment to the height of a tsunami. Old pieces of hundreds or perhaps thousands of years old from cultures whose artistic talent or utility will surprise to disbelief. Is this the Henry Moore, Picasso, Picabia, copied from drawings or forms used by ancient potters of Peru?

You will be glad to know the beautiful Museum huacos of prodigious cultures of Chavin, Recuay, Viru, Cajamarca -of shortly before the arrival of the Spaniards, Huari and Nazca Salinar addition to the near Trujillo Mochica and Chimu.

The architect: A man, speaking passionately, whose most striking facial feature is a trimmed mustache Cano, will try to explain with passion and wisdom cradled the characteristics of the models in its collection.

This man is José Cassinelli Mazzei, from Trujillo birth, has spent most of his life lovingly collecting the pottery, without greed or profit them together to become rich and stave in  their bank accounts.

Cassinelli did it for something missing almost all of us who have been born in this privileged country called Peru. He does well what many of us lack: national identity, Peruvians, love for the land where we were born.

But what you saw in the "museum" were only a thousand pieces of the whole. Pepe Cassinelli has much more than 5,000 ceramics, tools, textiles, etc.trasladaremos to Viru one of the towns with a lot of tradition virreynal where their customs and cuisine is notable dishes are prepared on the basis of cañanes, its flesh is white and has very pleasant taste another typical dish is "wedding" as well as their chichas. Lunch.

Afternoon transfer to the airport for connection to Lima.