Ayacucho
This spectacular 17th-century cathedral on the Plaza de Armas has a religious-art museum inside. The moody facade doesn’t quite prepare you for the…
Must-see attractions in Ayacucho
Ayacucho
Ayacucho’s most haunting museum, remembers the impact the Sendero Luminoso (Shining Path) had on Peru in the city that was most deeply affected by the…
Ayacucho
Displays popular art covering the ayacucheño (natives of Ayacucho) spectrum – silverwork, rug- and tapestry-weaving, stone and woodcarvings, ceramics …
Ayacucho
This former Inca stronghold was once considered the geographical center of the Inca empire. It was believed to have been a city constructed in the shape…
Ayacucho
Sprawling for several kilometers along a cactus-forested roadside are the extensive ruins of Wari, the capital of the eponymous empire, which predated the…
Museo Arqueológico Hipólito Unanue
Ayacucho
Wari ceramics make up most of the small exhibition here, along with relics from the region’s other various civilizations. The museum buildings are set in…
Casa Museo Joaquín López Antay
Ayacucho
This captivating little museum is really part art gallery and part an explanation of the process of retablo making. Retablos, ornamental, originally…
Ayacucho
Most of Ayacucho's old mansions are now mainly political offices and can be visited, usually during business hours. These offices of the department of…
Ayacucho
A huge monument and tiny museum mark the site of the Battle of Ayacucho (1824) above Quinua – a small pueblo (town) once famous for marking the end of…
Museo Andrés Avelino Cáceres
Ayacucho
This museum in the Casona Vivanco, a gorgeous 16th-century mansion, houses maps and military paraphernalia from the period of its namesake, a local man…
Casa de la Capitulación
Ayacucho
Quinua's wonderfully named Casa de la Capitulación (House of Capitulation) was where Spanish Royalist troops signed their surrender after the War of…
Ayacucho
Officially a restaurant, this surreal Aladdin's Cave is more a museum of curios than anything else, for the owner is primarily a collector of magical…
Iglesia de San Francisco de Asis
Ayacucho
Visually striking stone church containing retablos (ornamental religious dioramas) and an attractive adjoining convent dating to the 17th century. Located…
Ayacucho
One of the prettiest plazas in the Central Andes, flanked by many gorgeous mansions, including the Prefectura. Ask at the tourist office for details on…
Templo Compañía de Jesús
Ayacucho
This church has two fine bell towers and, in the body of the structure supporting them, striking embossings and motifs. It sits on the site of its 1605…
Centro Turístico Cultural San Cristóbal
Ayacucho
This remodeled colonial building's courtyard has been transformed into a hip little mall. Here you’ll find bars, restaurants and coffee shops, along with…
Ayacucho
A square of shops and restaurants tucked back from the pedestrian street, with a better quality of establishments than the similar Centro Turístico…
Ayacucho
One of Ayacucho's most photogenic churches, dating from 1548. Purportedly built with the stone of a former Inca fortress, it contains some superb examples…
Ayacucho
This mirador (lookout) offers fabulous views of Ayacucho, as well as decent restaurants. Taxis here charge S5, otherwise catch a bus from the Mercado…
Ayacucho
This church, built in the mid-16th century, is full of colonial art and has one of Peru’s oldest convents attached, dating from the same period.
Templo y Monasterio de Santa Clara
Ayacucho
Attracts thousands of pilgrims annually for a glimpse of the image of Jesus of Nazareth supposedly inside on one of the altars.
Iglesia de San Francisco de Paula
Ayacucho
This white two-towered church dating from 1716 has interesting floral flourishes near the cupolas of its bell towers.
Templo de San Cristóbal
Ayacucho
This is the oldest city church, dating from shortly after Ayacucho's founding in 1540.
Templo y Monasterio de Santa Teresa
Ayacucho
Gorgeous church and monastery dating from 1683 with an altar studded in seashells.
Ayacucho
One of Ayacucho's oldest churches, dating from the mid-16th century.