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 art galleries, craft stores and flower stands. A nice place to hang out during the day.


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Nearby Ayacucho attractions

1. Templo Compañía de Jesús

0.02 MILES

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…

2. Plaza Moré

0.06 MILES

A square of shops and restaurants tucked back from the pedestrian street, with a better quality of establishments than the similar Centro Turístico…

3. Museo de Arte Popular

0.07 MILES

Displays popular art covering the ayacucheño (natives of Ayacucho) spectrum – silverwork, rug- and tapestry-weaving, stone and woodcarvings, ceramics …

4. Arch

0.09 MILES

The pretty southern entrance to the historical center of Ayacucho.

5. Prefectura

0.11 MILES

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…

6. Plaza de Armas

0.11 MILES

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…

7. Iglesia de La Merced

0.11 MILES

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.

8. Iglesia de San Francisco de Asis

0.14 MILES

Visually striking stone church containing retablos (ornamental religious dioramas) and an attractive adjoining convent dating to the 17th century. Located…