Ayacucho
Cuy, cuy and more cuy (guinea pig): let's hope you like it if you're eating here. It mostly comes fried with various accompaniments. Fried trucha (river trout) and puca picante (a spicy potato and beef stew served over rice) are also on offer. The inside resembles a vast Communist-style cafeteria but over by the windows that feeling is less apparent.
This and several other places nearby form a ‘Barrio Gastronómico’ in Conchapata district, south of the center.
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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…
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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…
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Displays popular art covering the ayacucheño (natives of Ayacucho) spectrum – silverwork, rug- and tapestry-weaving, stone and woodcarvings, ceramics …
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Sprawling for several kilometers along a cactus-forested roadside are the extensive ruins of Wari, the capital of the eponymous empire, which predated the…
Casa Museo Joaquín López Antay
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This captivating little museum is really part art gallery and part an explanation of the process of retablo making. Retablos, ornamental, originally…
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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
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Visually striking stone church containing retablos (ornamental religious dioramas) and an attractive adjoining convent dating to the 17th century. Located…
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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…
1. Casa Museo Joaquín López Antay
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This captivating little museum is really part art gallery and part an explanation of the process of retablo making. Retablos, ornamental, originally…
0.45 MILES
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…
0.45 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.
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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…
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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…
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Displays popular art covering the ayacucheño (natives of Ayacucho) spectrum – silverwork, rug- and tapestry-weaving, stone and woodcarvings, ceramics …
8. Centro Turístico Cultural San Cristóbal
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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…