Flying to a City of Spanish Culture in Peru

Arequipa became exclusively important for its loyalty to the Spanish Crown along with its economic prosperity, during the Colonial period. Arequipa is the largest city of the Arequipa Region. It is Peru's second most populous city. The city was founded on August 15, 1540, by Garci Manuel de Carbajal. The historic center of Arequipa covers an area of 332 hectares and is an essential UNESCO World Heritage Site. The cheapest flight tickets to Arequipa are now available online. An individual can easily book cheap flight tickets with the help of an online travel website to get to Arequipa.

Economic attractions

Arequipa is the second most commercialized, and industrialized city in Peru. Its industrial activities comprise of manufactured goods and camelid wool products for export. The city has got close trade ties with Chile, Bolivia and Brazil. Its natural scenery, cultural sites and historic heritage make the city a major tourist spot. Its colonial, republican, and religious architectural styles blend European and native characteristics into a particular style called “Escuela Arequipena”. To book the cheap flight tickets to Arequipa a traveler needs to search online for the most evident deals and discounts offered by the travel websites for the cheapest flight tickets.

Tourist spots

There are innumerable places of interest in and around Arequipa for the tourists to get dumbfounded by. They include:

• The city owns a stylistic school called “School Arequipa”.
• Basilica Cathedral is an essential neoclassical ediicio Peru. Church of the Company is one of the most bewildered creations of Peruvian Baroque.
• Civil-Public Monuments include Phoenix theaters, Hospital of Priests of St. Peter, Mercado San Camilo, bridges Bolognesi and Grau, and Molino de Santa Catalina.
• Military Monuments include the Penal Fundo El Fierro women and the Twentieth Century Prison.
• Civil-Domestic Monuments include, Tristan del Pozo House, Goyeneche Palace, Tambo of the Loggerhead, CASA del Alferez Flowers, House of Pastor, and many more.
• The Yanahuara Monumental Zone is the cultural heritage of the nation.
• Cayma Villa is known for its taverns and a beautiful 17th century church.
• The thermal baths of Yura have the water coming from inside the volcano Chachani.
• The Sabandia natural valley is famous for its crystalline waters.
• Wonderful urban parks around the historic center are also of much public attraction. They include, Plaza San Francisco, Plaza 15 de Agosto, Parque Duhamel, Plaza Independencia and many more.
• Parque Ecologico Alto Selva Alegre is situated in the eastern part of the city covers an extension of the ecological park. The National Reserve of Salinas Aguada Blanca has a part of it in the buffer zone.
• The Chilina Valley countryside is also a tourist photography spot.