Arequipa is often referred to as “The White City by its residents. This is due to the construction of many of its colonial buildings with white rock from the surrouding volcanoes, known as sillar. Due to Arequipa’s year-round mild climate, a climb to the summit of EL Misti is a popular service provided by many tour operators.

About Arequipa In Peru's second-most populous city, aka "The White City," stunning colonial buildings made of pearly sillar stone vie for attention with the surrounding volcanoes and snow-capped peaks of the western Andes. Founded in 1540, it's a smorgasbord of mansions and museums.

Arequipa is a place you won’t want to leave, thanks to its unique cuisine, its history, and its marvelous cordiality. Arequipa, the legendary White City, where its noble history can be felt in the air, beneath the eternal watchful gaze of its volcanoes.

Arequipa is a city in the Southern Coastal region of Peru just below the edge of the Altiplano, at 2380 meters above sea level and surrounded by three impressive volcanoes. It's Peru's second most important city (after Lima), and the second most popular among tourists (after Cuzco).

The Pillones Falls and the Stone Forest of Imata is an experience to know one of the waterfalls and the rock formation that…. 3. Sillar Route in Arequipa and viewpoint of the Volcanoes. The ashlar is the origin of the architecture of the White City and its tourist route is developed in the district of Cerro….

Welcome to Arequipa Other Peruvians joke that you need a different passport to enter Peru’s second-largest city. One-tenth the size of Lima, Arequipa is its pugnacious equal in terms of cuisine, historical significance and confident self-awareness. Monasterio de Santa Catalina