Peru · City Tours

4-Hour Lima Heritage Tour with Aliaga House and San Francisco

4 Hours Round trip from Jirón de la Unión 224 Easy pace

Visit the Huaca Huallamarca Archaeological site

The journey

Trip highlights

01 Explore the Huaca Huallamarca archaeological site and its truncated pyramid
02 Discover the House of Aliaga, occupied since 1535 by Don Jerónimo de Aliaga's descendants
03 Visit the Saint Francis Basilica and Convent in Lima's Historic Centre
04 Walk through the basilica's catacombs, where more than 25,000 people were buried

Visit Lima's Huaca Huallamarca archaeological site for an introduction to the city's pre-Hispanic development, then continue to the colonial House of Aliaga, a 16th-century mansion occupied since 1535 by Don Jerónimo de Aliaga's descendants. Discover its beautiful salons and the magnificence of its architecture, which combines colonial and republican Lima styles. The tour also includes the Saint Francis Basilica and Convent, part of Lima's Historic Centre, where you can admire Sevillian tiles, paintings, a beautiful library, and the catacombs.

Walk through the basilica's catacombs and discover the bones of more than 25,000 people buried here.

From the itinerary

At a glance

What this trip includes

Duration 4 Hours

Tour type Shared

Activity level Easy

Accommodation Not included

Transport Included

Wheelchair access Not applicable

City Lima

Languages English, Spanish

Day by day

The itinerary

Day 01

Huaca Huallamarca, House of Aliaga and Saint Francis Basilica

Meet your tour guide at the agreed-upon location to begin your tour.
Visit the Huaca Huallamarca archaeological site, which offers an introduction to the pre-Hispanic development of Lima.
Explore this site, a truncated pyramid that was used as a cemetery by the ancient people of Lima.
Travel to the House of Aliaga, occupied since 1535 by Don Jerónimo de Aliaga's descendants, one of Lima's first settlers after the Spanish conquest.
Learn how Francisco Pizarro, the Spanish conqueror of the Inca Empire, founded Lima, the "City of Kings," by distributing the surrounding lands among his trusted men.
Continue to the Saint Francis Basilica and see the Sevillian tiles, paintings, and its beautiful library.
Walk through the basilica's catacombs and discover the bones of more than 25,000 people buried here.

End of the tour.