Peru Travel News Archive

It was brought from France, 200 years ago, and it is unquestionably one of Arequipa’s biggest touristic attractions. The “Winged Devil” is without doubt one of the most curious, intriguing and famous wooden sculptures situated in Arequipa’s Cathedral. Culture regional director,

By Alberto Villar Campos, El Comercio Translation confirmed from Spanish by Angela Del Aguila Vargas The Marriott hotel in Lima recently celebrated its tenth anniversary and redecorated all 300 rooms, common spaces and restaurants . Now finished, it is time to

Yale’s University president, Richard C. Levin, clarified that a full agreement with Peru’s government was not in place, but only the “framework” of one, reported the Yale Daily News Saturday. Levin’s comments came after Peruvian president, Alan García, announced Friday that

The Export and Tourism Promotion Board (PromPeru), will promote Peru’s tourist attractions in Germany in late November, reported Andina. Promperu representatives will attend an event called “Door to Door in Germany” from November 22-27 in the cities of Frankfurt, Kiel, Hamburg,

Peruvian Trade & Tourism Minister Eduardo Ferreyros said about 1 billion soles ($357 million) will be invested in infrastructure in the next three years to spur tourism in the north of Peru, El Peruano reported. The outlays are designed to attract

Peru’s president, Alan García, announced yesterday that Yale University has agreed to return thousands of artifacts taken away from the Inca citadel of Machu Picchu nearly a century ago, reported Associated Press. The university issued a statement a few hours later

All four passengers killed in an aircraft crash near one of Peru’s leading tourist attractions have been confirmed as British. The four have been named by the Foreign Office as Andrew Brown, 30, and Gayle Callow, Warren Denham and Alastair Rowe,

The Peruvian capital, Lima, finally has an elected mayor after nearly a month of recounts. Leftist Susana Villaran defeated her conservative opponent, Lourdes Flores, by less than one point to become the capital’s first elected female leader. It was always clear

Thousands of Peruvian citizens marched down the streets yesterday, in Lima and Cusco, demanding Yale University to return no less than 40 thousand Inca artifacts held since the early 20th century, reported several news agencies. In Lima, president Alan Garcia, and

The Ministry of Culture / Directorate of Culture Regional Cusco have recently announced that the historic Sanctuary of Machu Picchu will be open as normal in January and February 2011. The ancient citadel of Machu Picchu was closed for several months