This monastery was also built in the 1500's and still houses about 20 nuns who live a completely different lifestyle than those before the 'reformation'. it occupies about 5 acres of land, has 3 separate ' towns' or areas and streets connecting them all. our best tour.
Arequipa April 10th 2016 It's hard to believe that we have only been in this beautiful country of Peru for only a week. It took us a long time to get here (boring details) but left Canada on April 4 and arrived in Arequipa on April 6. Not an impressive start and the taxi driver asking for directions 3 times, but worth it when we finally got to our lovely B&B hostel. It is not in the busy historical centre where all the ba ... read more
