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Dear friend of Peru, Peru is a land whose culture contains elements of various cultures
as to be seen in the Christmas season where believing in Christ Child
is combined with elements of African culture. Please read more about
this in our top topic. Enjoy reading!
Visit peruline at the tourism fairs in Munich, Stuttgart and BerlinJust like in the recent years, we will also be representing Peru on the
three most important German tourism fairs and would be glad to welcome
and consult you there face-to-face: Improvements of tourism infrastructure in America's oldest city
One million visitors in Cusco in 2005
Links: New version of SympathieMagazin "Bolivien
Ecuador Peru verstehen"
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PARTNERS |
We
are glad to present to you another new partner: the lovely 3-star hotel
Posada del Monasteria in Arequipa. Situated only two blocks from the Plaza
de Armas and right opposite of the famous Convent Santa Catalina, it is
the ideal starting point for your trips around this "white city".
The adobe construction dates back to the 18th century when the building
was still part of the monastery Santa Catalina. After the complete restauration
the colonial style and the avantgardian architecture could be preserved.
They surround the modern parts and create a colonial flair at highest
comfort. The 45 rooms are equipped to meet highest expectations and also
the other hotel facilities will leave nothing to be wished for. In the
hotel's own souvenir and antiques store you can enjoy yourself rummaging
for souvenirs and gifts. After a long day of sight seeing in the charming
center of Arequipa lean back and finish off the evening with a delicious
meal and drink in the hotel's own restaurant.
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Would you like to spend some time at the feet of the mysterious vulcano Misti right next to the Monastery Santa Catalina? Here you will find out more about the La Posada del Monasterio. |
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The
second hotel we are proud to introduce to you on this occasion is the
3-star hotel Suites Antique Apart Hotel. Located in the residential and
calm district San Isidro, it does not only impress with excellent service
but also the perfect combination of modern amenities and antiques. Art
lovers will surely enjoy admiring original paintings of the famous painter's
school of Cusco.
The hotel provides 21 suites with seperate dormitory and living room equipped
with kitchen facilities, TV, safety deposit box, microwave and refrigerator.
The conference room hosts up to 50 people and the business center disposes
of computers with high-speed internet access.
The hotel's restaurant "Biarritz" invites you to enjoy its delicious
barbecue specialities or risottos. The Hotel manager will also be delighted
to advise you to one of the various fine cuisine restaurants in the area.
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With
four locations in Cajamarca, Chiclayo, Piura and Tumbes we welcome another
partner, the Hoteles Costa del Sol who - with its 3- and 4-star-hotels
- is one of the leading hotel chains in the Peruvian north. Their specialty
lies within their excellent service, their international standard as well
as in other details that serve the guest. Each of the four hotels is centrally
located and only a few minutes away from the main square. The hotel's
casinos provide diversification, the workoutrooms and wellness area provide
relaxation and the event rooms are in disposition for special happenings.
Enjoy the carneval in the capital of Carneval, Cajamarca, experience the
meaning of friendship in Chiclayo and savor from the beaches in Tumbes
and Piura. Costa del Sol will be at your service with comfortable accommodation,
delicious cuisine of its restaurants and a diverse leisure offer.
In our upcoming issus of the newsletter we will present each of the four
hotels of the Hoteles Costa del Sol chain as well as the attractions in
the proximity!
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Are you planning on doing a trip through the mysterious north of Peru? On our websites you will find traveltips and information about accommodation in the hotels Costa del Sol in Piura, Tumbes, Chiclayo and Cajamarca. Or write us an e-mail to info@peruline.com |
With
a splendid opening dinner and a highly interesting famtrip for travel
agencies' representatives the Taypikala Hotel opened its "little
brother", the colonial style, 3-star-hotel Taypikala Lago which is
situated about 50 meters below the main hotel and lies directly at the
shores of Lake Titicaca. All of teh noble equipped rooms - 16 doublerooms
and 6 suites - provide a direct view upon the lake. The guest can free
his soul and body when doing Yoga in the meditation room before tasting
the specialties of Andean cuisine in the restaurant or the hotel's own
tour operator takes him on a trip to one of the islands on Lake Titicaca
or out in the proximity of Puno.
A real insider tipp for staying at the mystical Lake Titicaca!
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Lago please visit our website www.peruline.com.
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| FROM
THE REGIONS |
Climbing
up to Machu Picchu from Aguas Calientes by foot, around 25 min after leaving
the little town behind, you will reach a little junction: turning left
you continue climbing up to the sacred city, to the right you will see
an unobtrusive wooden sign pointing out the direction to the Machu Picchu-Museum.
This museum has already existed for some years but only recently been
reopened after some renovation. "Museo de sitio Manuel Chávez
Ballón" is the official name, named after Cisco's famous archaeologist.
Together with some of his students of the Universidad San Antonio Abad
of Cusco, he participated in the excavation of the site from 1967 to 1969.
Visiting the small and familiar but nevertheless highly interesting museum
will significantly contribute to completing any Machu Picchu visitor's
impression and knowledge of the Inca's culture and the importance of the
site. Arranged in seven units, guests can admire 200 original and perfectly
conserved findings of the last centuries' excavations. Tools made from
copper, bronze and stone, tweezers and needles as well as pieces of jewelry
and mortars can be observed right next to water mirrors - flat, stony
wells that, filled with water, seemed mirrors and might have served to
observe the starry sky.
Graphic animations of the Incatrail as well as the famous sun dial, explanations
of ceremonies and the highly developed agriculture bring the daily life
in Machu Picchu, probably an administrative center of the Inca and connecting
point between Andes and the fertile rainforest, closer to the spectators.
Another highlight in itself is the architecture and composition of the
exhibition rooms. Partly open spaces that allow little previews into what
the visitor can expect from the following part, contribute to the dynamics
and literally lead the tourists through the seven units. Starting with
an introduction about Machu Picchu, the foggy town as well as a "time
machine" placing and comparing the Inca on a time line with other
cultures until the assumed re-discovery through Hiram Bingham. Digging
in further, tourists are presented the daily life in Machu Picchu. Finally
they get the chance to observe original commodities or read poems and
writs translated from Quechua that handle the topic.
After a visit of the museum - a tour will take you approximately one hour
- it is recommendable to take a walk in the neighboring botanic garden.
Besides typical plants like avocado trees, different types of palms and
even coca plants, you can most of all admire orchids in this 1600 square
meter area. Around Machu Picchu 420 types of these beautiful flowers have
been discovered so far but estimations of the actual number go as high
as 600.
The museum is open from Wednesday to Monday, 9 am to 4 pm. Entrance fee
is 20 Soles for foreign visitors, 10 Soles for Peruvian citizens.
A museum which is really worth a visit!
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| TRAVEL
NOTES |
Already
since I had taken a taster class of paragliding and felt the force and
energy connected to this type of flying, I desperately wanted to really
fly, not only glide 2 meters above ground in order to shortly after land
rather ungentle. When I was then provided the opportunity to get to know
Miraflores from a bird eye's view on a tandem flight, I did not hesitate
a minute. It then turned out to be a beautiful early summer day and sunny
sunday afternoon when I - full with excitement and anticipation and accompanied
by some friends - set off for the field on Lima's coast. The weather was
great, the view perfect and so I could not wait to finally "jump
down the cliffs", as a friend called it.
But first we spent some time watching the pilots and some other tourists
and admiring their maneuvers and feats. Suddenly it was my turn. Before
I could really get a grasp of what was happening, somebody buckled me
up to my pilot Igor and I was given instructions on what to do and how
to react during take-off. I could not refrain from laughing when some
of my slightly worried friends once more wished me luck while I did not
feel nervous at all. Then it finally went off. We prepared ourselves and
when Igor pulled the strings, the paraglide immediately filled with air
and pulled us back a couple of meters before we finally took off and left
the cliff behind us. I 
felt
like in a dream when we flew further out over the ocean and constantly
gained altitude. Eventually, Igor turned South and soon we reached the
coast-side shopping mall LarcoMar. Igor asked me whether I wanted to do
a "giro". Not really knowing what to expect from that I just
nodded and hardly managed to take a breath before I suddenly felt like
being on a roller coaster ride and we lost altitude turning small circles
at a higher speed. Wind soughed around me and everything around me rotated
but I felt awesome and could have gone on like that for hours. Unfortunately
we came closer to the surface pretty fast and so we had to stop our skid.
Igor directed us back to the shore and before long we were above the roofs
of the high-rise buildings along the coast. Due to the perfect conditions
I could even spot the mountains to the East of Liam. Regrettably my time
was almost over already so we turned back to the field right next to Parque
del Amor in Miraflores, did a last "giro" and my friends took
some close-up pictures of us while we glided above their heads. Finally
we landed softly right where we had taken off before.
Full of enthusiasm and excitement I told my friends every detail of the
flight and could even the most insecure among them convince to at least
think about flying as well - anyway, I was glad I had experienced one
more highlight so short before my time in Peru would end!
(Written by Katrin Mistelbauer)
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| DID
YOU KNOW, ...? |
... that the traditional clothe Ikat is also produced in other parts
of the world especially in India and Indonesia and is still hand-woven?
…that after more than 300 people had died in a fireworks explosion
in the center of Lima they are now officially forbidden?
…that recently a Google search machine in Quechua went online at
http://www.google.com/intl/qu/?
| ABOUT
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peruline is a tourist information service about Peru. Many tourist enterprises support and finance our promotion and information job. Our main objective is to benefit the sponsor companies as well as the country itself.
Our services at a glance:
- Callcenter in Germany and delivery of information material free of charge
- Route planning for individual travelers
- Help with reservations info@peruline.com
- Information about hotels, lodges and language schools
- Suggestions for trips in Peru and useful links on our web site www.peruline.com
- Organization of press trips
- Photo archives
Our monthly newsletter informs you about the latest Peru news. The topics
of this newsletter have been choosen by Katrin Mistelbauer and Sabrina
McFadden.
If you have suggestions and ideas for our newsletter, we would be pleased
to receive your e-mail. Your
feedback is welcome! We also thank you for your comments about our web
page.
Please also visit our tourist information service for Ecuador www.ecuadorline.com
and for Bolivia www.bolivialine.com.
With best wishes from Lima,
Yours, Sünje Fischer
peruline
In
Peru there are more than 100 different dances for Christmas for instance
las waylías, las waylijías, las azucenas, las pastoras,
las pallas, or los negritos. The latter significates dance of the
blacks and is a typical dance in the region of Huanuco. It got its
name from the Africans that once have been shipped to the American
continent to serve as slaves especially for harvesting the sugar cones
and who brought with them their culture and dances. 
Until
recently, the tourism infrastructure around the archaeological site of
Caral consisted in simple restrooms and a souvenir stand. Supported by
the governments of Germany and Finland, investments were now made in order
to improve the facilities there. A restaurant with a capacity of 200 seats,
better restrooms, a well planned signage as well as a information and
ticket counter are now at the guests' disposal.
According to first projections, Cusco welcomed one million tourists in
2005, around 60% of them foreigners, 40% Peruvian citizens. Compared to
2004 these numbers increased by 22%. Main reason for this significant
rise, indicates the regional tourism director Elorrieta Argüelles,
are the immense promotion efforts abroad. Peru was officially represented
on the World's five most important tourism fairs, in Berlin, France, Italy,
Spain and England, promoting there Peru's valuable assets.
As
the Federal Ministry for economic collaboration of Germany initiated a
project in order to facilitate the exchange and understanding of foreign
cultures in 1974 the Studienkreis für Tourismus und Entwicklung (Studycircle
for tourism and development) published the first edition of the SympathieMagazin
for various countries among them the issue on Bolivia, Ecuador and Peru
in 2002. In the beginning of 2006 this issue shall be republished in an
improved version including new themes, actualized articles and an extended
content.