Page 2 - Best Culture & History in Peru

Local Recommendations from our My Guide Peru team

Book Top Experiences and Tours in Peru:

If youʻre booking your trip to Peru last minute, we have you covered. Below are some of the top tours and experiences!

View All Experiences

Filter Culture & History in Peru

Featured

Sipan Archaeological Complex

In 1987 the archaeologist Walter Alva discovered the tomb of one of the most powerful men of ancient Peru: the Lord of Sipan, who was one of the rulers of the Moche, or Mochica, a culture that dominated the northern coast between 100 and 800 A.D. and built adobe pyramids decorated with colorful murals — some of which are still in an excellent state of preservation.

Featured

Urban culture

Peruvian culture is a marvelous blend of modernity and ancient heritage. Our cities proudly maintain this balance between the old and the new, as places that are continuously transformed by the changing times and the mixture of cultures. A cosmopolitan fusion combined with olden time traditions.

Featured

Historic Center of Lima

The history of Lima dates to the 16th century. Ever since its founding by the Spanish, and during the Viceroyalty of Peru, Lima, the City of Kings, has been a political and cultural center of the first order on the new continent. The proof is in the Historic Center, where centuries-old churches, convents, and magnificent homes with elegant balconies have been preserved, representing renaissance, baroque, neoclassical, and other contemporary styles.

Featured

Ollantaytambo Fortress

A living example of what an Inca town was like. The fort is preserved in time, containing houses, streets and channels from the Tahuantinsuyo period. The name of the town and the archaeological area is owed to Cacique Ollanta, who, according to legend, fell in love with a princess, daughter of Inca Pachacutec, and was severely punished.

Featured

The Ica Tambos

The Chincha culture ruled between 900 - 1450 A.D. They were magnificent traders, sailors and road builders. The Chincha survive as a record of the level of development they achieved: the Huaca La Centinela, a series of adobe pyramids with rectangular bases characterized by their high mud walls, and the sacred funeral urns of Tambo de Mora

Featured

The Dinosaurs of Querulpa

Querulpa is a hill located just a few minutes from Dead Bull. Both sites have become stops on a tour route that is a must for any visitor to Arequipa.

Featured

Tucume Archaeological Complex

Known also as the Valley of the Pyramids, Túcume is one of the best representations of the three cultures that occupied the area: Lambayeque, Chimú and Inca. The 26 adobe pyramids can be admired from Purgatory Hill, where viewers can appreciate why they took 500 years to build.

Featured

Ventanillas de Otuzco (Otuzco Windows)

Through its architecture, Cajamarca summarizes the encounter between two cultures: the Inca and the Spanish. Its archaeological past, however, tells of more ancient times, including the Caxamarca culture (which existed until 800 A.D.), through its aqueducts and enigmatic petroglyphs, and other even more remote civilizations.

Featured

Sacred City of Caral - Supe

The Sacred City of Caral represents the origin of Andean culture, and it is the most ancient civilization in the Americas, with historical roots reaching back more than 5,000 years. The Caral complex significantly a variety of structures, most notably the six pyramids with their circular plazas.

Featured

Pachacámac Archaeological Complex

The majesty of the palaces, temples, plazas, and the high truncated pyramid at the site convey to us the political, cultural, and religious hierarchy of ancient Pachacámac. In the pre-Inca and Inca periods, it was the most important oracle of the Peruvian coast, where thousands of pilgrims travelled from the farthest corners of ancient Peru.

Featured

City of Cusco

On a walk through the streets of Cusco, the great walls and palaces built by the Incas exhibit the colossal architecture of the capital city of Tahuantinsuyo. When the Spanish conquistadors arrived, they used the Inca stone structures as foundations for the churches, convents, and stately homes they built.

Featured

Arequipa

One of the principal cities in the south of Peru, Arequipa is known as the "White City" because many of the buildings have been built from "sillar", a white stone that comes from enormous quarries formed by the lava of volcanoes that watch over the city Arequipa's history spans centuries and has been lovingly preserved, particularly in the Historic Center.

My Lists

Create New Guide

Suggested Guides

Name Your Own Guide

Mini Guides

Add to My Guide

Create New Guide

Add to New Guide

Cancel

Recommended Experiences in Peru

Local Car Rental Comparison
with My Guide

Free cancellation

No need to worry if your plans change with free cancellation options available

24/7 Customer Service

All of our providers offer 24/7 support

500+ trusted car hire partners globally

Create & Share your own Guide to Peru with friends and family!

Add your recommended places to visit by browsing the website and pressing the icon.

Create your own guide of favourite 'must see' places

Earn your Local Expert badge by Sharing your guides with others

Get your guide seen by submitting it to the Mini Guides section

Mini Guides

View All

We Are Part of the My Guide Network!

My Guide Peru is part of the global My Guide Network of Online & Mobile travel guides.

We are now in 120+ Destinations and Growing. If you are interested in becoming a local travel partner and would like to find out more then click for more info about our Website Business Opportunity.

Nearby Destinations

No results found

Culture & History by Type

Show All

Culture & History by Region

{[{item.label}]}

{[{data.title}]}

Events in Peru

Filter Events by Sub-Category

Please select a Date first.

Search for a company in Peru

Page 2 - Best Culture & History in Peru

Local Recommendations from our My Guide Peru team

Book Top Experiences and Tours in Peru:

Sipan Archaeological Complex

Urban culture

Historic Center of Lima

Ollantaytambo Fortress

The Ica Tambos

The Dinosaurs of Querulpa

Tucume Archaeological Complex

Ventanillas de Otuzco (Otuzco Windows)

Sacred City of Caral - Supe

Pachacámac Archaeological Complex

City of Cusco

Arequipa

My Lists

Create New Guide

Mini Guides

Add to My Guide

Create New Guide

Recommended Experiences in Peru

Tambopata Peruvian Amazon Jungle for Three Days/Two Nights

From Iquitos: 2-Day Amazon Rainforest Excursion

From Lima: Paracas and Huacachina Oasis Tour by Luxury Bus

From Cusco: Sacred Valley Tour with Pisac and Ollantaytambo

Lima: Paragliding Flight Over Costa Verde Districts

Puerto Maldonado: 4-Day Tambopata Rainforest Tour

From Cusco: Machu Picchu 2-day Budget Tour by Car

Palomino Islands: Swim with Sea Lions in the Pacific Ocean

From Paracas: Scenic Boat Tour to Ballestas Island

Search, Compare, and Save up to 70%!

Local Car Rental Comparisonwith My Guide

Free cancellation

24/7 Customer Service

500+ trusted car hire partners globally

Create & Share your own Guide to Peru with friends and family!

Mini Guides

Best tours in Puno, Peru

Best burgers to try in Lima, Peru

Things to do in Puno, Peru

Best private tours in Lima, Peru

Best tours close to Lima, Peru

Best tour trails in Machu Picchu, Peru

Things to do in Lima, Peru

Things to do close to Puno

Things to do in Cusco, Peru

Things to do in Paracas, Peru

Best tours in and around Arequipa, Peru

Best tours from Paracas, Peru

Best tours in and around Iquitos, Peru

Best tours to Nazca Lines in Peru

Best walking tours in Peru

Tourist destinations within Peru

Best cultural tours in Lima, Peru

Best two days tours from Cusco, Peru

Things to do in Iquitos, Peru

Best Machu Picchu Tours

Best tours from Paracas

Best and most reliable airport transfers in Peru

Best tour trails in Cusco, Peru

Best tours to rainbow mountain in Peru

Best tours from Cusco, Peru

Cusco Full-Day Tours

Best cultural tours in and around Lima, Peru

Best tours in Cusco, Peru

Best day tours in Puno, Peru

Holidays Tips for your January Trip to Peru

Best water activities in Peru

Beautiful sites of Peru you should visit

Best Eco Hotels in Peru

Boutique and Luxury hotels in Peru

Beautiful beaches in Peru

Things to do in Lima

Icon places to see in Peru

Cultural things to do in Peru

Valentine's Day in Lima, Peru

Belmond Hotel Collection in Peru

Inkaterra Hotel Collection in Peru

Holidays Tips for your February Trip to Peru

Very Good Soup you have to try in Peru

Local Car Rental Comparison
with My Guide