LIMA HISTORICAL CENTER AND WATER MAGIC CIRCUIT

ITINERARY

Pick up from the hotel at 17:00 to via San Isidro to the Historic Center to visit the most important Colonial City of America, there we will see the Plaza Mayor located in the point where the founding of Lima, the Government Palace, the Lima Cathedral, the Archbishop’s Palace and the Municipality, then the inside visit of the most important convent of colonial architecture “San Francisco and his Catacombs “. Then we comtinue to the Water Magic Circuit, it has a Guinnes Record for the largest fountain complex in the world, displaying 13 distinct fountains and many are interactive.  In the biggest fountain (The Illusion) there is a beautiful show of lights that are continuously changing color schemes where water, music, lights, images and laser effects are combined in a perfect union and harmony.

Return to the hotel.

MORE INFORMATION

Lima was founded on January 18, 1535, with the name of the City of Kings.  In the agricultural region known to the Indians as Limaq. It was the capital of the Viceroyalty of Peru and the largest and most important city of South America during the Spanish Colony. After Independence it became the capital of the Republic.

In May 2007 a water and light show called the Circuito Magico del Agua (The Magic Water Circuit) was inaugurated. The Magic Water Circuit has the Guinness Book record for the largest fountain complex in the world, displaying 13 distinct fountains and many are interactive. All of the fountains are illuminated at night, many with continuously changing color schemes. A colorful laser light program synchronized with classical and Peruvian music makes the fountains sparkle and shine as the water flows in unique patterns and shapes.