Best Attractions in Arequipa 2026

  • Monasterio de Santa Catalina – A 16th-century citadel of colorful colonial streets, still home to cloistered nuns today.
  • Plaza de Armas de Arequipa – Arequipa's colonial main square, framed by stone arcades and the Basilica Cathedral, with El Misti volcano rising behind it.
  • Iglesia de la Compania – A 17th-century Jesuit church just off the Plaza de Armas, famous for its intricately carved sillar-stone facade and jungle-motif chapel murals.
  • Yanahuara – A traditional Arequipa district built around a sillar-arched viewpoint with a postcard view of El Misti volcano.
  • Colca Valley – A living valley of pre-Inca terraces and colonial villages, best known as the gateway to Colca Canyon.